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May 25, 2012
BeBe Zahara Benet Is Quite A Creature
Last night at xl, BeBe Zahara Benet--the very first winner of RuPaul's Drag Race--proved she truly earned her crown. The Cameroon-born drag star put on her elaborately entertaining Beto Sutter-produced show called Creature, which mixes bits of Grace Jones, Kevin Aviance, Julie Taymor, Leigh Bowery, ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2011
Celebrities' New Year Resolutions For 2012!
I've exclusively gotten these resolutions from famous people who are hoping to stay famous in the new year. *Justin Bieber "I'll smile for the first time! Even when people say I impregnated them!"
Blogs
October 20, 2011
Musicals Based On Movies: What's Next?
Billy Elliot, Priscilla, and Sister Act have carried on the time-honored tradition of turning popular movies into musicals. What next? I'll tell you: *Fatal Attraction The adaptation--titled Crazy Bitch, The Musical--will feature a well-chosen bunch of Sondheim chestnuts. ("You said you l ... More >>
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August 9, 2011
Revised Porgy and Bess. What Next?
The movie versionThe Gershwin landmark opera Porgy and Bess is coming to Broadway in a revised version with the characters supposedly more fully rounded and relevant for modern audiences, and the crippled beggar Porgy walking with just a cane, not trapped in a moving cart. Plus with a happie ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
Law & Order Does Spider-Man Musical Episode
We usually ignore Law & Order: Criminal Intent because it's the creepy Vincent D'Onofrio Law & Order that got banished to USA Network, but their Sunday episode just sounds too good to resist. In one of the franchise's standard "ripped from the headlines" plots the detectives investigate a cas ... More >>
Columns
June 15, 2011
'Spider-Man' Review: I'm Buggin'!
Musto's verdict on the retooled musical
Theater
June 15, 2011
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark--The Tangled Web They Wove
It's not a musicalamity, just an ordinary bad musical
Blogs
June 10, 2011
Julie Taymor Wants Her Spider-Man Money
As Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark prepares to reopen Tuesday in a -- as the promos boast -- "re-imagined" fashion, former director Julie Taymor is gone, but not forgotten. Or at least she doesn't want to be forgotten since she's apparently owed $300,000 in royalties. The Stage Directors and Ch ... More >>
Blogs
March 31, 2011
Robin Williams' Broadway Debut As a Tiger: How Is He?
No, it's not The Book of Muslim--or The Book of Mork and Mindy either. Nor is it Julie Taymor's long awaited return to vertebrae. It's a play about "a tiger that haunts the streets of present day Baghdad seeking the meaning of life." And Robin--who's a bit of a bear--is the tiger. Got it?
Columns
March 30, 2011
What's Wrong With Broadway? It's Not Just Spider-Man!
Bono's Peter Parker isn't the only thing that's crashing and boring
Blogs
March 12, 2011
Spider-Man Musical Delayed for Sixth Time
The beleaguered "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" has had its opening delayed yet again, this time to June 14th. And it'll be closed between April 19 and May 12 so that the cast can become accustomed to the myriad changes being implemented, among them director Julie Taymor's departure. If the ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2011
An Imagined Review of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
The Voice's own theatre critic, Michael Feingold, refused to jump the gun and see the Spider-Man musical before its official opening date. Many of his peers wrote scathing reviews based on preview shows, which he argues isn't exactly fair. We're going to be far more unfair; what follows is ou ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2011
All of the Mean Words in the New York Times Review of the Spider-Man Musical
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark sounds like a disaster. Practically a national tragedy at this point, the new, super-expensive musical has yet to be officially released, trapped in the purgatory of "previews," in which a Broadway show works out all of its kinks. This one might be hopeless, if early ... More >>
Columns
February 2, 2011
'Spider-Man' Dish From Its Biggest Hater
Chatting with the Post's Michael Riedel about the show he loves to hate
Blogs
January 25, 2011
How Did I Do As The Lion?
Last night was my big performance in Project Shaw's all-critics reading of Androcles and the Lion at the Players Club, performed after one rehearsal. Instantly, I could tell why they cast me as the king of the jungle--they needed someone with sharp claws! And I thought I did pretty well in ... More >>
Blogs
January 14, 2011
Who Hacked Broadway's "All That Chat"?
All That Chat, the breathlessly readable site known for dissecting shows in previews, critiquing writers who actually get bylines and salaries, and posing questions like "Are there gunshots during Long Day's Journey Into Night?" was recently hacked and is now asking readers to chip in for a s ... More >>
Blogs
January 6, 2011
Anyone Have a Lion Costume?
I'm playing the part of the Lion in a Project Shaw reading of Androcles and the Lion, and I need something scary and animalistic to wear (aside from my usual ensembles, that is). This could be my big break. I'm hoping Julie Taymor catches me in all my lionine glory and casts me in her show- ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2010
The Biggest Box Office Disappointments of The Year!
According to boxofficemojo.com, the following 2010 films have so far made way less than they cost--i.e., they ain't smash hits.
Film
December 8, 2010
Julie Taymor's Other Tempest
According to boxofficemojo.com, the following 2010 films have so far made way less than they cost--i.e., they ain't smash hits.
Blogs
December 7, 2010
Will Spider-Man Fly?
It sounded good on paper: Julie Taymor. Bono and The Edge. A Marvel comic classic. But the reality is that superheroes generally don't fly on Broadway, unless you count Thoroughly Modern Millie, ba-dum-pum. And when a show is so elaborately technologically based, there are bound to be majo ... More >>
Theater
December 1, 2010
Metamorphosis Does Kafka by Way of Iceland
Things get buggy at BAM
Blogs
October 15, 2010
The Best Shakespeare Movie Ever
With Julie Taymor's The Tempest on the horizon, starring Helen Mirren as a vengeful lady magician, one is tempted to look back at all the classic filmed versions of the bard's plays and magically pick one's faves, forsooth. To see or not to see? Some of the best in my highbrow memory bank h ... More >>
Columns
October 6, 2010
Jerry Lewis Won't Bang Ladies in Chicago!
Liza! The gayest night since Stonewall! Some plays are already dead.
Blogs
October 6, 2010
Does The Lion King Deserve Its Long Run?
Broadway's The Lion King has played over 5300 performances, the team of producers no doubt counting the cash while they hum "Can You Feel The Love Tonight?" And in a new book about hits and flops called Broadway Musicals, author Peter Filichia concedes that the show's opening sequence--a pag ... More >>
Film
September 22, 2010
New York Film Festival: The Hype and the Substance
This year's NYFF manages both. Plus: Our best of the fest
Blogs
September 10, 2010
Spider Man: The Musical Sounds Like This (Video)
The U2-scored, Julie Taymor-directed Spider Man musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, debuted some set stuff, some costume stuff, some interviews, and some other stuff today on Good Morning America. They also debuted their lead actor singing a song from the forthcoming musical. And how does ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2010
The Spider Man Broadway Musical is Finally On The Way
After way too many delays and hold-ups and people not believing this thing is going to work at all, the Spider Man musical (entitled Spider Man: Turn Off The Dark) with music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge of U2 and with a book by Julie Taymor (who did The Lion King which is AMAZING) finally ... More >>
Voice Choices
May 25, 2010
Athlete+Carney
After way too many delays and hold-ups and people not believing this thing is going to work at all, the Spider Man musical (entitled Spider Man: Turn Off The Dark) with music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge of U2 and with a book by Julie Taymor (who did The Lion King which is AMAZING) finally ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2009
How Can They Save The Spider-Man Musical?
A blockbuster franchise. A Broadway visionary at the helm. (Julie Taymor). Two of the best known songwriters of our time. (Bono and The Edge). How could it fail? And yet, SpiderMan: Turn Off The Dark recently pulled the plug--temporarily, mind you--as the reported $45 million production sear ... More >>
Columns
January 21, 2009
Hilarious Will Ferrell Interview!
A Q&A before he brings Bush to Broadway.
Blogs
October 9, 2008
Spider-Man Broadway Musical Budgeted at $40 Million
A Q&A before he brings Bush to Broadway.
Blogs
May 2, 2008
iVoice: Julie Taymor Makes a Bob Seger American History Homage
A Q&A before he brings Bush to Broadway.
Theater
January 8, 2008
Disney Sinks The Little Mermaid
Live onstage, this version is longer, louder, more garish, and a lot worse.
Film
September 4, 2007
Help!
Run for your life if you can, little girl: Julie Taymor's '60s-set musical is a bust
Theater
July 11, 2006
Monstrously Uncentered
Like its set, Grendel's big and rocky, with an empty core
Film
April 4, 2006
'The Sisters'
Like its set, Grendel's big and rocky, with an empty core
Specials
October 18, 2005
1988
Like its set, Grendel's big and rocky, with an empty core
News
September 7, 2004
Julie Taymor Blows a Breath of Fresh Air Into The Magic Flute
Like its set, Grendel's big and rocky, with an empty core
Film
October 22, 2002
Deconstructing Hairy
Like its set, Grendel's big and rocky, with an empty core
Dance
October 8, 2002
Moses in the Desert
Like its set, Grendel's big and rocky, with an empty core
Columns
October 1, 2002
NY Mirror
Like its set, Grendel's big and rocky, with an empty core
Film
September 17, 2002
Fling Time in a Quiet Town
'8 Mile' Lines and On-the-Job Bondage in Toronto
News
May 14, 2002
Frida Icon
The Return of the Kahlo Cult
Columns
September 4, 2001
NY Mirror
The Return of the Kahlo Cult
Theater
April 25, 2000
Ways and Meanings
The Return of the Kahlo Cult
Long Island Voice
December 28, 1999
End Games
The Return of the Kahlo Cult
Film
December 21, 1999
End Games
The Return of the Kahlo Cult
Theater
November 23, 1999
The Outer Limits
Tina Landau’s 'Space' Invaders
News
January 5, 1999
Bother From Another Planet
Aliens Invade New York
Dance
November 17, 1998
Lion's Share
Black Concert Dancers Storm Broadway
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