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…
SEE IT Danai Gurira's on fire. Not only does she star in "The Walking Dead" as Michonne, but she has two plays opening, one on Broadway ("Eclipsed") and one off. The latter, "Familiar," has …
Baylee Littrell was 9 when he started opening arena shows around the world. OK, it helped that his dad, Brian, was a member of the headlining band " Backstreet Boys. "Baylee would do two son…
Warning: This article contains spoilers from Episode 611 of “The Walking Dead” In terms of pure action, not that much happened in the latest "Walking Dead" episode, "Knots Untie.…
Stars are aligning on stage this week " though in most cases, you'd better stay out of their orbit. Forest Whitaker may have an Oscar under his belt (for "The Last King of Scotland") but his…
Sarah Michelle Gellar's just signed up to reprise her "Cruel Intentions" role in NBC's sequel to the 1999 cult hit film " in which her wealthy, diabolical character plots the demise of the i…
Most Olympians pick up their sports at a very young age. Not so for Michael "Eddie the Eagle" Edwards, who was 22 and cursed with vision problems when he learned ski jumping. A mere 20 month…
So Michonne and Rick went there on "The Walking Dead." Can you blame them? This development is original to the AMC series, and wasn't in the source comics, but for the most part fans seem co…
When he doesn't spend the weekend at his Catskills house, Alan Cumming likes roaming his East Village neighborhood. The "Cabaret" and "The Good Wife" star, who recently released the album "A…