Zooey Deschanel as Happy in Gigantic.By John ThomasonThe minute we hear that Zooey Deschanel’s character in Gigantic is introduced with the name Happy (short for Harriet), our collective bell goes off.Conditioned by too many quirky independent comedies, the irony of her secretly miserable life has already cemented in our craniums so thoroughly that it can almost no longer apply … [Read more...]
New York postcard No. 2: ‘Godot,’ ‘9 to 5’ may be big box office
Nathan Lane, John Goodman and Bill Irwin in Waiting for Godot.(Photo by Joan Marcus) Editor's note: Palm Beach ArtsPaper's Hap Erstein is on assignment in New York. By Hap ErsteinNEW YORK -- Never let it be said that this Broadway season does not have range.I saw two shows today on their final previews -- a star-studded revival of Samuel Beckett's existential … [Read more...]