1,783 stories by "ELISABETH VINCENTELLI"
Growing up in New Jersey as "the shortest, skinniest kid" on whatever team he was on, Gerald Marzorati never expected to be playing nationally competitive tennis in his 60s " especially sinc…
It was broadcasted for the first time in the US, on Logo, since the singing competition's creation back in 1956.
When the WNBA's Connecticut Sun traded Tina Charles to the New York Liberty in 2014, it was a homecoming for the powerhouse center, who was born and raised in Queens. On the eve of the Liber…
Justin Timberlake is going to perform his new single "Can't Stop the Feeling!" at the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday. Hope he's ready to get schooled, because Eurovision takes kooky …
It took two hit series before Daniel Dae Kim's parents forgave him for becoming an actor. "My father was a doctor and I was expected to follow a professional path," says the star of TV's "Lo…
"Do I Hear a Waltz?" Imagine if Bob Dylan and Keith Richards had made an album together that bombed and sank into oblivion. That's what "Do I Hear a Waltz?" is to Broadway. The sole collabor…
One of TV's hottest shows is a 12-year-old prime-time soap. Hospital drama "Grey's Anatomy" has often been listed as "critical" over its long run " but then creator/mastermind Shonda Rhimes …
Warning: This article contains spoilers from the series finale of “The Good Wife” As “The Good Wife” ended its seven-season run Sunday night, it’s hard to tell …
One of the best new musicals of the season isn't on Broadway, but off " the funny, touching "Dear Evan Hansen." Ben Platt (from both "Pitch Perfect" movies) gives a remarkable performance in…
Donald Trump recently took the stage as "Start Me Up" was playing and " screeeech! “The Rolling Stones have never given permission to the Trump campaign to use their songs and have req…
Gillian Anderson's back on a New York stage for the first time since an off-Broadway show in 1991. And not just in any role: She's playing Blanche DuBois, the doomed diva of "A Streetcar Nam…
When Stephen Mangan was cast as Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle in the new Fox crime drama "Houdini and Doyle," he fully committed to the role. "I was shown a picture of Tom Selle…
Does your washing machine need to be fixed? Do you want a five-tier wedding cake? Maybe if Audra McDonald has some free time, she can help " because after seeing her fabulous new show, "Shuf…
Musical-theater superstar Patti LuPone says shooting her guest-starring role on an episode of Showtime's horror series "Penny Dreadful" last season wasn't all fun and games. She and co-star …
Please Amy Schumer, don’t go over to the dark side! Things have been quiet on the Schumer front lately " at least when it comes to the new season of “Inside Amy Schumer,…
"American Horror Story" resuscitated Jessica Lange's career " but her diva turns in that outlandish show have almost obscured the fine actress she is. Her magnetic performance in "Long Day's…
If you like your family fare with a good heap of sweetener, welcome to "Tuck Everlasting." Were Mike Bloomberg still mayor, he might try to outlaw the show along with Big Gulps. What sucks i…
Jesse Tyler Ferguson is very good at playing one type of character " frazzled, excitable, fussy. Exhibit A: the fastidious lawyer Mitchell on the sitcom “Modern Family.” The prob…
First came Cyndi Lauper and "Kinky Boots." Now Sara Bareilles and "Waitress" look ready to double down. Women dismissed for writing fluffy pop hits " "Love Song" in Bareilles' case " have su…
How do you adopt a sadistically violent book for the stage? Tone down the gore and dial up the satire. And that's how Broadway's "American Psycho: The Musical" ended up less about a serial k…
Poor Rihanna, still trying to shock the masses with violence and nipples! She should be careful: At the stroke of midnight, she might just turn into Madonna, reigning empress of harmless pro…
There are two kinds of spy movies: Loud, splashy, explosion-driven spectacles like the Bourne/Bond/"Mission: Impossible" franchises and geopolitical thrillers in which people in dark suits q…
If you want to see a sublime actor live and up close, skip the movie stars who swan by now and then on Broadway. Instead, catch anything with Frank Langella. Now 78, he's one of the most com…
"Les Fêtes Vénitiennes" Drenched in decadent red, BAM's "Les Fêtes Vénitiennes" makes the Met Gala look like teatime at a nunnery. This baroque opera is as close as we can get to a B…
For many seasons, "Dancing with the Stars" was the most unabashedly campy and sneakily athletic competition on TV " which usually made it more fun than "American Idol," "Top Chef" or "The Am…
