Discomfort zone by Howard Kissel
Stiller's charm 'Goes' a long way to soften LaBute's new play
Stiller's charm 'Goes' a long way to soften LaBute's new play
A Manhattan judge said yesterday that the petty infighting among lawyers for David Gest and Liza Minnelli has to stop, saying she's tired of their "whiny garbage."
"Third Watch," set among the city's emergency service workers on the graveyard shift, won't be returning in the fall for a seventh season. It's a blow to the local acting community, too.
Looking purely at the King's music, the evening captures Elvis. With the big production, I'm betting he'd have loved it - and that, Teddy Bear, is good enough for me.
Musical-theater lovers generally regard "Oklahoma!" as the start of the Golden Age of Broadway musicals.
Now that we are in the Tin Age, the comparable landmark is "Mamma Mia." Within the new dispensation, "All Shook Up" is certainly a major work.
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Yes, he has made me laugh harder, but I was chuckling all evening long, which is a tribute to his considerable mastery of these ancient skills, not just the free orange juice.
Some artists write from the heart. Sekou Sundiata writes from his kidney.
"The Glass Menagerie" is not an intellectual exercise. It should break your heart. This production simply falls flat.
Drag queens come with baggage, and they don't pack light.
Charlie Sheen appeared to be pulling a fast one on his fans this weekend, when he announced his two-date live event "My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not an Option Show" was sold out ev…
"Saturday Night Live" turned the light on "fired" Spider-Man director Julie Taymor this weekend, mocking her lack of knowledge about Spidey and making numerous references to her biggest hit,…
Known for being a hit in the mid-1960s and for spawning a movie that won Goldie Hawn an Oscar, "Cactus Flower" hasn't been seen in a major stage revival in New York since it ended a Broadway…
The focus on faith is to make a point: Belief systems can be complicated matters. Comical ones, too.
Starting Wednesday, tap will have a rallying point in the Bowery when Sumbry-Edwards and Dorrance show new choreography at St. Mark's Church, a venue that has presented Allen Ginsberg's poet…
You expect a show about a boy who refuses to grow up to cop some attitude. The rowdy and inventive "Peter and the Starcatcher" delivers a trunkful of it.
"Taymor is out. She's left the building," the source told The News.
Nearly 40 years after winning a Tony and a Pulitzer, the play, which opened last night in a starry revival, amounts to two hours of bombast given the full-court press.