Blessed Virgin Mary

Why So Many One-Person Shows Right Now?

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 two medical workers watching him and occasionally murmuring something)? Easy: The economy! There's ... More >>

When Something Is Love/Hate, Do You Love It Or Hate It?

Lots of plays and movies enter into the category of "love/hate"--i.e., people worship at their feet or find them utterly repellent, but no one thinks they're just OK. For example, Oz, The Great and Powerful, Spring Breakers, Twilight, and The Tree of Life come to mind as classic love/hate movies, ... More >>

Spring Arts Guide: The Testament of Mary, Quite Contrary

Fiona Shaw and Colm Tóibin explore the inner life of Jesus's mom

Pussy Riot!: A Punk Prayer for Freedom

Three One-Woman Shows In A Row Are Coming!

I generally loathe one-person shows because they often fail to be all that dramatic, usually consisting of a long-winded famous person pretending to be another long-winded famous person, taking an occasional breath only when the phone rings. But the three one-woman shows that are coming sound like ... More >>

Holiday Guide: Arts Listings

Did You Just See The Virgin Mary?

The Virgin Mary might live in a tree in West New York, New Jersey, some now claim. Today's New York Times has a report that religious pilgrims have been flocking to the site, "making the sign of the cross and weeping at the base of a Ginkgo biloba tree with a strange knot that they believe resembl ... More >>

There Are Two Kinds Of Liars! Which One Is Worse?

I detest any kind of mendacity--except for an occasional white lie--but some untruth-tellers are way worse than others. Here are your two basic types: *The ones who really believe the shit they're telling you. You know, "My grandmother was the Duke of Windsor's real mistress....As a child, I was ... More >>

The BP Oil Spill, in Baby Tattoos

via Jason Clay Lewis website​This baby is fake, just so you know. Even so, it is perhaps the most disturbing display of outrage based on the BP oil spill. It looks so real, and those tattoos...they'd be stretched and faded by the time he could walk. But, it's only art.

We Are All One in Babel-Meets-Benetton-Ad Altiplano

2 Madonna Stage Workers Killed in French Collapse; Virgin Mary Suspected

It is a well-known principle of modern life that you don't fuck with Madonna. But what if Madonna fucks with Madonna -- that is, the Mother of Christ? Earlier this month Lech Walesa and other angry Poles denounced Madonna Ciccone for threatening to perform in Warsaw on August 15, the Feast of the As ... More >>

Séraphine, Lyrical Biopic, Stirred the French Public

Catholics Are Easily Aroused

It seems a surefire way to get publicity: do something even mildly sexy with the Virgin Mary, then wait for the Catholic Church to denounce you. We saw it last month with the Virgin Mary's Mexican Playboy cover. Now we're seeing it with designer Ricardo Oyarzun's recent fashion show, in which mode ... More >>

Voice Xmas Gifts 3: Nude Biathlete Calendar

DEEP TRANCE

A Krautrock legend casts his spell

GENDER- BENDER

An evening with boylesque babe La JohnJoseph

SXSW: Unacceptable Souvenirs for Your Sweetie Back Home

A New Crisis for Britney's Sister?

Watching a career sore. And hearing amid the praise for Day-Lewis: 'Huston. We have a problem.'

The Devil and Chris Ofili

The controversial 'Sensation' artist returns with a solo exhibition, elephant dung a no-show

December Boys

Pictures of You

If every film is a reflector, Magic Mirror says you don't make any sense

Horoscope

Passion of the Christ: A Very Special Episode

Conception far from immaculate in teenybop retelling

Plug Me, Jesus

Special Mother Edicíon

Polo Party

Digging tahdig and cigars at Times Square Persian restaurant

Rudy Giuliani Was a Prophet, Too

Illicit Cherry For Sale on the Dark Side of the Web, We're Not Telling Where

Books

1 + 1 = 3

Turkish composer and Harvard grad pump up the volume

Holiday Humbug

Yes, Virginia, there is a limit to Christmas pageantry

Moments of Beeing

Keep Your Emotional Distance, and They All Look Like Insects

Moods For Moderns

Creepy Cisterns and HDTV Virgins

The Pope Says 'Dope'

Hot Mamas

Mary Go-Round

Plug Me, Jesus

Mindful Walking

Meditative Paths in Manhattan

Theater

Pictures of Mary

The Virgin Mary's Been Showing Up, Maybe, in a Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Window. Seeing Things?

Speech Lessons

The GOP and Campus Rights

Holy Mother of God!

The Myth of Catholic Bashing

Aestheticism in the Wake of Catechism is No Heresy

Man in the Middle

Chris Ofili Africanizes an Icon

Over that Hill

'The 7-Minute Series'

Millennial Prophecies

Exclusive! America’s Only Psychic Journalist Reports the News Before it Happens!

Miracle Spread

The Virgin Springs

Watered Down

Vonnegut's Last Laugh

A Talk with America's Greatest Living Saab Dealer