Chita Rivera

'Broadway by the Year' w/ Scott Siegel

Broadway ChitChat From The Tony Nominees

​This week's column has my invigorating talks with various award nominees who sparkled up the Broadway season. Here are some extra tidbits from the stars: How did Mark Rylance (above), the volcanic actor who's Tony nominated for Jerusalem, feel about not also being nominated for his perform ... More >>

Paul McCartney Wins Kennedy Center Honors and Maybe All of 2010 As Well

Though the gala was weeks ago, CBS just got around to airing the annual Kennedy Center Honors award show. Among the honorees? Bill T. Jones, Jerry Herman, Merle Haggard, Oprah Winrey, and Paul McCartney, to whom Steven Tyler can be seen paying awkward, shrill tribute to above. Which makes us wond ... More >>

Hilarious Gay Spoof of "I'm Still Here"

If you're already saying "I'm Still What?" then don't bother with this post, please.

The "Delicious" Bea Arthur Remembered

Some of the biggest names in 1960s-80s showbiz were at the Majestic Theater today for the geriatric alternative to Fashion Week: a memorial to Bea Arthur, who passed away this April from cancer at the age of 86. Hundreds of theater and TV bigwigs shuffled their walkers into the rows for an "afternoo ... More >>

Obama Presents Medals of Freedom; Rightbloggers Predictably Enraged

​ Yesterday afternoon President Obama bestowed the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, on 16 notables including Billie Jean King, Chita Rivera, Stephen Hawking, Sidney Poitier, former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, Edward Kennedy, the late Jack Kemp (whose widow accep ... More >>

Medal of Freedom Recipients Announced, Include Tutu, Harvey Milk

​President Obama has announced this year's Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients. The nation's highest civilian honor has gone in the past to folks like T.S. Eliot, Lucille Ball, Pope John XXIII, Margaret Mead, Jack Nicklaus, Mother Teresa, and Norman Podhoretz. As you may have guessed, Dem ... More >>

Which American Idol Star Is a Lesbyterian?

Nightlife pickin's so slim that I even went to a museum.

Why Milk Stars a Hetero!

Plus, singer-dancer Chita Rivera, drag queen Linda Simpson, and "Boys Gone Wild" at Mr. Black

Gilty Pleasures

Stopping, looking, and glistening at the Maria Felix bash; wondering what colors Michael Moore will paint on his rainbow.

Adventures of a Barrio Girl

Rising star Quiara Alegria Hudes puts Washington Heights center stage in a new musical

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Rising star Quiara Alegria Hudes puts Washington Heights center stage in a new musical

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Rising star Quiara Alegria Hudes puts Washington Heights center stage in a new musical

Chita 10, Show 3

Chita Rivera has a vivid presence, but her material all seems to be in the past tense

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Chita Rivera has a vivid presence, but her material all seems to be in the past tense

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Chita Rivera has a vivid presence, but her material all seems to be in the past tense

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Chita Rivera has a vivid presence, but her material all seems to be in the past tense

Aurally Sound

What You Hear's OK, but What Are You Seeing?

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What You Hear's OK, but What Are You Seeing?

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What You Hear's OK, but What Are You Seeing?