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ARTS
The case that will not die
By Jerry Tallmer
Imagine a 19-year-old kid in the snows of New Hampshire holding a new book of American poetry in his hand and shuddering with emotion when he first comes across the several dozen lines that start: “If it had not been for these things, I might have lived out my life talking at street corners to scorning men.

The original shock jock
By Scott Harrah
This revival of Eric Bogosian’s 1987 drama “Talk Radio” (originally produced downtown at the Public Theater) may seem tame in the 21st century, an era in which “trash TV” and tabloid journalism are both commonplace, but there’s one thing that keeps the show compelling from beginning to end: Liev Schreiber.

Trading partners
By Harry Newman
For years, whenever Taye Diggs would hear from his friend Andrew Palermo, he would get jealous. Despite his considerable professional success as an actor — including performing in the original cast of “Rent” on Broadway, featured roles on television (“Ally McBeal”) and star turns in films like “How Stella Got Her Groove Back”— he would always be left with a sense of dissatisfaction after they spoke.