Lauren Ambrose

Sleepwalk With Me: This American Spin-Off

Isn't as good as on the radio

Grassroots

Jackie Hoffman's A Chanukah Carol Is Jewbilant

The message came from Broadway scene-stealer Jackie Hoffman's publicist: "This Funny Girl is happening -- and unlike Lauren Ambrose, she's Jewish!" And she was even doing a Jewish twist on Patrick Stewart's A Christmas Carol, playing all the parts, at New World Stages. Oy vey, I was so there.

The Funny Girl Curse Strikes Again

Lauren Ambrose​No one can play Fanny Brice in Funny Girl except Barbra Streisand, who plays it every time her immortal performance turns up when the movie shows. Her fiery, hilarious, heartbreaking force-of-nature genius in the role looms over anyone else daring to come near it, spewing a gia ... More >>

Barbra Streisand's Concert on TV Last Night: My Thoughts

​On PBS last night, the legendary star of Funny Girl was shown in her return to the Village Vanguard. I'm talking about Lauren Ambrose! Kidding. It was someone named Babs Streisand. And she was like butter.

Funny Girl Has Cast Its Fanny Brice

And it's none of the people we fantasized about and/or agonized over. According to E!, the Broadway revival of Funny Girl has found its new Streisand, and she's...

The Street Pianos Are Coming! New York's Latest Public Art Experiment

Photo by Luke Jerram.​In 2004, there were "The Gates". And in 2008, there were "The Waterfalls". And now, in 2010, there will be THE STREET PIANOS!

JAZZ HOT BABY

Can’t hardly wait to see this band

Lauren Ambrose & the Leisure Class

Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

​ Twitpic via DanaBoscorelli. Up, Up and Awry! The Balloon Boy and his wacky father helped keep our minds off the real world, which sucked even more than usual. In national news, the Nobel Peace Prize continued its deadly rampage across America. But don't despair, rightbloggers: President O ... More >>

Q&A with Lauren Ambrose (Where The Wild Things Are)

​KW photo Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Lauren Ambrose is a monster -- with red hair, of course -- in Spike Jonze's cinematic interpretation of Maurice Sendak's

ROYAL BUNGLER

Ionesco's 1962 drama sounds familiar

Michael Stuhlbarg's Hamlet: Jangled Out of Tune

Despite princely moments, this Denmark's a mishmash

TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY?

The great ticket dilemma

Director and Playwright Elyse Singer Discovers Two Unusual Inventors

Intelligent Design

Academic PYT meets, seduces her literary hero in Starting Out in the Evening

Going for the Gold

Flood Wedding

The Public's Romeo and Juliet waters Central Park

Let's Take This Outside

Al fresco shows for real New Yorkers (and their houseguests)

The Music Men

Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune

Still Singing

Lincoln Center's Awake and Sing: A new way to play Odets?

Born Again

When it comes to the abortion issue, TV shows are where they were 30 years ago.

Exquisite Corpses

'Six Feet Under' Comes to Life

Hope Floats

The Day the Laughter Died