The Culturati Caucus
2008 survey resPondents: Jeffrey Abramson, Doug Aitken, Akon, Florence Almozini, Kristen Amato, Patrick Amory, Kurt Andersen, Aziz Ansari, Darren Aronofsky, Jon Robin Baitz, Bob Balaban, Molly Barnett, Serena Bass, Chris Benz, Deborah Berke, Andrew Berman, Alice Bernstein, Jed W. Bernstein, Holly Block, Chris Boneau, Maureen Bray, Margaret Brown, Mary Lou Bunn, Michelle Byrd, Louis Cancelmi, Sara Caples, Peter Carey, Gabriele Caroti, David Carr, Robert Christgau, Patricia Clarkson, Karen Cooper, James Corner, Christopher Cox, Sloane Crosley, Gordon Dahlquist, Blythe Danner, Junot Díaz, Robert Elmes, Billy Finnegan, Christina Foxley, John Freeman, Michael Freeman, John Junot Díaz, Robert Elmes, Billy Finnegan, Christina Foxley, Christopher Cox, Sloane Crosley, Gordon Dahlquist, Blythe Danner, Corner, James Cooper, Clarkson, Karen Robert Christgau, Patricia Gabriele Caroti, David Carr, Carey, Caples, Peter Sara YOUTUBE VIDEO YOU BEST PLAY or MUSICAL What do the culture makers and shapers of New York WERE MOST LIKELY TO “I’ve seen a lot of think of this year’s crop of movies, political imperson- FORWARD THIS YEAR theater, but Farragut THE ations, museum shows, and YouTube clips? To find out, Hair 9% North has stayed we polled 129 people from across the arts—from Har- South Pacific 12% with me. It’s an CULTURATI vey Weinstein to the director of the Hip-Hop Dance In the Heights 9% emergence of a new, Conservatory. We were looking for what was best, but Passing Strange 18% young playwright, couldn’t help asking for opinions on other matters, too. The Seagull 10% and Chris Noth CAUCUS (Paul Rudd’s stock is up; Judd Apatow’s, not so much.) Speed-the-Plow 9% was venomous Below, this year’s wisdom of the smart crowd.
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