What was most striking about the Obama speech in Berlin was not anything he said so much as the alternative reality it fostered: many American children have never before seen huge crowds turn out abroad to wave American flags instead… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
'Up in the Air' is not a political movie. It won't be mistaken for either a Michael Moore or Any Rand polemic on capitalism. — Frank Rich Copy Share
Unless and until Barack Obama addresses the full depth of Americans' anger with his full arsenal of policy smarts and political gifts, his presidency… — Frank Rich Copy Share
Looking back at my high school years, I'm struck by how slowly history can move. — Frank Rich Copy Share
Feckless as it was for Bush to ask Americans to go shopping after 9/11, we all too enthusiastically followed his lead, whether we were… — Frank Rich Copy Share
My particular historical vantage point is a product of my upbringing as that odd duck, a native Washingtonian whose parents were not in government.… — Frank Rich Copy Share
The only truly shocking thing about last Tuesday's election is that the Democrats didn't do far worse, or as badly as they deserved. — Frank Rich Copy Share
I'm always struck by the kids who turn up in New York and LA, and places in between. Chicago. Wanting to do theater, wanting… — Frank Rich Copy Share
“In Shubert Alley that night, I had unwittingly reached the threshold of an entire landscape of alleys that would lead to a world of… — Frank Rich Copy Share
Yul Brynner's performance in "The King and I," . . . can no longer be regarded as a feat of acting or even endurance.… — Frank Rich Copy Share
There’s nothing entertaining about watching goons hurl venomous slurs at congressmen like the civil rights hero John Lewis and the openly gay Barney Frank… — Frank Rich Copy Share
The most wonderful street in the universe is Broadway. It is a world within itself. High and low, rich and poor, pass along at… — Frank Rich Copy Share
In that sense, when a Bush or a Gore, or whomever, goes on David Letterman, that's the news, too. — Frank Rich Copy Share
The truth is that a lot of plays aren't political at all. In American theater history, political theater has tended to crop up when… — Frank Rich Copy Share
Hollywood no longer depicts reporters in ruthless pursuit of criminals, high and low. Now they are the criminals. — Frank Rich Copy Share
