March 28, 2002

Ben Brantley reviews play Franny's Way, written and directed by Richard Nelson; Kathleen Widdoes and Elizabeth Moss star; photo (M)

Joseph F Berardino, former chief executive of Arthur Andersen, says his decision to resign as chief executive sends message to Andersen's employees to keep up their fight for survival of company, interview; says he resigned to prove to government how much Andersen was willing to change; reveals details of how firm discovered document destruction that led to its indictment; also talks about failed negotiations with government and possible merger partners and plans that Andersen has for coming weeks and months as it continues to struggle to survive; photo (M)

Mike Freeman On Pro Football column discusses life behind bars for Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown, in prison for refusing counseling after being convicted for vandalizing car of his wife; Brown is refusing food and survives only on water to make statement about what he considers an unfair sentence; photo (M)

Manhattan's International Center of Photography opens exhibitions of works by W Eugene Smith and of American and European print photography from 1918 through 1939; Film Society of Lincoln Center will present six-film tribute to director Budd Boetticher; New York Theater Ballet will present Alice in Wonderland Follies, conceived and choreographed by Keith Michael; American Ballet Theater principal dancer Susan Jaffe will retire after performing title role in Giselle on June 24; Hayley Mills will make debut in Food for Thought series of staged readings in The Last Yankee by Arthur Miller at National Arts Club; 24th annual Museum Mile Festival along Fifth Avenue will take place on June 11; photos (M)

Partners at Arthur Andersen engage in fierce debate over what strategy accounting firm should take one day after resignation of chief executive Joseph F Berardino; several partners in firm's audit practice call Paul A Volcker to say they will support his plan to overhaul firm; other partners want to find someone else to lead firm, preferably someone with industry experience who will not be interim cartaker; other want to break free entirely, joining rival untainted by Enron (M)