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172 stories by "John Simon"

THE WORLD OF SPORT by John Simon

What is being a sports fan really about? Is it just like an addiction to chess or light beer or mashed potatoes? Well, no; it's more than that. It makes you a citizen of a parallel world.A f…

SOURCE: John Simon at 5:02pm on July 23, 2015☆⚑

In Memoriam: James Salter by John Simon

Saturday, June 20, 2015. I read in the Times that the writer James Salter has died at age 90. He was a month younger than I, and a schoolmate in my senior year at the Horace Mann School (in …

SOURCE: John Simon at 10:21am on June 22, 2015☆⚑

FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS by John Simon

SOURCE: John Simon at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

'Encounter' By MILAN KUNDERA by John Simon

Milan Kundera's essays illuminate music, painting and writing in the context of what he calls a "post-art" era.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Please Attend to John Pudney by John Simon

SOURCE: John Simon at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Three Divas Founder in Pointless ‘Women on the Verge’: Review by John Simon

Heroic efforts from the remarkable singing actresses Laura Benanti, Patti LuPone and Sherie Rene Scott and the equally accomplished Brian Stokes Mitchell can’t disguise the fact that &…

SOURCE: noir.bloomberg.com at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

A PRINCESS OF MARS by John Simon

SOURCE: John Simon at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Ben Walker's `Bloody' Jackson Plays Like Kid Stuff on Broadway by John Simon

SOURCE: Bloomberg at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

OH, THOSE OSCARS by John Simon

SOURCE: John Simon at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

‘Lost’ John Osborne Play Returns Angry Young Man by John Simon

SOURCE: noir.bloomberg.com at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Patrick Stewart, TR Knight Talk Nonsense in Mamet's `Life' by John Simon

SOURCE: Bloomberg at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Fractured Memoir by John Simon

SOURCE: John Simon at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

UNSTOPPABLE STOPPARD by John Simon

SOURCE: John Simon at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS by John Simon

SOURCE: John Simon at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

In Praise of Concerts, However Imperfect by John Simon

SOURCE: John Simon at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

THE BEST OF BEST FRIENDS? by John Simon

SOURCE: John Simon at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

ELEVATOR SCIENCE by John Simon

SOURCE: John Simon at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Shaw, Wilde Debunk Doctors, Politicians in Niagara by John Simon

SOURCE: noir.bloomberg.com at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Chide That Name! by John Simon

Whether you realize it or not, names are a part of language, and a by no means unimportant one. I am not even referring to such a somewhat esoteric phenomenon as a proper noun becoming a com…

SOURCE: John Simon at 3:50pm on May 23, 2015☆⚑

Gunter Grass by John Simon

With Gunter Grass, who just died at age 87, I had a brief friendship. I translated for him on a popular radio show, and I introduced him at his reading at the Y. I also met his charming firs…

SOURCE: John Simon at 5:43pm on May 2, 2015☆⚑

STUPIDITY by John Simon

Stupidity, I am sorry to say, is no joke, as it is portrayed on stage, screen and TV. It is the second worst crime against humanity and a very close runner-up to evil. It is neither necessar…

SOURCE: John Simon at 9:46am on April 10, 2015☆⚑

Fashion by John Simon

Pity the poor necktie, hanging on for dear life. Consider that male attire, unlike female, is, unless completely wacko, basically standardized. The lapel may get narrower or wider, the inden…

SOURCE: John Simon at 10:22am on March 15, 2015☆⚑

Illusion, For or Against by John Simon

One of our greatest quandaries concerns illusion. Is it treacherous, undesirable, even harmful; or optimistic, consolatory, even life-sustaining? Is it near-synonymous with hope, and thus a …

SOURCE: John Simon at 3:36pm on February 24, 2015☆⚑

Pet Heaven by John Simon

The question of whether pets go to heaven seems these days to be getting ever greater attention, almost as much as in long ago days the number of angels that could dance on the head of a pin…

SOURCE: John Simon at 10:13am on January 19, 2015☆⚑

WHAT IS POETRY? by John Simon

To the question "What is poetry?" there is, let's face it, no definitive answer. A bad novel is still a novel, a poor story still a story. But an unworthy poem is doggerel or, at best, verse…

SOURCE: John Simon at 11:01am on January 1, 2015☆⚑

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