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April 25, 2012
The Least Convincing Couple in Screen History
According to Peter Bart's book Infamous Players, it was Rock Hudson and Julie Andrews in the 1970 romantic spy drama Darling Lili. Writes Bart, who at the time was a junior executive faced with the job of looking at the rushes: "Their supposedly steamy love scene had as much fizzle as day-old beer ... More >>
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February 16, 2012
I'm Playing Susan Lucci In Awards Show Spoof!
Well, I'm Italian! (And she's half.) It's part of You Like Me!, a wacky revue in which an assortment of wonderfully offbeat performers re-enact classic acceptance speeches in all their weepy glory.
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January 25, 2012
Tea Party Princess
Victoria Jackson went from the big leagues of comedy to the rabid right of modern politics
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January 24, 2012
Broadway Replacements: Your Favorite?
Darren Criss is attracting screaming Gleeks to How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and they're filling the seats once occupied by screaming Potterphiles. Which brings to mind the topic of Broadway replacements and how they fare in light of all the hoopla generated by the original star ... More >>
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December 12, 2011
Transgender And Drag At The Oscars! A Fabulous Pictorial!
In Albert Nobbs, Glenn Close (above) convincingly plays a woman who dresses like a man in order to nab some employment in 19th-century Ireland. But it's the kind of stunt that can also nab you awards consideration.
Film
December 7, 2011
You Know You Are Watching a Garry Marshall Movie When...
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October 4, 2011
Whoopi Goldberg Breaks Broadway Record
When it was announced that Ghost the musical would come to Broadway, hot on the heels of the current Sister Act, I realized, "That's two musicals based on Whoopi Goldberg movies!"
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September 9, 2011
Malibu Beach, 1965. Identify The Stars
I see at least three Oscar winners in these silent but riveting home movies taken by Roddy McDowall in Malibu in the kicky '60s. There's Jane Fonda, Ruth Gordon, and Julie Andrews, and of course, Tammy Grimes and...
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August 11, 2011
A Madcap Encounter With Matthew Modine
Over lunch, two friends and I were recently poring over a book of movie stars in drag, particularly marveling at the shot of Matthew Modine dressed like a girl in the 1983 comedy Private School. Well, I must have conjured him by sheer cinefile telepathy.
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July 28, 2011
My Five Favorite Movie Actresses
That is, if this was 1969--and I'm not convinced that it isn't. (5) Catherine Deneuve She looks like a French Barbie crossed with the Infant of Prague, her hair never moves, and she's so wry and chic that she struck me as the most brilliant import since crepes. My favorite movie: the screwb ... More >>
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June 27, 2011
My Funny Julie Andrews Speech On Video
Remember my appearance in the show You Like Me, where I recreated Julie Andrews's immortal speech declining her Tony nomination for the Broadway version of Victor/Victoria? Well, above is the whole three minute video capturing it in all its breathy elegance. It's really fun or I wouldn't be sharin ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Who's The Greatest Drag King Ever In Movies?
Barbra Streisand, 'Yentl'I gave the guys their turn at drag validation. Now let's go for the guys who happen to gals. Which of these screen ladies convinced you, intrigued you, and really grabbed you in their macho getups? By the way, in the above photo, Barbra's the one on the right.
Blogs
June 14, 2011
A Hilarious Spoof of Awards Acceptance Speeches!
It happened at the Laurie Beechman Theater last week. It was You Like Me, a show in which various performers acted out notorious trophy-clutching speeches made by golden folks like Meryl Streep (wickedly witty), Patti Lu Pone (mildly cantankerous), and Elaine Stritch (out of her mind). La Daily ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
I'm Julie Andrews For One Night!
And that night is tonight! At the Laurie Beechman Theater at 9:30, Michael Schulman and Rachel Shukert are presenting "You Like Me: An Evening of Classic Acceptance Speeches," with an all-star cast of people serving lots and lots of gratitude. But I'll be reciting a classic anti-acceptance ... More >>
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May 29, 2011
Buy Marilyn Monroe's "Subway Dress" For Only $2 Million
Marilyn Monroe's iconic white dress from The Seven Year Itch is on sale for the low, low price of $2 million. It's the halter dress she wears while standing over the subway grate, trying to keep the skirt down. Actress Debbie Reynolds, 79, who is Carrie Fisher's mother, is also a movie memorabili ... More >>
Film
November 17, 2010
'Weimar Cinema' at MOMA: The New German Problem? Too Many Great Films.
