"Just Passing By" is a breezy adventure through theatre and Greenwich Village in the 1940s and 1950s, providing "rare footage" from that memorable time. It begins at Catholic University's theatre program and its powerhouse staff, which included Father Hartke, Walter Kerr, and the renowned director Alan Schneider. The author knew them all. She experienced Greenwich Village in the era of the Beat Generation, the Village Voice, jazz clubs, and sandals...