Cherry Jones

'Modern Family' Star On Gay Terminology, Gurl

Dear Broadway Stars: I Have To Apologize To You

I'm basically bowing and scraping before your fabulous feet and saying "I'm so sorry". And why am I apologizing? Because I'm old! I've been around. I've seen revivals upon revivals upon revivals of the shows you're currently reviving. In fact, I even saw the originals! So I'm always writing stu ... More >>

Jessica Chastain on Broadway In The Heiress: My Review

A well made play by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, adapted from Henry James' 1880 novel Washington Square, The Heiress is back in a sturdy if not revelatory production. The play was last on Broadway in 1995, in a stunning revival starring Cherry Jones as Catherine Sloper, the shy plain Jane who's awakene ... More >>

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Jessica Lange Lesbian Story Fizzles Out

The National Enquirer just ran a story saying that Jessica Lange had become more than friends with her American Horror Story costar Sarah Paulson, the latter being an open lesbian who had a relationship with actress Cherry Jones. Lange's people promptly pooh-poohed it. And I tend to think they're ... More >>

Stanley Kowalski Has Dropped The "Kowalski"

As you know, Tennessee Williams' culture-clash classic A Streecar Named Desire is coming to Broadway any moment now, featuring a cast of color. Well, at a Drama Desk panel discussion at Sardi's the other day, Blair Underwood--who's playing the old Brando role, the brutish Stanley Kowalski--said he' ... More >>

Mel Gibson Hides Behind The Beaver

​The trailer for Mel Gibson's comeback film The Beaver, in which he's a disturbed man who lets a beaver hand puppet speak for him, is a masterpiece of unintentional guffaws for those with really cheap and obvious minds. So here goes: As Mel's son pulls out a biological representation of a ce ... More >>

Cherry Jones Sails Through Mrs. Warren's Profession; Lee Hall Mines The Pitmen Painters

The class menagerie on Broadway

Jerry Lewis Won't Bang Ladies in Chicago!

Liza! The gayest night since Stonewall! Some plays are already dead.

When Stars Don't Get The Movie Version

​Supposedly there will be a movie made of the Broadway show Memphis, and I bet they don't use the stage cast. They hardly ever do! And I wish they would! Remember when they made a movie of Doubt two years ago and Cherry Jones didn't get the part?

Mother and Child: A Powerful Film About Adoption

(But only adoption.)

Cherry Jones Calls for "Astounding Mandate" for Bloomberg -- Which is How Much, Exactly?

​Actress Cherry Jones -- Tony-winner, and the President on 24 -- told the crowd at a recent Women for Bloomberg rally at the Hammerstein Ballroom that "Mayor Bloomberg deserves not only to be reelected mayor of New York City, he deserves an astounding mandate, because the mayor, and those who ... More >>

Thank You, Out Celebs!

​I've spent so much energy all these years railing at celebrities who cower in the closet that it's important I take a step back once in a while and throw some bouquets at the ones who actually opened the door and did us proud. So thank you, out celebs!

What's Beef? Ol' Dirty Bastard Manager Responds to Village Voice

The Hidden Treasure of American Acting

At 81, Alvin Epstein's trying something classic and new

Where Ire Lands

The talking cure, Irish style: Is its hour up?

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Bathed in Golden Light, the 50th Obies Are a Family Affair

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Altared Stages

From Shanley's Doubt to Guirgis's Judas Iscariot, the Catholic Church undergoes intense theatrical scrutiny

Digging in the Dirt

Just another urban legend: The final interview with Ol' Dirty Bastard

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The Flirty Dozen

We know what they did last summer: Paid vacation makes for surprisingly snazzy sequel

The Adults' Hour

Shanley's Doubt builds suspense out of the best material available: Fair-mindedness

It Takes Evangelicals, Reruns, and Pot to Make a Village

Season Your Admiration

In the midst of global dimming, the theater could offer a few bright spots

Family Feud(al) Obligations

Two Clans Dis Function; Two Directors Make It Work

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A Turkey Season Songbook

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Arms and the Woman

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Stepping Lightly

History Repeating

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