In The Blood Quilt, he stitching women of past generations remind us of the vital importance of ritual and tradition The post The Blood Quilt " A Dramatic Patchwork of Compelling Themes appe…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . 36th Edition. Andrew Norlen (editor) and Matthew Murphy (p…
Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . . Although based on true stories, I wondered whether audiences would be able to identify the principals of Orson's Shadow, like Orson Wells, Lawrence Oliv…
Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . Tammy Faye, the newest musical arrival on Broadway, has a lot to offer today's audience. It's a moving rise and fall story of a high-profile public Ame…
Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . Is there any actor alive who is as passionate about Shakespeare, and as invested in his work, as Kenneth Branagh? He's performed in and/or directed…
Theater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . A little background first: Ako is a vastly experienced Japanese actress, born and raised in Tokyo, deeply trained in traditional Japanese dan…
Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . . Oh Jesus, what has happened to this woman? Well, she did go to Catholic school.. So there's that. Written and performed by Kelly McCaughan, Catholic…
Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . A great American actor brings the story of a great American musician to vibrant life. You can hear it a block away, as far as Ninth Avenue: the…
Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . . Café Utopia, produced by the Notch Theater Company and now playing at the Hudson Guild through November 23, is a comedy about how the perceptions o…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Reviews by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Cindy Rosenthal. Ellen Stewart Presents: Fifty Years of L…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Kevin Winkler. On Bette Midler: An Opinionated Guide. New …
Theater Review by JK Clarke . . . Sam Gold's apparent vendetta against William Shakespeare continues. Over the past ten or so years, the Tony Award-winning and often quite effective (las…
Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . . The Irish play HOTHOUSE, produced by Malaprop Theatre and currently playing at the Irish Arts Center is both sad and silly, while visually entertaining.…
Theater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . I was bar mitzvah age in 1953 when the news exploded across the world that a former GI from the Bronx, a photographer named Christine Jorgensen (…
Theater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Fifty-four years ago movie audiences wept uncontrollably at Love Story, based on a novel by Erich Segal, in which glowingly golden college studen…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Scotty Bowers, with Lionel Friedberg. Full Service: My Adv…
Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . It's rare, if indeed it ever occurs, that you'd encounter a sympathetic Nazi in any context "not in a historical record, and certainly not on…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Reviews by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Michael Coveney. Maggie Smith: A Biography. London: Weide…
Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . "It's better in this country sometimes to mind your own business. It's safer." What an understatement! Judging from the title of the play wherein t…
Theater Review by Elise Nussbaum . . . The endless elasticity of Shakespeare can be stretched to fit any variety of settings: a pre-gentrification West Side, an animated African savannah…
Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . . Shakespeare's Twelfth Night has been around for a bit, since 1604, so there is little more to be said about the text that hasn't been picked over by…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Katie Gee Salisbury. Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shi…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Reviews by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Richard E. Grant. A Pocketful of Happiness: A Memoir. (Ne…
Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . Ghosts can be scary. Ghosts can be troublemakers. Ghosts can be destructive. Witness the ones in Shakespeare's Hamlet, or Ibsen's Ghosts, or Brendo…
Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . Jacob McNeal, celebrated American novelist and playwright, has a problem. He's trying to kill himself. Wait a minute, you say to yourself at the on…