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Theater Fall Picks 2013

Why Joel McHale Used A Butt Double

Joel McHale is the comely and humorous fellow from Community and The Soup--the one who's cute, wry, and nimbly able to poke fun at himself (and others). But despite his shapely body, Joel used a butt double in the film What's Your Number?, so he was asked by Advocate's Brandon Voss just why. (I'm g ... More >>

Macbeth Set In A 1970s Eastern-Bloc Mental Institution

That's how one of the contributors on the popular site Broadwayworld.com describes the currently previewing production of Macbeth starring the daring Alan Cumming as the manipulated male of the title. Switching milieus of Shakespeare plays to update/enhance/comment on the text is nothing new, but ... More >>

Kristin Chenoweth on the Oscars, Adele, Hugh Jackman, and S&M

Also: Sir Ian McKellan outs everyone

Eric Ripert, Mario Batali, Floyd Cardoz and Others Will Say 'Shame on Sandy' at Relief Benefit

On Saturday, January 12, My Last Supper and a few big name chefs will join forces to support Sandy relief efforts. But before you grab your elastic waist pants and skip lunch, know this -- the evening will run as a variety show with the finger-wagging title, "Shame on Sandy". [See More Edible News: ... More >>

Reid Farrington's A Christmas Carol: Your Seasonal Multimedia Fable

Dickens ghosts around the Abrons Arts Center

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.

X-Men: First Class

Summer Movie Guide 2011

Superheroes, sequels, and TWO Conans! Summer has arrived.

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, La Bete, and A Life in the Theatre--Second Helpings on 45th Street

A fake Andrew Jackson and a fake Moliere join a real Patrick Stewart on Broadway

The Star-Studded Hollywood Invasion of Broadway Continues: Stiller, Kidman, Rock, and More!

​The last year in Broadway theater saw the appearances of names like Scarlett Johansson and Catherine Zeta-Jones not just on stages, but in the same award categories as their Loyal-to-New-York-Theater co-stars. The trending caused our own lead theater critic Michael Feingold to pen an epic scr ... More >>

Fall Guide: The Tricycle Theatre Invades With Its Epic History of Afghanistan

The Public Theater presents director Nicholas Kent's production of The Great Game

Emmy Nominations Announced; HBO Maintains Primetime Stranglehold

We will never own one of these. ​Whee, the 62nd Annual (Primetime!) Emmys have been announced. There aren't that many surprises: As usual, HBO rocks, as does Mad Men, True Blood, 30 Rock, Glee, Neil Patrick Harris, and Tina Fey. Losties may get another chance to see the objects of their affect ... More >>

Chelsea Handler Interview! Brace Yourselves!

And then I compare Keats with Tila Tequila.

Which Star Trek Stars Were The Sexiest?

I haven't seen the new Star Trek movie, partly because I could give two shits about it and also because I wasn't invited to a screening. But I've seen images of the two stars, Chris Pine, who plays Kirk, and Zachary Quinto, who's Spock, and I have to say that while they're super cute--and you can ... More >>

Voice Choice: Macbeth

Marc Jacobs' Brazilian Bombshell Boyfriend!

A review of the Broadway season's best leg-breaking, plus some arm-twisting

Letters

Three Plays Just In From London

A gimmicky Macbeth, a chilly Sunday, a graceless Grace

The London Blitz

Plague! Arson! Smut! A visit to Britain’s classy theater.

'TMNT'

Third Degree

The X-Men survive explosions, a threat to mutant rights, and Brett Ratner

'Life, Translated'

God Takes on Illinois

NY Mirror

A Public Farewell

Lauded and embattled, George C. Wolfe calls it quits after 11 years

Vogel Heads for Inner Space; Pinter Drifts With the Stars

NY Mirror

Subway Series

We're Henry IV, We Are, We Are: The Plays, in Brooklyn and Manhattan, Are the Things

Risk Management

Gambling Pros and Mutant Superheroes Spread the Odds

Film

Awake and Talk!

The Wild Party 3

The 45th Annual OBIE Awards

A Guide to the Season's Competitors

Not-Right Triangles

NY Mirror

On the Academy Awards, I loved the quick cut to Warren and Annette after Whoopi's crack about older men and younger women.

A Space Oddity

Ancient Evenings

Felt and Unfelt

Chilly Scenes

A Winter Movie Preview
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