Two-time Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick sinks into the malaise of middle age in the new stage version of “Babbitt,” Sinclair Lewis’ 1922 satirical novel adapted to the stage by Joe DiPietro in a ...

Some "classics" feel like books you're supposed to pretend you've read--titles that gather dust on shelves and in conversations. Others arrive in your hands like the past politely tapping your ...

Sometime after Donald Trump was elected in 2016 but before the pandemic arrived in 2020 — no one quite remembers when — three men met for lunch in an Upper West Side diner in New York, and they talked ...

The thing about Babbitt—the title character of Sinclair Lewis’ 1922 novel—is that everyone knows one — or even many. George F. Babbitt is something of an everyman: he’s a middle class, middle-aged man ...

Let’s cut to the chase: those who appreciate Sinclair Lewis’ satirical novel Babbitt may find Joe DiPietro’s theatrical adaptation a gratifying box-checker. However, for those who haven’t (recently or ...

A satirical novel about American culture and society, it critiqued the vacuity of middle-class life and the social pressures of the day. 100 years of Sinclair Lewis' 'Babbitt' This year marked 100 ...

Sinclair Lewis once remarked that he wanted no ceremony at his funeral except the singing of “Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here.” The committee of prominent citizens which last week was making plans for ...

Two-time Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick sinks into the malaise of middle age in the new stage version of “Babbitt,” Sinclair Lewis’ 1922 satirical novel adapted to the stage by Joe DiPietro in a ...

This year marked 100 years since author Sinclair Lewis penned the influential "Babbitt." A satirical novel about American culture and society, it critiqued the vacuity of middle-class life and the ...