Downey’s Tony Stark was a super duper hit. Feige praised Downey for taking Iron Man from just another superhero movie to one of the best-reviewed, highest-grossing films of 2008. “Not getting your first choice might just be the greatest thing,” Feige said, dropping some serious wisdom.

Ayad Akhtar’s play just opened in a Lincoln Center production that seems disconnected from the audience. Maybe this whole thing is one big AI experiment.

It was the theatrical event of the fall at the Lincoln Center Theater last night as Robert Downey Jr. starred in his first Broadway production as Jacob McNeal, the lead role in McNeal, a new play by the Pulitzer-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar.