Two New York pizzerias, both alike in dignity, prospered in the Big Apple as coal-fired descendants of the same famed Italian ancestor: Pasquale “Patsy” Lancieri, the inventor of by-the-slice pizza.
The Patsy (the Duke on 42nd Street) is one of the most remarkable, and one of the most peculiar, theater events I’ve ever witnessed. Precedents exist for it: The 1927 musical Show Boat, in its ...