In his New York Times review of the 2009 Broadway production, Ben Brantley noted that " the expression that hovers over Trevor Nunn's revival ... feels dangerously close to a smirk ... It is a smirk shrouded in shadows.

Ben Brantley of The New York Times called it " a half-terrific revival of Mr. Stoppard's entirely terrific Arcadia ", noting that " several central roles are slightly miscast ", and " some of the performances from the Anglo-American cast are pitched to the point of incoherence.

In his review, New York Times critic Ben Brantley commented, “ her every stage appearance is perceived as a victory of show-business stamina over psychic frailty.

The New York Times Ben Brantley called his performance " the most lacerating portrait of a human meltdown this side of a Francis Bacon painting.

" Ben Brantley of the New York Times reported that Hawke's interpretation of Hotspur was " too contemporary for some tastes.

New York Times critic Ben Brantley praised Hawke's performance as the central character Eddie, reporting that " he captures with merciless precision the sense of a sharp mind turning flaccid ".

In his review for the New York Times, Ben Brantley noted the production's " scary, splendid clarity ", and praised Hawke for providing his cast " with a mood-stirring mise-en-scène " and, moreover, for eliciting a performance that " connoisseurs of precision acting will be savoring for years to come ".

Ben Brantley, chief theatre critic for The New York Times, was particularly vocal in his praise.

Ben Brantley of The New York Times wrote: " Ms. Gyllenhaal provides the essential bridge between the parts of the play's title.

Reviewing the production in the New York Times, Ben Brantley wrote that "... in his art as in his life, Williams could be grotesquely excessive and sloppy.

In his review in The New York Times, Ben Brantley called it a " deeply felt revival " and a " revitalizing production of a play often dismissed as a soggy period piece " and added, " Ms. Merkerson allows a kind of intimate access traditionally afforded by cinematic close-ups, when the camera finds shades of meaning in impassive faces.

Untrained in song and dance, she still impressed New York Times theatre critic Ben Brantley, who wrote: " Ms. Griffith is a sensational Roxie, possibly the most convincing I have seen " and " vultures who were expecting to see Ms. Griffith stumble ... will have to look elsewhere ".

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Lea Delaria's performance as Hildy the taxi driver ( and especially her all-stops-out rendition of " I Can Cook, Too ") won wide praise, with Ben Brantley writing " Working through the saucy double-entendres and scat embellishments of I Can Cook Too, Hildy's mating call of a solo, Ms. DeLaria makes an obliging captive of anyone watching her.

New York Times contributor Ben Brantley, in review of the production, wrote: " Playing a thoughtless, woman-despising heterosexual, Mr. McCormack isn't much different from when he was playing a thoughtful, woman-worshiping homosexual.

In his rave review in The New York Times, Ben Brantley called Ruehl's performance " masterly ".

New York Times theatre critic Ben Brantley called it a "... savvy, sassy and eminently likable ... breakthrough musical ", and compared its potential long-term influence to West Side Story and The King and I.

Allman, Lynn Herschberg, James Kaplan, Peter J. Boyer, John Richardson, James Atlas, Alex Shoumatoff and Ben Brantley.

Ben Brantley of the New York Times recalled: " Its book was strained and muddled, most critics agreed ; its big production numbers were simply cumbersome.

" production for The New York Times, Ben Brantley wrote that, despite its famous creators, " the show still has the incomplete feeling of a work that never quite meets its own aspirations ... A tale of buffoonish gangsters trying to muscle in on the music industry.

Ben Brantley of The New York Times panned the show, calling it an " indisputably bogus show ", but praised Jackman's performance.

Says New York Times critic Ben Brantley, “ I found myself holding on to what these actors had to say as if I were a 5-year-old at bedtime being introduced to ‘ The Arabian Nights .’”

) The production on Broadway received some rave reviews including such statements as " McPherson is quite possibly the finest playwright of his generation " from Ben Brantley at the New York Times and " Succinct, startling and eerie, and the funniest McPherson play to date " from the Observer.

" — Ben Brantley, New York Times ;

Several of these double entries have been collected by Ben Bagley and Michael McWhinney, along with Rodgers and Hart songs that disappeared permanently en route to New York and others that reached Broadway but have not become part of the constantly heard Rodgers and Hart repertory, in a delightfully refreshing album, Rodgers And Hart Revisited ( Spruce Records, 505 Fifth Avenue, New York ).

Bordewijk, Jan L. and van Kaam, Ben ( 2002 ) “ Towards a New Classification of Tele-Information Services ,” in Denis McQuail ( ed.

Ben Franklin's mother, Abiah Folger, was born into a Puritan family among those that fled to Massachusetts to establish a purified Congregationalist Christianity in New England, when King Charles I of England began persecuting Puritans.

* Witherington III, Ben, ( 2003 ) Revelation, The New Cambridge Bible Commentary, New York: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-00068-0.

* The Remarkables, New Zealand – mountain range containing a peak also called Ben Nevis.

Another group emigrated to British-ruled Kenya, from where most returned to South Africa during the 1930s, while a third group under the leadership of General Ben Viljoen emigrated to Mexico and to New Mexico and Texas in south-western USA.

The world's top 10 association croquet players as of May 2012 are Reg Bamford ( South Africa ), Robert Fulford ( England ), Robert Fletcher ( Australia ), David Maugham ( England ), Toby Garrison ( New Zealand ), Aaron Westerby ( New Zealand ), Paddy Chapman ( New Zealand ), Jamie Burch ( England ), Greg Bryant ( New Zealand ) and Ben Rothman ( USA ).

Indicate location-Establishing shots may use famous landmarks to indicate the city where the action is taking place or has moved to, such as the Empire State building or the Statue of Liberty to identify New York, the London Eye or Big Ben to identify London, the Sydney Opera House to identify Sydney, the Eiffel Tower to identify Paris, or the Las Vegas Strip to identify Las Vegas.

Phyllis and Sally were roommates while in the Follies, and Ben and Buddy were best friends at school in New York.

On the other hand Ellington's friend Earl Hines's twenty solo " transformative versions " of Ellington compositions were described by Ben Ratliff, the New York Times jazz critic, as " as good an example of the jazz process as anything out there.

* 1986 – Ben Smith, New Zealand rugby player

Asbury Theological Seminary Bible scholar Ben Witherington III confirms the New Testament account of Mary Magdalene as historical: " Mary was an important early disciple and witness for Jesus.

* The New World Order, a 2004 science fiction novel by Ben Jeapes

Eventually, William became financially incapable of providing a house for himself and his children still living at home, Ben and Robeson, so they moved into the attic of a store in Westfield, New Jersey.

From there, tight end Ben Coates's 4-yard touchdown reception gave New England a 14 – 10 lead.

The tempera medium was used by American artists such as the Regionalists Andrew Wyeth, Thomas Hart Benton and his student Roger Medearis ; expressionists Ben Shahn, Mitchell Siporin and John Langley Howard, magic realists George Tooker, Paul Cadmus, Jared French, Julia Thecla and Louise E. Marianetti ; Art Students League of New York instructors Kenneth Hayes Miller and William C. Palmer, Social Realists Isabel Bishop, Reginald Marsh, and Noel Rockmore, Edward Laning, Anton Refregier, Jacob Lawrence, Rudolph F. Zallinger, Robert Vickrey, Peter Hurd, and science fiction artist John Schoenherr, notable as the cover artist of Dune.

* About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made by Ben Yagoda ( 2000 )

* January 17 – The first VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon.

** Ben Fouhy, New Zealand flatwater canoeist