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May 24, 2012
What's With All These People Who Talk To Themselves In The Street?
There are more and more of them, all loudly conversing into thin air as they bizarrely breeze past you. Psychos? Acute schizo nutjobs? No. You quickly realize that they must be talking into some invisible gizmo or other which actually connects them with another human being. You hope.
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May 9, 2012
Broadway Gossip About Ricky Martin, Newsies, and Jekyll & Hyde!
This week's column is a breathless triumph that sums up the Broadway season by interviewing various notables at a Tony nominees meet-and-greet where they grabbed at plaques and press ops. You'll learn: *What Gladys Knight has to do with the upcoming reimagining of Jekyll & Hyde *What Bonnie & Cly ... More >>
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April 25, 2012
Will Spider-Man Get the Nomination?
Next Tuesday morning, the Tony nominations will be announced, and people--even some people not on ropes--will be looking to see if Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is one of the four nominees for Best Musical. A year ago, that would have seemed as outlandish a proposition as a musical about a flying a ... More >>
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April 13, 2012
What Movies Should Be Turned Into Musicals? My Ideas!
With Newsies, Leap of Faith, and Ghost all upon us this season, Broadway is more than ever turning to old flicks to transform into stage dollars. But which movies haven't been muscalized for Broadway yet? Not that many, actually, but I do have some ideas. Hey, Mr. producer, next season let's plea ... More >>
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February 21, 2012
The Bodyguard, The Musical! It's Coming!
It's opening this fall in London, and you can bet it will head to NYC stages, too -- especially since it's a veritable jukebox show into which they've crammed tons of Whitney Houston's hits, fewer than half of which were actually used in The Boydguard movie. Here are the songs included in the show ... 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.
Voice Choices
January 18, 2012
Christine Ebersole
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.
Voice Choices
December 21, 2011
The Road to Mecca
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.
Blogs
October 17, 2011
OMG, Godspell Has Been Updated
The 1971 flower-child musical Godspell--a kooky rendering of the scriptures as a sort of nouveau vaudeville show--has started Broadway previews, and the kids on the boards are spilling about just how the script has been updated and tweaked. SPOILER ALERT!
Voice Choices
September 28, 2011
Stew & Heidi
The 1971 flower-child musical Godspell--a kooky rendering of the scriptures as a sort of nouveau vaudeville show--has started Broadway previews, and the kids on the boards are spilling about just how the script has been updated and tweaked. SPOILER ALERT!
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September 20, 2011
Photos From My Incredible Book Party!
The Copacabana turned it out last night with food, booze, percussionists, and dancing Copa girls for the gala launch of my book, Fork on the Left, Knife in the Back, promoted by Chip Duckett. Countess LuAnn de Lesseps and Lisa Lampanelli cohosted and were pure delight, both taking the stage ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 14, 2011
FILLED WITH GLEE
The NYMF presents 30 new musicals
Blogs
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 17, 2011
My Salmon Jacket Looks Great On Theater Talk Tonight
Isn't it a theatrical experience unto itself? And beyond that, Patrick Pacheco (NY 1, L.A. Times), Jesse Green (New York magazine), and I offer sparklingly dramatic and in fact award-worthy comments about last Sunday's Tony Awards telecast, the best one in ages.
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June 15, 2011
Spider-Man Has Opened! And I Have Spoken!
The tangled web has sorted itself out and, after only eight years of waiting (or at least it felt that way), Spidey has finally swung his buggin' ass around for the critics--this time officially. Click here for my review in which I tell you whether the can of repellent is still called for, o ... 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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June 7, 2011
The Three Most Overrated Women of 2011
So far. According to guyism.com. Based on their sex appeal. (Yes, I try to spotlight the other team once in a while.) (3) Lea Michele I guess her Tony awards appearance last year is still not instigating waves of glee. (2) Cameron Diaz You mean, her reuniting with ex beau Justin Timb ... More >>
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May 25, 2011
Ellen Barkin On Hollywood, AIDS, and The Normal Heart
In the current Broadway revival of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, Ellen Barkin is doing so well she's gotten a Tony nomination and a theaterful full of used Kleenexes every night. Click here for my new column, in which Ellen tells me about this staggering production, as well as her experie ... More >>
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May 3, 2011
Daniel Radcliffe Snubbed By Tony Awards!
Last year, the Tony awards fawned over Hollywood types, and a lot of died-in-the-wool theater people didn't have much of a chance against them. Well, this time the nominating committee obviously listened to the criticism about all that and swung the curve back to the real theater stars. (He ... More >>
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March 30, 2011
LIAR, LIAR
What would you do for love?
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March 9, 2011
HATS OFF!
Chris Rock makes his Broadway debut
Voice Choices
January 26, 2011
Idina Menzel
Chris Rock makes his Broadway debut
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November 4, 2010
The Great Thing About Being Dumped as a Tony Voter...
...Is that I don't have to see every single show anymore! I was so conscientious as a voter that I would sit there and watch everything that crept down the turnpike just on the off chance that it might end up getting a nomination or two.
