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☆ Joey Evans Is Back. This Time He’s a Struggling Artist.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Brian Seibert | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Those ancestors appear in the form of extraordinary tap dancers, including Dormeshia and Glover. And they keep reappearing throughout the show to remind Joey of his authentic self. This Joey, played by Ephraim Sykes, has a soul, and that soul expresses itself in the deeply rooted sound of Savion Glover’s tap dancing. Frank Sinatra played Joey for the sanitized 1957 film. Revivals at City Center in the 1960s starred Bob Fosse, years before he directed shows like “Chicago” that made Joey’s sleaze into a dominant style.

Persons: Joey, Ephraim Sykes, ” Beaty, Ossie Davis, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, ’ ” Glover, Jimmy Slyde, Lon Chaney, Chuck Green, Buster Brown, ”, ‘, Glover, Henry LeTang, “, Slyde, Chaney, ” Glover, Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Bob Fosse Organizations: Dormeshia, Hollywood, City Center Locations: Glover, ‘ Da

☆ How Short Is Too Short for Men’s Pants?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I’ve been recently experimenting with shorter pants, something I can wear with a blazer, or simply a T-shirt or a sweater. I want to stay away from Capri pants/clown pants territory. — Pavel, AthensThe male ankle! Once a subject of derision popularly mocked as “flood pants,” shorter male pants became a thing again when Mr. Browne introduced them back in 2001, in part as a reaction to the big, billowing suits of the 1990s (see Michael Jordan). Mr. Browne shrank the silhouette, narrowing the pants and slimming and shortening the jacket, making it seem like the hipster version of the 1950s company man crossed with Buster Brown.

Persons: I’ve, hemming, — Pavel, nobby, Thom Browne, men’s hemlines, Browne, Michael Jordan, Buster Brown Organizations: New York Times, Financial Locations: Capri, Athens

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