New York Magazine: March 12, 2012 Issue

Table of Contents

March 12, 2012

Cover Story

Best of New York 2012

Our obsessively vetted annual guide to the very best of everything this city has to offer.

On the Cover: Steve Powers for ICY signs.

Features

“When in Doubt, Seduce”

At 80, director Mike Nichols is one of the rare EGOTs (an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony winner). So why take on a revival of Death of a Salesman?

By Jesse Green
Unlucky 800

When John Liu was elected comptroller, he was embraced as a hero in his native Flushing.

By Mark Jacobson
The Case(s) Against Law School

Law schools are churning out a record number of graduates at a time when the legal-job market has run dry.

By Matthew Shaer

Intelligencer

Agenda

The Big Piroshki

After establishing a restaurant empire in Moscow, Andrey Dellos has infiltrated the Russian Tea Room’s midtown turf.

Columns

Wait Until Next Year. Or Next. Or

Thanks to the Wilpon-Madoff mess, Mets fans could be in for an ugly drought.

Departments

Culture