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Warning: This article contains details from the Season 2 premiere of “Fear the Walking Dead” The "Walking Dead" spinoff, "Fear the Walking Dead," has put down some intriguing car…
A couple of years ago, Colman Domingo faced a conundrum most actors can only dream of: He had to choose between two prestige TV series. In one corner, director Baz Luhrmann ("The Great Gatsb…
After three seasons of "Doctor Who," David Tennant has a nerdtastic following in the US " two rounds on "Broadchurch" also rallied fans of country-cottage procedurals. No wonder the British …
Everybody’s heard of kitchen-sink dramas, but couch-plays are where it's at these days. We asked the set designers of four shows what they were after in finding their sofas " in short,…
In case you haven't heard enough about a certain musical already, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter's new companion book, "Hamilton: The Revolution" (Grand Central Publishing, out Tuesd…
Too bad he was killed off so quickly, because Andrew Dice Clay stormed through the premiere episode of HBO's "Vinyl," giving a memorable performance as coked-up radio honcho Frank "Buck" Rog…
I see dead lesbians! And it's not that hard because it's been a real massacre on TV lately. Wednesday night on "Empire," Camilla (Naomi Campbell) dispatched her wife, Mimi (Marisa Tomei), th…
Performing Shakespeare would be a feat for any 71-year-old. For Jane Lapotaire, it's a miracle. In 2000, while teaching in Paris, the English actress collapsed onstage in front of her studen…
Sunday night on "The Walking Dead," a newcomer named Negan bashed someone to death with a barbed-wire baseball bat. Yet actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan doesn't necessarily think of his characte…
At first Lukas Graham's hit ballad "7 Years" " No. 2 on Billboard's Hot 100 " sounds a little sappy. Next thing you know, you've listened to it 375 times in a row. Maybe you've even t…
When "Hamilton" surfaced, it was called the multi-culti version of "1776." But it'd be sad if that 1969 hit about the signing of the Declaration of Independence was remembered only as the sq…
Riding high on an Oscar nomination for "Brooklyn," Saoirse Ronan is the poster child of Broadway's "The Crucible." Literally: A close-up of her face is on the show's posters and Playbill. Wi…
A dumbfounding amount of energy has been wasted on guessing who will die on Sunday's season finale of "The Walking Dead" " likely at the hand of the new arch-villain, Negan. Here's a secret:…
Warning: This article contains spoilers from “The Walking Dead” Episode 615 The nice way to look at the latest "Walking Dead" episode is as the calm before the storm " i.e., next…
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's "Bright Star" is a Broadway oddity " and not just because it has a bluegrass score. No, the weird thing about "Bright Star" is the way it juxtaposes an over-…
It’s always nerve-wracking to watch TV stars venture out onstage. Can they manage without multiple takes and craft services? Does the magic happen in the editing room? Happily, Claire …
At its highest level, ballroom dancing is quite a workout: Do you think those high-flying acrobatics and fleet-footed shimmies are easy to pull off? Yet somehow pro Mark Ballas " back for th…
Warning: Spoilers ahead. There was some good news in Sunday's episode of "The Walking Dead": Daryl recovered both his bike and his crossbow. The man is complete again! The bad news was every…
A musical doesn't have to be perfect to delight. Cutting-edge is overrated, too: Just give us well-crafted material and a starry cast that knows exactly what it's doing. Exhibit A and B are …
Timothy Olyphant hadn't done theater in 20 years when the script for "Hold On to Me Darling" landed on his desk. "Right off the bat I knew it was both crazy-funny and serious as a heart atta…
I saw a play Monday night with one of the most annoying audiences ever. Technically, I can't be sure it was among the dumbest " it just felt that way. Sitting next to those morons was mortif…
Warning: This article contains spoilers from “The Walking Dead” Episode 613 What's the heck is happening to Carol on "The Walking Dead"? Over the past couple of seasons, this fan…
Though Broadway's "Eclipsed" and "Blackbird" are worlds apart in many ways, they both fearlessly deal with the same subject " the sexual exploitation of young women. Admittedly those are gri…
SEE IT "Disaster!" has one ambition, and that's to make you laugh " no pun is too low, no gag too obvious. And it works, especially for fans of shamelessly silly shows a la "Xanadu." This cl…
It takes a lot to silence Julie Delpy. But while long known for her candor, she's steering clear of hot topics while promoting "Lolo," out March 11, a comedy she stars in, wrote and directed…
