Entertainment & Arts
Like many an experienced actor, Ron Rifkin declined to read the reviews of his opening-night performance in Jon Robin Baitz’s new drama, “The Substance of Fire,” when it premiered Off Broadway last spring.
July 28, 1991
Added Substance: Gena Rowlands has been cast in the Mark Taper Forum production of Jon Robin Baitz’s “The Substance of Fire,” joining the original New York production’s Ron Rifkin and Patrick Breen.
Sept. 11, 1992
Movies
Does any film dealing with the Holocaust invariably become a Holocaust Movie?
Dec. 6, 1996
Show Tracker
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Nov. 5, 2007
Movies: The film unit chief’s promotion marks a further shake-up in the Hollywood agency elite.
April 15, 1997
Entertainment: Arnold Rifkin tells staff that he is interested in job as head of Columbia and TriStar studios.
Sept. 12, 1996
Meet Phillip and Sylvia Gellburg, two haunted characters in Arthur Miller’s new play, “Broken Glass.”
March 22, 1994
World & Nation
In the spirit of their 19th-Century predecessors, today’s neo-Luddites such as Jeremy Rifkin and his ilk are not out to protect nature or the environment; they are out to destroy science and technology (“Fear of Fusion” by Paul Ciotti, April 19).
April 30, 1989
It might be easy to dismiss Jon Robin Baitz’s “The Substance of Fire” at the Mark Taper Forum as two one-acts in search of a full-length play.
Jan. 22, 1993
So you want to be a studio head? Well, guess what: It’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
Sept. 13, 1996