Come to the Cabaret Two by Two by David Finkle

The best thing for light NYC entertainment with a hint of shadow is to storm the Café Carlyle where the John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey have a show called "Lost and Found."

Johnny Mercer, Lyricist-Composer-Singer, at 100 by David Finkle

Among other accomplishments you can find in <em>The Complete Lyrics</em>, Mercer is one of the most evocative writers about the American South who's ever put pen to paper.

Video Books, or Vooks: Do We Need to Watch Books as Well as Read Them? by David Finkle

It would be a sin -- practically a capital crime -- to write off masterpieces because no one has the patience for the sentences Marcel Proust had the patience to craft so scrupulously.

Peter Gelb and His Met: No Booing Please by David Finkle

What occurs to me about the booing is that it might begin to color attitudes towards the Met under Peter Gelb for whom this 2009-10 season is the first with no vestigial ties to Joseph Volpe.

Mavis Gallant: Underrated Short Story Master Proves Herself Again by David Finkle

Hollywood Directors Go Viral by James Sims

Off-Broadway's <em>Wonderettes</em> Closing Its Gym Doors by James Sims

Bush Follies Brought Tudors to Broadway by James Sims

<em>Ragtime</em> Battles Celebrity Factor on Broadway, Closes Proudly by James Sims

Review: Carrie Fisher Drinks Her Way to Broadway by James Sims

Religion in the United States and England, as Influential English Rabbi Sacks Claims to See It by David Finkle

In Rabbi Sacks's estimation, much of what he sees in the United States as religious practice is far superior to what's happening in England.

American Masters Toasts Dalton Trumbo by James Sims

Ted Kennedy Was the <em>Man of La Mancha</em> by James Sims

Interview: Alexis Bledel, Unemployed <em>Post Grad</em> by James Sims

Stooping to the Highest Level by David Finkle

For a long time, I've insisted that civilization reached its highest peak with the invention of the porch.

Max Mayer's <em>Adam</em> Falls For NYC by James Sims

To "Friend" or "Defriend"? That is the Question by David Finkle

If you ask me, one of the worst things assaulting the English language in the last few years is the transitive verb "friended."

Broadway's <em>Hair</em> Spreads Love Nationally by James Sims

Writing Under the Influence, Living Under the Influence by David Finkle

Although her title is an eyebrow-raiser, Elizabeth Hawes knows what she's doing. With <em>Camus, a Romance</em>, her new and unconventional work, she isn't simply writing a biog…

Reality TV Kills California's Budget by James Sims

The Breakfast Club Takes on Jackson, Fawcett, Sanford, Mrs. Madoff by David Finkle

On the day after Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett went to their fabulous maker(s), The Breakfast Club kicked off its daily meeting with discussions of both departed celebs.

Books, Books and More Books, or Tote That Bookbag by David Finkle

I plucked and pillaged a number of books but I consumed the Hershey kisses, apples and candy canes on the spot.

Breakfast Club Forever! by David Finkle

It wasn't long before the koffee klatch to which I paid fealty had a name. We were The Breakfast Club.

Over a Cheever, Under a Cheever by David Finkle

I cried when I found out that John Cheever died in 1982. And now with few readers, the paradise that is Cheever's writing is at risk of being a lost paradise.