Email Author Melissa Anderson

2010 Stories by Melissa Anderson

• Who Killed Teddy Bear, A Fascinating Chronicle of Wagner-era Times Square

  published January 19, 2010

  In a career spanning almost seven decades, Elaine Stritch has played some legendary straight-shooters: onstage, both as Joanne in Stephen... More >>

• To Save a Life Wants To Rescue Kids from the Satanic Messages of Gossip Girl

  published January 19, 2010

  What would teenage Jesus do if he felt responsible for a childhood pal's suicide, knocked up his girlfriend, and played too much beer pong?... More >>

• January Entertainment: The Spy Next Door

  published January 12, 2010

  Like director Brian Levant's last two outings—2002's Snow Dogs, 2005's Are We There Yet?—The Spy Next Door is... More >>

• Up the Mountain One Last Time with Sweetgrass

  published January 5, 2010

  Though the breathtaking vistas of Big Sky Country in Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor's unforgettable sheep-herding documentary come... More >>

• Matthew Broderick Hides Behind Beard in Wonderful World

  published January 5, 2010

  Ben Singer (Matthew Broderick), once the third-biggest kids' musician in the country, is now the number-one grump of an unnamed city that's... More >>