Idina Menzel

Jackie Hoffman Says Woody Allen Is a Self-Loathing Jew When It Comes To Women

I saw the queen of bitterness--best known for Hairspray, Xanadu, and The Addams Family--in concert last night at 54 Below and thrilled to her succession of lashings, hilariously pulled off. For example: *She was horrified to read in the New York Times that Patti LuPone opened the club on June 5. ... More >>

Celebs Who've Refused to Be Interviewed by Me

​Whether they're afraid or simply dismissive, certain big names -- or at least their handlers -- have unceremoniously denied my requests to chat with them through the years. The glittery dishonor roll is as follows: LL Cool J. And I only asked because it was a slow news week. Betty White. W ... More >>

Who Should Star In Funny Girl?

​ Funny Girl is the classic musical about entertainer Fanny Brice, a show that is never revived because Barbra Streisand was so indelible in the role, you'd have to be an absolute looney tune to even go near it. And the movie captures her performance for all time, a constant reminder of the p ... More >>

Buy The Forbidden Broadway Book!

​If you're a legit performer who's not ripped apart in Gerard Alessandrini's Forbidden Broadway shows, then you don't count for much and in fact you might not exist at all! A badge of honor among Broadway bright lights for years has been getting skewered by Alessandrini's deft spoofs as rende ... More >>

Fuck You, Facebook! Thank You, Beyonce!

At Splash, the showtunes must go on.

Siegfried, Roy, and Glory Holes!

Yeah, my hot list, compared with the others, which aren't so hot

Rent Stabilized

Columbus's movie version is stiff, stolid, and stuck in an excruciatingly detailed past

To Half and Have Not

Michael John LaChiusa's new musical at the Public: Part Akutagawa and part acute annoyance

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Forced Marches

Little Women as a Broadway musical? Louisa May Alcott has indeed come a long way, baby

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Green Witch, Mean Time

Both on and Off-Broadway, new musicals suffer from severe multiple personality disorder

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Waves of Faves

Thirty-Three New York Theater Types Offer Up Their Favorite Productions From the 1999–2000 Season

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