BY NAVEEN KUMAR Ethan Coen’s Women or Nothing, about a lesbian couple taking creative measures to have a baby, opened Off-Broadway last week in … [Read more...] about Ethan Coen’s ‘Women or Nothing’ Opens Off Broadway: REVIEW
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New Musical ‘First Date’ Opens on Broadway: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR An amiable yet thin new musical about the awkward trial in its title, First Date, with book by Austin Winsberg and music and lyrics by … [Read more...] about New Musical ‘First Date’ Opens on Broadway: REVIEW
‘Harbor’ with Randy Harrison Opens Off Broadway: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR Harbor, a topical yet formulaic new play about a gay married couple whose placid lives are shaken up by a surprise family visit, … [Read more...] about ‘Harbor’ with Randy Harrison Opens Off Broadway: REVIEW
Weekend Movies: Stormy Cate Takes ‘Blue Jasmine’
Cate Blanchett self-medicates in the funny/tragic "Blue Jasmine" BY NATHANIEL ROGERS Cate Blanchett can't shut up in … [Read more...] about Weekend Movies: Stormy Cate Takes ‘Blue Jasmine’
Ray Donovan’s Hostile Hollywood: TV REVIEW
BY BOBBY HANKINSONStop me if you've heard this one before: An aging, straight, white, male antihero must learn to balance his personal … [Read more...] about Ray Donovan’s Hostile Hollywood: TV REVIEW
Weekend Movies: ‘I’m So Excited’ and ‘The Heat’
meet our friendly eager crew-ewww ♫ They only live to service you-ooo BY NATHANIEL ROGERS Here's a film you'll never see on … [Read more...] about Weekend Movies: ‘I’m So Excited’ and ‘The Heat’
Frank Bidart’s ‘Metaphysical Dog’: Book Review
BY GARTH GREENWELLFor nearly half a century, Frank Bidart has been obsessed by a single theme.In this brilliantnew collection, he calls it “hunger for … [Read more...] about Frank Bidart’s ‘Metaphysical Dog’: Book Review
‘A Kid Like Jake’ Opens Off Broadway at LCT3: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR Playwright Daniel Pearle’s new play about a young couple whose 4-year-old son Jake enjoys playing princess at playtime opened … [Read more...] about ‘A Kid Like Jake’ Opens Off Broadway at LCT3: REVIEW
Weekend Movies: ‘Monsters University’ and ‘World War Z’
You in Danger, Brad!BY NATHANIEL ROGERS If the world can be powered by screams, as Monsters, Inc and its new prequel MONSTERS UNIVERSITY … [Read more...] about Weekend Movies: ‘Monsters University’ and ‘World War Z’
Alysia Abbott’s ‘Fairyland: A Memoir Of My Father’: Book Review
BY GARTH GREENWELL Four months after her father died of AIDS-related causes in 1992, Alysia Abbott found the diaries he kept over the twenty years he … [Read more...] about Alysia Abbott’s ‘Fairyland: A Memoir Of My Father’: Book Review