Thanks, Katy Baldwin, for sharing your reaction to the cover of this week’s Anniversary issue, “Brooklyn’s Eustace,” by Simon Greiner, who submitted it through our 2013 Eustace Tilley Contest:

Given that my partner, Andrew, is the spitting image of the cover illustration, it seemed very necessary to recreate the scene in real life. Hope you enjoy as much as we did.

Best,
Katy Baldwin

Here, Greiner talks about the inspiration for his cover, plus see a slideshow of all of the 2013 Eustace Tilley finalists: http://nyr.kr/VyjBCX

“Yo, remember me? The beardy dude on page 39, waiting in line at the pretentious coffee bar where Amy and Gordo had their knockdown drag-on fight? The ‘scruffy Italian-American sweetie-pie who’s forever trying to pygmalion his stoner vacuity into depth’? Dude, I’m back!” http://nyr.kr/UDKdWO

The play should be performed as naturalistically as possible. By that I mean the funny parts should be played sad, the sad parts funny, and the middle parts with disdain. 

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During a run-through, it is O.K. for the actors to heckle the audience. It’s really the only chance they’re going to get.

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The women should use goofier accents than the men. It’s not essential. But it’s one way to help distinguish the men from the women.

Click-through to continue reading “A Few Notes About My Play,” by Tamara Federici: http://nyr.kr/Ulydss

In Tad Friend’s Talk of the Town piece on Penny Marshall in this week’s issue of the magazine, Friend visits the Upper West Side apartment of the “Laverne & Shirley” star and show-biz veteran to discuss her new memoir, “My Mother Was Nuts.” 

Watch the book trailer for the memoir, starring Fred Armisen as Marshall, and click-through for more from Rachel Arons on Marshall: http://nyr.kr/QeEVhl

The Exciting Conclusion of Nipplegate: http://nyr.kr/QYCpYP

A pox on NBC for many of its broadcasting decisions during these Games, but major kudos for the various online streams available through its Web site. They linger on the actual sports longer than the network’s drama-filled broadcasts, offering viewers more time to assess what happens in the various unfamiliar venues of competition. As enjoyably, they also linger on what happens just off the field, pool, or court—and more specifically, on the thousands of workers and volunteers who make the Games run. Many of the jobs are strange, and to judge from these Olympics, the Games remain relatively immune to the terrors of robotic outsourcing.

Reeves Wiedeman shares some of his favorites: http://nyr.kr/MhC7PC

Readers of The New Yorker have gotten to know Boris Johnson over the years. So you are prepared to appreciate the full hilarity of the shaggy-haired Mayor’s latest mishap, which, yesterday, involved getting stuck in the middle of a zip-wire during an event in Victoria Park.  Lauren Collins has the official cause of the failure, and the public reaction: http://nyr.kr/RczGje

Lauren Collins on Olympic Blooper No. 1: Hunt’s Handbell: http://nyr.kr/MbFnxh

MENLO PARK, Calif. (The Borowitz Report)—After Facebook’s shares plummeted in after-hours trading today, Facebook C.E.O. Mark Zuckerberg issued the following personal letter to all nine hundred million Facebook users: http://nyr.kr/MN1Pek