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Vanessa Williams

  • Columns

    January 5, 2011

    Octogenarian Showstopper Rules New York!

    Revived: Marilyn Maye and Sally Kellerman. Clubs aren't dead yet, either.

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Vanessa Williams Is Doing Her Memoirs

    Richard Termine​That's what I'm hearing, and it'll surely be a rewarding read. After all, Vanessa Williams came to national attention as a lovely beauty queen whose crown was ripped off her pretty head when a lesbo-nudie spread surfaced.

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    Which Celebs Get The Most Stage Door Fans?

    ​The other night, I passed by the stage door for Promises, Promises and saw scads of people lined up to get autographs and photos of Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth after the show. Meanwhile, movie star Catherine Zeta-Jones (along with Angela Lansbury) pulls in throngs of stage door Johnnies ... More >>

  • Theater

    April 27, 2010

    American Idiot, Sondheim on Sondheim, Promises, Promises Lack Luster

    ​The other night, I passed by the stage door for Promises, Promises and saw scads of people lined up to get autographs and photos of Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth after the show. Meanwhile, movie star Catherine Zeta-Jones (along with Angela Lansbury) pulls in throngs of stage door Johnnies ... More >>

  • Columns

    April 27, 2010

    The Duchess of York Speaks Out About the Queen

    Living high with Sondheim. Other heroes include Sean Hayes, Denzel. On the other hand, Kelsey Grammer . . .

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    How Gay Is Sondheim on Sondheim?

    ​I'll review the new Broadway homage Sondheim on Sondheim in the next column--it's pretty fine stuff--but it's interesting to note that Sondheim himself admits in videotaped sound bites that he didn't have a relationship until he was 60! And this is the man who's aways brilliantly written in ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 6, 2009

    HOT BETTY

    Cast talk about Ugly style

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    I Defended Carrie Prejean On TV Last Night!

    I said she shouldn't be dethroned as Miss California. First of all, the pageant paid for her implants. Would it not be the height of weirdness to penalize her for having taken a semi-nude shot? Also, Vanessa Williams's Miss America tiara was famously ripped off, and she showed them all by becoming ... More >>

  • Books

    March 25, 2009

    Lit Seen: John Updike and John Leonard, Writers at Rest

    New York's literary community remembers two dominant, departed presences

  • Columns

    December 10, 2008

    Why Milk Stars a Hetero!

    Plus, singer-dancer Chita Rivera, drag queen Linda Simpson, and "Boys Gone Wild" at Mr. Black

  • Columns

    August 12, 2008

    Seth Rogen Taunts Me With Weed

    Serrano talks about his No. 2 project. Plus fruits and oranges, and Mr. Gay Philadelphia.

  • Music

    January 8, 2008

    Soul Summit

    Here is the bland soul-karaoke record you did not request

  • News

    August 14, 2007

    Hot Ghetto BET

    Does a black television network have a responsibility to do better?

  • Columns

    June 19, 2007

    Pre-Coital Clubbing

    At Lincoln Center, the ambiance of felching. Elsewhere, smoking gossip.

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2007

    Lou Reed Gets Syracuse Arts Medal; Induction Ceremony Definitively Not On Wild Side

    At Lincoln Center, the ambiance of felching. Elsewhere, smoking gossip.

  • Film

    March 6, 2007

    'My Brother'

    At Lincoln Center, the ambiance of felching. Elsewhere, smoking gossip.

  • Film

    March 30, 2004

    Film

    At Lincoln Center, the ambiance of felching. Elsewhere, smoking gossip.

  • News

    October 28, 2003

    Sports

    At Lincoln Center, the ambiance of felching. Elsewhere, smoking gossip.

  • Columns

    October 8, 2002

    Hot Mamas

    At Lincoln Center, the ambiance of felching. Elsewhere, smoking gossip.

  • Columns

    May 21, 2002

    NY Mirror

    At Lincoln Center, the ambiance of felching. Elsewhere, smoking gossip.

  • Theater

    May 7, 2002

    Refracted Fairy Tales

    At Lincoln Center, the ambiance of felching. Elsewhere, smoking gossip.

  • Film

    October 30, 2001

    God Save the Queens

    At Lincoln Center, the ambiance of felching. Elsewhere, smoking gossip.

  • Music

    March 21, 2000

    Music

    At Lincoln Center, the ambiance of felching. Elsewhere, smoking gossip.

  • Theater

    January 5, 1999

    Stage Presents

    It's a Good Time To Stay Off-Broadway— Even on CD

  • Music

    November 4, 1997

    Consumer Guide

    It's a Good Time To Stay Off-Broadway— Even on CD

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