Marilyn Monroe's iconic white dress from The Seven Year Itch is on sale for the low, low price of $2 million. It's the halter dress she wears while standing over the subway grate, trying to keep the skirt down. Actress Debbie Reynolds, 79, who is Carrie Fisher's mother, is also a movie memorabili ... More >>
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August 9, 2010
Emma Thompson Trashes Audrey Hepburn
Nanny McWhatever Emma Thompson is writing a new version of My Fair Lady, and while talking about it in interviews, she's been taking the opportunity to deride fellow Oscar winner Audrey Hepburn, who starred in the original film version. Thompson calls the screen legend "twee, mumsy, and real ... More >>
Film
July 6, 2010
The Childish, Funny, 3-D Delights of Silly Despicable Me
Nanny McWhatever Emma Thompson is writing a new version of My Fair Lady, and while talking about it in interviews, she's been taking the opportunity to deride fellow Oscar winner Audrey Hepburn, who starred in the original film version. Thompson calls the screen legend "twee, mumsy, and real ... More >>
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June 25, 2010
Julie Andrews Plays Against Type in New Animated Film
Oscar winning goodie-good Julie Andrews didn't want to play Steve Carrell's mother in the animated film Despicable Me. Not at first, anyway. See, Carrell voices the villainous Gru, and Jules was offered the vocal role of his overpowering shrew of a horrible mother. It's as far from Mary Pop ... More >>
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May 14, 2010
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?
Blogs
April 2, 2010
Your First Movie?
What's the first movie you ever saw in an actual theater? My answer will date myself, but it's nice to date somebody. It was The Sound of Music! And I adored it! It had everything I turned out to need in a film--scenery, music, puppets, lederhosen, Julie Andrews, and Nazi hating! And I g ... More >>
Film
January 19, 2010
Family Comedy Gone Limp: Tooth Fairy
What's the first movie you ever saw in an actual theater? My answer will date myself, but it's nice to date somebody. It was The Sound of Music! And I adored it! It had everything I turned out to need in a film--scenery, music, puppets, lederhosen, Julie Andrews, and Nazi hating! And I g ... More >>
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November 20, 2009
Which Movies Are Terribly Underrated?
I'll tell you some I feel deserve better reps. *The Sound of Music Yes, I know the 1965 musical won Oscars and made shitloads of money, but some critics (and costar Christopher Plummer) look down on it as if it were nothing but hokey treacle. But the film works for me, from the second you se ... More >>
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October 10, 2009
Things to do this weekend for (mostly) free
Leaf peeper map of NYS (the Catskills reach peak leaf) The big news this weekend is openhousenewyork weekend, which opens up sites around New York for tours and events, all free. The upside: all free. The downside: a lot of the events are already filled up. You can find programs that are st ... More >>
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June 3, 2009
PLEDGE VICTORIA
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November 26, 2008
Fraulein Maria
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November 6, 2008
Vodka Stinger's Top Five Broadway Videos
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Film
July 2, 2008
Kunal Kohli's Thoda Pyaar, Thoda Magic
Four plucky Walia children and a dancing velociraptor in this Bollywood release
Dance
December 4, 2007
The Thrills Are Alive
Alert Julie Andrews! Doug Elkins brings Fraulein Maria back to Joe's Pub
Film
November 13, 2007
What a Toad
Fairy-tale land and the real world collide to no good end in Enchanted
Art
September 18, 2007
Erik Sanko's Creepy Puppets Meet the Kronos Quartet
Love with strings attached at BAM's Next Wave Festival
Dance
December 12, 2006
Watch Out, Julie!
Tackling a classic with love and impudence
Theater
November 14, 2006
Urban Fairy Tales
Mary Poppins makes little magic; Julie White gets big laughs
Dance
April 11, 2006
Get Up and Try Again
Life as a vaudeville in which irony squeezes out a tear as well as a guffaw
Screens
July 26, 2005
Nanny v. Ninny
The hand that rocks the cradle writes a blog; the hand that feeds her feels bitten
Columns
April 5, 2005
NY Mirror
The hand that rocks the cradle writes a blog; the hand that feeds her feels bitten
Columns
November 23, 2004
NY Mirror
The hand that rocks the cradle writes a blog; the hand that feeds her feels bitten
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August 10, 2004
Film
The hand that rocks the cradle writes a blog; the hand that feeds her feels bitten
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June 1, 2004
Death of a Salesman
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November 25, 2003
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October 15, 2002
Army of Lovers
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January 29, 2002
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August 7, 2001
Caste Away
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February 27, 2001
Crouching Pussycats, Hidden Gems
Moviegoers Avoid Big-Budget Pitfalls
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October 24, 2000
NY Mirror
Moviegoers Avoid Big-Budget Pitfalls
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April 25, 2000
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August 3, 1999
Making the Scenes
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December 8, 1998
Broadways and Means
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October 13, 1998
NY Mirror
''In Rounders, John Malkovich chewed so much scenery that it's a wonder there were any card tables left.''
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September 29, 1998
Eastern Exposure
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