Toby and Dan Talbot first owned and ran the New Yorker Theater in the 1960s, and then Manhattan's Cinema Studio and Metro Theater in the mid-1970s and early 1980s. The Talbots will talk about Toby’s recently published book, The New Yorker Theater and Other Scenes from a Life at the Movies.

 

 

 

Introduction by movie critic

Morris Dickstein, distinguished critic of American literature, Professor of English and Theater at CUNY Graduate Center and author of the cultural history of the Great Depression, “Dancing in the Dark.” 

 

Book signing and sponsored reception to follow