Email Author Michael Musto

Awards

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 18, 2010

  "Where's My Book?"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 29, 2010

  "Year in Review"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 22, 2010

  "Kicked in the Groin at Every Glittery Turn"

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2013 Stories by Michael Musto

• Why So Many One-Person Shows Right Nowr

  published Apr 29, 2013

  Holland Taylor as Ann Richards. Alan Cumming as Macbeth. Bette Midler as Sue Mengers. Fiona Shaw as the Virgin Mary. Why such an avalanche of solo outings on Broadway (though to be fair, Cumming has ... More >>

• The Five Most Stressed Out U.S. States

  published Apr 29, 2013

  Surely this is an honor New York State deserves, to make up for the fact that Miss New York never seems to win enough national pageants. But nooo! The five most stressed out states, according to a n... More >>

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  A Wonderful Celebration Of Nelson Sullivan Last Night

  published Apr 26, 2013

  NYU may be gobbling up the entire Village, but at least they're paying respect to a late video artist to make up for it. Last night, I was a speaker at a Fales Library tribute to Nelson Sullivan, who... More >>

• Big Stars In Guys and Dolls Remake! Let's Complete The Casting

  published Apr 26, 2013

  Fox is planning to do another movie version of the classic Runyonesque musical comedy Guys and Dolls, and reportedly they want Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Leviitt for the male leads. (I imagine T... More >>

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  Tilda Swinton Leads A Barry White Dance Party To Honor Roger Ebert

  published Apr 26, 2013

  Apparently, it's what Roger would have wanted. Enjoy. Do it for Roger.... More >>

• Dish From Bette Midler's Opening Night Of I'll Eat You Last

  published Apr 26, 2013

  This comes from a source, not from me first-hand, because my invite obviously got lost in the mail along with all the other good stuff. Anyway, the first one to leap to their feet at the curtainr A... More >>

• The Boston Bombing Suspects Were Also Going To Bomb Times Square

  published Apr 26, 2013

  How creepy is thisr The two suspects in the Boston marathon bombing were planning to then go to Times Square in their hijacked vehicle and set off more explosives.The only reason they didn't do so was... More >>

• Go See Pippin! Join Them!

  published Apr 25, 2013

  It's been said that a musical has to have at least three 'wow" moments to really grab an audience. Well, the Diane Paulus-directed revival of the 1972 musical Pippin has at least seven. The tale of a ... More >>

• Leonardo DiCaprio Is Now An "Event Bookazine"

  published Apr 25, 2013

  You have to admit that Leonardo DiCaprio has emerged as quite a not-boring film star. With nutty movies like Inception, J. Edgar, Django Unchained, and now The Great Gatsby (with The Wolf of Wall Stre... More >>

• Anne Hathaway Would Have Been Perfect For Cabaret

  published Apr 25, 2013

  Yesterday, it was announced in a British paper that Oscar winner Anne Hathaway would be Sally Bowles in a Broadway revival of Cabaret, costarring Alan Cumming as the MC, the role he played last time a... More >>

• That Horrible "Crazy Busy" Syndrome

  published Apr 25, 2013

  In a mass email, promoter Daniel Nardicio points out what a cliche it is that people run around saying how "crazy busy" they are all the time. It's not enough to say one's simply busy these days--you ... More >>

• Tofu Is Still Torturing People

  published Apr 25, 2013

  I just got an invite to a tofu chain restaurant's new branch opening and was stunned to realize that tofu is still terrorizing our nation. I've been kvetching about the stuff since the days of mothe... More >>

• Marilyn Monroe Wore Falsies!

  published Apr 25, 2013

  Remember falsiesr They were all the rage before implants took over as the obligatory way to make your chest swell. Late reporter James Bacon talked in his memoir about how he ran into Marilyn Monroe ... More >>

• Bette Midler As Superagent Sue Mengers: My Review

  published Apr 24, 2013

  Lounging on a sofa in a sparkly blue caftan in a picture-perfect Beverly Hills mansion while chain smoking and waiting for the phone to ring, Bette Midler plays campy 1970s producer Alan Carr in the ... More >>

• The Year Of The Broadway Hottie Continues

  published Apr 24, 2013

  This week's column takes you to the opening night of The Nance, about a gay burlesque star in the '30s and his various moral dilemmas. And among other things, the play furthers this as the year of th... More >>

• Modern Family Star On Gay Terminology, Gurl

  published Apr 24, 2013

  At the opening night of Douglas Carter Beane's The Nance--with Nathan Lane as a gay Republican who does swishy stage acts in 1937--Jesse Tyler Ferguson of Modern Family fame happened to sit next to me... More >>

• One Of The Most Delayed Air Routes In The Country

  published Apr 24, 2013

  If you've ever worked on a movie, it's usually a matter of hurry-up-and-wait, but that's a joy compared to flying, which has become a case of wait-and-wait-and-wait-and-wait-some-more-then-hurry. But... More >>

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  Guess What A Stripper Makes In One Nightr

  published Apr 24, 2013

  Well, one very long night anyway. (Over 15 hours in this case, so it's basically day and night). Including 30 table dances. And five onstage appearances. And she has to be fit, sexy, nimble, and have ... More >>

• Voice-To-Texting While Driving Is Just As Bad As Texting

  published Apr 24, 2013

  So says a new study, which explores the difference between people who text and drive and others who voice-text and drive. Turns out both groups are nuts! Just because you're dictating your text does... More >>

• Broadway Roundup: Cicely Tyson, Alan Cumming....

  published Apr 24, 2013

  Start shining the Tony award for Cicely Tyson, who's just plain wonderful in The Trip To Bountiful, Horton Foote's play about an older lady who wants to return to the Texas town of her youth, remember... More >>

• 'Modern Family' Star On Gay Terminology, Gurl

  published April 24, 2013

  Douglas Carter Beane's Broadway period piece The Nance has Nathan Lane as a gay Republican minstrel grappling with... More >>

• The World's Strongest Vagina

  published Apr 23, 2013

  I'm going to pause right here for you to insert all kinds of unseemly jokes because I know you're just dying to. Got itr Let 'em outr Doner Good, then let me tell you with a straight face (well, with ... More >>

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  Barbra Turned Down Cabaret, Klute, and Julia

  published Apr 23, 2013

  I was uptown last night when Barbra Streisand arrived to be honored with her Film Society of Lincoln Center's "Chaplin" award, and she and hubby Brolin looked like buttah. Also lovely was this New Y... More >>

• Warhol Photo of Me Is Being Auctioned Off By Christie's!

  published Apr 23, 2013

  It's a sumptuous shot of me in a theme ensemble for a Slaves of New York party in the 1980s. And it's estimated at $4000 to $6000! Paper magazine has the scoop on the auction. If you really love the ... More >>

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  Will This Gatsby Break The Curser

  published Apr 23, 2013

  F. Scott Fitzgerald's jazz-age-set novel The Great Gatbsy has long been considered pretty unfilmable, despite it's having been filmed again and again. The story of a war vet peeking into the lavish li... More >>