a fantasy of GOTHIC REVIVAL
May 07, 2019
3 minutes
BY BRIAN D. COLEMAN
PHOTOS BY JOHN NEITZEL
he playwright paul rudnick admits he’s had a lifelong penchant for the theatrical. He laughs as he recalls his mother’s first visit to his Greenwich Village penthouse: “Paul, why do you have the Pope’s furniture?” she asked, incredulous over the Gothic Revival fantasy space. For Rudnick, its appeal is in the mix of the solemn with the fantastic. Pointy spires and carvings, medieval knights standing stiffly at attention, the richness
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