June 4, 1999

Clyde Haberman NYC column on relationship between Manhattan Theater Club and Rikers Island Prison Complex; theater club's drama instruction program, called Writing on the Edge, includes professional actors, playwights and directors traveling to prison once a week, teaching theater fundamentals to selected students (M)

Article on New York Knickerbockers preparing for third game of Eastern Conference championship series against Indiana Pacers; photo (M)

Ben Brantley reviews Royal Dramatic Theater of Sweden's production of play The Image Makers by Per Olov Enquist, directed by Ingmar Bergman, presented at Brooklyn Academy of Music; photo (M)

George Vecsey Sports of The Times column on major sporting events being held in New York City area this weekend; New York Yankees will host New York Mets in 3-game series; New York Knickerbockers will play Indiana Pacers in NBA Eastern Conference championship series playoff games and Charismatic will seek to win Belmont Stakes and horse racing's Triple Crown (M)

Rep Nita M Lowey, saying she is convinced that Hillary Rodham Clinton is running for Senator from New York, abandons her own bid for position; announces her decision in telephone call to Mrs Clinton at White House; Harold M Ickes, Mrs Clinton's senior political adviser, says she is 'pressing forward' with her candidacy and is likely to take first formal step of creating exploratory committee when she returns from trip to Europe and Mideast in July; photos (M)