A friend of mine recently visited the Holy Land Experience— a born-again theme park in Orlando—so I wouldn't have to. It turns out... More >>

Gene Simmons—rocker, reality star, author, and world-famous tongue—called from Germany for our scheduled interview. So how was Gene... More >>

My favorite li'l honoree at the Songwriters Hall of Fame last week was Loretta Lynn, the coal miner's daughter from Butcher Holler, Kentucky, who... More >>

Harlem is my lady! Whenever I go there, a beaming stranger—but not always the same one—generally greets me on the street and says,... More >>

Christopher Isherwood's 1946 Berlin Stories led to the stage musical of Cabaret, which spawned the 1972 movie version with Judy Garland's... More >>

What recession? The tri-state casinos are turning it out, taking a big gamble, as it were, in a pumped-up attempt to bring in even more high... More >>

It was an exciting, innovative Broadway season, with two musicals that moved the form forward by pioneering darker, more textured subject matter.... More >>

Try to hold down your lunch for the second half of the Daddy Diaries, in which I describe the way my midlife crisis has yanked my guard—and... More >>

"I'll never get any action in this bar. I'm 31!" a friend recently moaned as I spat out my Diet Dr. Pepper in disbelief. Please! I'm at least... More >>

I hate it when, even though the invite said "open bar," the bartender demands $5 for a Diet Coke. Huh? Isn't it open bar? "Yeah," he replies,... More >>