1,800 stories by "Elisabeth Vincentelli"
“I can slam that gavel, no problem," Kate Walsh says. "I just have this inner rage that comes out. I've never had a problem faking authority. There's something that's felt...
Talk about a good news/bad news punch. On the positive side, veteran Australian rockers AC/DC have announced the release of a new album, "Rock or Bust," on Dec. 2 "...
In terms of sheer inventiveness, "Scenes From a Marriage" may be the season's most daring show. No wonder Ivo van Hove and Emily Mann's eye-popping tour de force is building...
Neil LaBute's characters are awful to each other. In "Fat Pig," "reasons to be pretty," "Your Friends and Neighbors" and other plays and films, LaBute lifted up the stone of...
Warning: This article contains spoilers The most striking thing about Sunday night's Season 6 premiere of CBS's "The Good Wife" hits you after the end credits: Will Gardner is gone...
You’d think having total recall would be cool. You'd never have to write down a shopping list. You could quote entire "Simpsons" episodes from 20 years ago. Things are more complica…
You can see why everyone loves doing "Love Letters": A.R. Gurney's 1988 play requires no special set or costumes, and the cast of two, reading from scripts, doesn't need to...
'Tonight, I'm gonna say some s–t, and then I'm gonna do some s–t, and then I still won't be done," Bridget Everett warned us at "Rock Bottom," her new show....
Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig dip their toes in dramatic waters for their new flick, "The Skeleton Twins," and it's working out well for them. The movie's earning a high...
The two couples in "The Fatal Weakness" wrestle with infidelity and other troubles, but they're completely nonchalant about it. At least, they seem that way. Maybe they just knew how...
Anybody who's ever listened to WKTU, danced at a disco, marched in a gay-pride parade or watched "Project Runway" should get a ticket to "Mighty Real." True, this new jukebox...
Anybody who's ever listened to WKTU, danced at a disco, marched in a gay-pride parade or watched "Project Runway" should get a ticket to "Mighty Real." True, this new jukebox...
Few things are as bracing as the shock of new talent. In 10 years " or more likely in 10 months, considering our accelerated hatching cycle " you'll be able...
There’s little the wastrels of the new Broadway show "This Is Our Youth" won't do for kicks. Pot? Duh. Speedballs? That sounds fun. Stealing a bag of cash from your...
There’s a good chance a show titled "Bootycandy" is going to be raunchy. This Playwrights Horizons production doesn't disappoint. Largely inspired by writer/director Robert O'Hara's ow…
Prolific author Stephen King has released 56 novels and 13 collections " and that tally may be even higher by the time you read this. Overall, though, TV, unlike the...
The new play "Bauer" basically consists of a single long dispute. A protracted, frustrating dispute, because it's clear from the beginning that this is a stalemate in which the characters...
Once upon a time, in a bizarro universe, Natalie Portman and Britney Spears were in the same show. The time was 1992, the universe was off-Broadway and the show was...
It's been a long, grueling summer for TV fans. “The Walking Dead” is sending out longer and longer trailers and "The Good Wife" has broken the radio silence it was...
Early September means one thing: The parsing of taunting teasers from returning TV shows. And few are as eagerly anticipated as AMC's "The Walking Dead." Until that ratings juggernaut's fift…
In this charming but slight Irish import, two men and two women talk about their night out in Dublin. They're all college-age and looking for love, sex or all of...
Motels see a lot of coming and going, but the one in A. R. Gurney's "The Wayside Motor Inn" is really action-packed. There's a bitterly divorcing couple, a father and...
It’s a tough time for fans of musicals. A few weeks ago, we endured "Revolution in the Elbow of Ragnar Agnarsson Furniture Painter," a labored, Icelandic rock extravaganza set inside...
There I was, frantically waving around my piddling amount of play money as I tried to leave "management" and become one of the "owners." Thanks for nothing, lady who demanded...
Billy Eichner has earned a bit of fame for his "Billy on the Street" videos, in which he hysterically questions/insults/yells at random people before rushing on to the next victim....
