Nathan Lane

The English Teacher Proves that a Good Cast Doesn't Equate to Big Laughs

A Respectable Cast Can't Bring The English Teacher Any Laughs

'Modern Family' Star On Gay Terminology, Gurl

Modern Family Star On Gay Terminology, Gurl

At the opening night of Douglas Carter Beane's The Nance--with Nathan Lane as a gay Republican who does swishy stage acts in 1937--Jesse Tyler Ferguson of Modern Family fame happened to sit next to me. (Lucky him.) So I nanced him up for this week's column. You'll see what Jesse had to say about th ... More >>

The Year Of The Broadway Hottie Continues

This week's column takes you to the opening night of The Nance, about a gay burlesque star in the '30s and his various moral dilemmas. And among other things, the play furthers this as the year of the Broadway stud. I wrote about this earlier, when I ran photos of various nude or semi-nude guys par ... More >>

Nathan Lane Rules in The Nance

Playing a first-rate conflicted gay burlesque star

Drag Queens and Gay Sex Back on Broadway Where They Belong!

In Kinky Boots, Lola's straight! No, gay! But sexless!

The Best Broadway Revivals I've Ever Seen

Broadway has a way of spewing back the familiar over and over again, because that sort of thing is generally less financially risky than something new. But sometimes the regurgitation takes on an inspired form that makes the revival come off fresh and illuminating. Let me give you two glorious exa ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: February 15-21, 2012

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 Nutcracker in 3D: Nathan Lane and Nazi Rats!

My Tony Nomination Predictions!

​In case you live for the nominations like I do (and by the way, they'll be announced tomorrow morning), here are my guesses. Disclaimer: I'm at a disadvantage. I actually saw the shows!

The Most Star-Studded Tony Awards Evah!

Red Hook gets tragic: Scarlett Johansson and Liev Schreiber in "A View From the Bridge." Photo by Joan Marcus​That's what'll happen if this year's batch of giant movie-and-TV-stars-turned-theater-actors gets nominated! (Or even if they're just asked to present--or usher.) This will probably b ... More >>

Is Elvis Rolling in his Grave?

The Addams Family: ghoulish turns into goulash. Get it?At least other nightlife isn't such torture.

If Queen Latifah Married Samantha Bee...

​...she'd be Queen Bee! Yes, it's time for THAT fun little parlor game again, the one where you marry off two celebs that would make for a felicitously wacky new name. And so--with respects to my colleague Cindy Adams, who's perfected this sort of thing:

Thank You, Out Celebs!

​I've spent so much energy all these years railing at celebrities who cower in the closet that it's important I take a step back once in a while and throw some bouquets at the ones who actually opened the door and did us proud. So thank you, out celebs!

TIME OUT

Saved by The Understudy

Gay Celebs Descend on Atlantic City!

Out and about, and then back here to walk in Nancy Sinatra's boots.

5 Ways to Maybe Get People to Watch the Tony Awards

Another year, another unwatched Tony Awards show. Let's face it: this Sunday's prize party isn't even getting you excited, is it? Sure, the Tonys provide the MDR of greasepaint 'n' glamour we learned to love as lonely, introverted children. But as a quick look back at, say, the justly famous 25th An ... More >>

Godot's Worth the Weight, The Philanthropist Donates Little, 9 to 5 Shows More Heart Than Art

This Week in the Voice

In his previous mayoral campaigns, Mike Bloomberg has cut deals with Randi Weingarten's teachers' union that have eased his way to victory. But they also also stiffed charter schools and thwarted any hope of a real turnaround in our school system. Wayne Barrett tells us why this could be -- and sho ... More >>

Miss California Partied Down with a Trannie!

Actually, I never even leave my seat at intermission.

Get Your Tony Nominations And Cry

This is my big day--when the announcement of the Tony nominations sends an insular yet powerful world of Broadway thesps and businesspeople shrieking into the street with either glee or despair! And they're not acting! This year's batch of honorees is a distinguished bunch led by the Billy Elliot g ... More >>

Which American Idol Star Is a Lesbyterian?

Nightlife pickin's so slim that I even went to a museum.

Mario Lopez's Underwear Dis

Chattin' with Loretta Lynn and John Leguizamo; Carol Burnett in action; adventures of Nick Adams

Disillusioning America

Mamet draws big laughs, Inge draws some tears, Ethan Coen draws a blank

Terrence Howard's Latest Hustle and Flow

Black people revive the Great White Way. Plus a hue and cry from Mel Brooks.

Violence Is Golden

And stunning, where Bardem and the Coens are concerned. Plus other dark visions, and peaceful chats with Mamet and Lauper.

Six Days on the Pink Team

An alternative guide to Pride

Tragic Kingdom

Personal disaster breeds laughs in My Deah and Butley

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Your Show of Shows: The Movie of the Play of the Movie

1991

Love, Death, Confusion

McNally's 'Dedication' shows that even the cleverest playwrights babble when they're in love

Dueling Swamp Things Splash Around the Plaza at Lincoln Center

The Illusion Fields

A lot of skill and talent has gone into The Frogs, but somehow there's no creative pooling

Moscow on the West Side: Going from Cold War to hot jazz

Legally Conned: Soap Opera Star Impersonates Matinee Idol

Now I Wanna Be Your Dog

Parents won't feel Von Trapped in snarky toon

Goods and Disservices

In musical theater, the old songs are the best songs, if only you know how to treat them

Open Admission

High Culture on a Low Budget

The Good Son

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Glitzkrieg

Letters

Looking on the Whiteside

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Setting a Trap

Diva-lution

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''I can't believe that all the underground insanity I skanked around for years now comprises cute touristy entertainment.''