Blogs
October 14, 2010
More Info On Donna Murphy's Holocaust Show
I recently relayed lemonwade.com's breaking news about Tony winner Donna Murphy's participation in a show dealing with Holocaust victims and survivors, which is on its merry way to Broadway. Well, apparently, it's a musical comedy! I've linked the new lemonwade report, which tells you some ... More >>
Voice Choices
October 13, 2010
UNDERWORLD BEAUTY
Julia Stiles bites the pomegranate
Voice Choices
October 13, 2010
Stew & Heidi & the Negro Problem
Julia Stiles bites the pomegranate
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September 23, 2010
Donna Murphy in Holocaust Musical
Two-time Tony winner Donna Murphy is returning to Broadway in a musical about the survivors and victims of the holocaust, according to our friends at lemonwade.com. While the Broadway board regulars will no doubt start making cracks like, "Will she show up for the holocaust?" I'll be anxious ... More >>
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September 10, 2010
The Best Wedding Song-and-Dance Ever, Period (Video)
We've seen a lot of "wedding dance" videos over the last year, whether they're epic proposals, or walks down the aisle, or whatever: YouTube has empowered the wedding party beyond any reasonable stretch of the imagination. Well, anyone who ever wants to reach at greatness in this regard now ... More >>
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September 8, 2010
I Revealed Broadway Secrets on Chatterbox
Broadway baby Seth Rudetsky just interviewed me on his Chatterbox show on BroadwayWorld.com and got to the root of: *The first Broadway show I ever saw, which absolutely horrified me. *My first interview with a Tony winner, who totally traumatized me.
Theater
June 22, 2010
The Response to the Tony Awards Shows That Show Business Is No Longer Business As Usual
More thoughts on Broadway and the state of theater in New York
Blogs
June 16, 2010
Joan Rivers' Gay Revelations!
CLICK HERE for my column in which the veteran funny lady tells me if she's ever had a lesbian experience and also if she's ever dated a man who turned out to be gay. Well, I asked! I also dish about:
Blogs
June 14, 2010
Three Days In the Life of Jay-Z, A Man Whose Weekend Was Way, Way Better Than Yours
Friday, June 11th: Isle of Wight Festival Oh, what am I doing Friday night? Yeah, I don't really know. Maybe fly to England and open the Isle of Wight Festival. Kanye West said he might come through and do "Run This Town." Thinking I'll maybe play in front of a tens of thousands of people wearing ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2010
Tony Awards Expand Voting Pool And Still Exclude Me!
via WikipediaLast year, a batch of press people were told they could no longer vote for Broadway's Tony awards--this even though we're the only voters who didn't have a conflict of interest, seeing as we don't work for any of the shows! Well, we all carried on and screamed like highly litera ... More >>
Voice Choices
March 16, 2010
WASTED YOUTH
Green Day does showtunes
Voice Choices
November 24, 2009
'Michael Feinstein & David Hyde Pierce Holiday Show'
Green Day does showtunes
Voice Choices
October 13, 2009
TIME OUT
Saved by The Understudy
Voice Choices
October 13, 2009
Victoria Clark & Ted Sperling
Saved by The Understudy
Blogs
July 17, 2009
Tony Awards Committee Drops Critics from Voter Rolls
The Tony Management Committee has stopped letting critics vote on the Tony Awards for achievements in Broadway theater, on the grounds that the reviewers have a conflict of interest -- as opposed to actual theater artists and producers who, we guess, monkishly abstain from allowing personal relation ... More >>
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July 14, 2009
Hair Cast Act Like Actual Hippies, Blow Off Show for Gay Marriage March
"By Any Means Necessary" just ran smack into "The Show Must Go On," and the latter blinked. The cast of the Tony-winning revival of Hair are cancelling their Sunday matinee performance on October 11 so they can stand with marriage equality supporters at the National Equality March in Washington, D.C ... More >>
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June 10, 2009
The Original Jennifer Aniston!
That desperate headline was the only way I could draw your attention to my column (CLICK HERE) reviewing Debbie Reynolds, who was Hollywood's original girl-next-door-who's-man-left-her-for-a-vamp, way back in the '50s. Anyway, Debbie debuted at the Cafe Carlysle last week with a fun act of singing, ... More >>
Blogs
June 8, 2009
Billy Elliot Takes 10 Tonys
The Tony Awards producers did not take our suggestions, but the show still moved at a relatively brisk pace and had some nice moments, such as the acceptance of the Best Actor in a Musical Award by the three nice young men who alternate the lead in Billy Elliot; they were physically poised as you ... More >>
Blogs
June 5, 2009
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 >>
Voice Choices
February 25, 2009
Stew & Heidi Rodewald
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 >>
Voice Choices
September 3, 2008
POTTER GOES BAREBACK
See Harry and his broomstick on Broadway
Voice Choices
July 29, 2008
HOOD LIFE
Classical Theatre of Harlem moves its hit show outdoors
Voice Choices
February 19, 2008
CAN THIS BIRD FLY?
Great casting may make this one soar
NYC Life
January 4, 2005
Dreamcatcher: Honoring the King of Peace and Equality
Great casting may make this one soar
Columns
June 17, 2003
NY Mirror
Great casting may make this one soar
Columns
May 20, 2003
NY Mirror
Great casting may make this one soar
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May 18, 1999
NY Mirror
Advice from the ball circuit: 'This category is about your face, not your booty. Now ride your broomstick out of here, baby gorilla.'
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