The sweet and the sobering
All In The Timing is the 1993 collection of six shorts plays by David Ives, which is being done by Primary Stages, where it originated and helped seal Ives' career as a playwright to watch and listen to. It's a witty assortment of playlets about the challenges of communication amidst the constant h ... More >>
She dazzles as Clarice in Silence!: The Musical, she startled as the Wicked Witch at Night of 1000 Judys, and she costars in a new movie called Gayby (below). And she was all mine for a tell-all Q&A in which I got to know what makes Jenn Harris really tick. Hi, Jenn. Let's start with Silence.... ... More >>
Playwrights Horizons was filled to capacity for The Night of 1000 Judys, a combo concert/comedy show benefiting the Ali Forney Center. Host Justin Sayre--who's sort of Oscar Wilde meets Whoopi Goldberg--was hilarious, with his offhand monologues about the need for Judy Garland worship (and any othe ... More >>
The late Judy Garland would have turned 90 yesterday, so Liza Minnelli sent out a message: "Today is a day for celebration. We celebrate the privilege of having had Mama touch all of our lives. She left us with so many feelings we never would have discovered about our self until she exquisitely tra ... More >>
Move over Assassins, Sweeney Todd, and Capeman. There's a new killer musical in town, and this one's supposed to be funny. A hit at the Fringe Festival, SILENCE! The Musical--the unauthorized spoof of Silence of the Lambs--is like a darker Xanadu, a satire that also manages to be creepy in ... More >>
Jack Ferver is the new swan queen!
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