Random Happenings - March 2012

The Oreo cookie turns 100. Twisters ravage 12 states; for a moment, miracle toddler gives us hope but then dies and is laid to rest with her parents and siblings. Third generation Eric Nederlander is “black sheep of Broadway” with "a Jekyll and Hyde personality" according to Page Six Magazine. New York City is ranked the most competitive city in the world. Deluge closes preview performances of Evita. Sutton Foster leaves Anything Goes. I take in the revamped Carrie Off Broadway. Mike Daisey called a fabulist by This American Life. Overheating iPad 3 debuts. Raven-Symoné replaces statuesque Patina Miller in struggling nun musical Sister Act. Frank Langella drops names in new memoir. Jesus Christ Superstar comes to Broadway. Ranting Jet Blue captain freaks out; passengers wrestle him down on Flight 191.Candice Bergen says “It’s a privilege to get old.” I didn't win the $600M Mega Millions Jackpot. The cherry blossoms begin to bloom.