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Have you ever heard of a "Divorce Ranch?" Neither had we until we saw the premiere of British playwright
Matt Charman's Regrets, now playing at The Manhattan Theatre Club at NY
City Center…
Stop the presses! The new production of Jesus Christ Superstar, now on Broadway, has
performed a miracle: it's divided Andrew and Andrew. Both adored the
original show, both have the simil…
With Mad Men's fifth season premiering on Sunday, March
25th, we're continuing our feature looking back at the cast
before they entered the doors of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. We alread…
We didn't particularly care for the posters, logo, or even the premiss of the new musical Once
currently playing at the Bernard J. Jacobs Theatre on Broadway.
Something about the earnest b…
Choir of Young Believers at Mercury LoungeDenmark's orchestral folk-poppers Choir of Young Believers, fresh off a slew of SXSW shows, head to the Mercury Lounge tonight, where they'll be pla…
The creme-de-la-creme of New York and Hollywood came out last night to celebrate the new Broadway production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, directed by Mike Nichols. Philip Seymour …
It's with heavy hearts that we announce that legendary performance art pioneer and PAPER's long-time theater critic Tom Murrin
has passed away after struggling with cancer. Tom, who perform…
West Side Story at Film ForumAs everyone knows, "when you're a jet, you're a jet all the way." So head to Film Forum, where the classic 1961 film, directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Rob…
We will be the first to admit it: The premise for Tribes, a new play by Nina Raine now playing at The Barrow Street Theatre, sounds very unappealing. A deaf boy born into a hearing family f…
Jennifer Westfeldt has written and starred in films exploring same-sex relationships (her 2001 breakout hit Kissing Jessica Stein) and couples therapy (Ira & Abby). Now, she tackles chil…
One of the biggest flops in Broadway history, Carrie: The Musical, based on Stephen King's first published novel, is a
theatrical disaster of legendary proportions. Opened in 1988 and costi…
HOT LUNCH APOSTLES This is a revival of The Talking Band's 1983, perhaps prophetic show, which imagined millions unemployed in an economically ravaged USA, where carnival stripper troupes, c…
Mr. Mickey recently caught up with actress Parker Posey at the Calvin Klein celebration for Darren Criss's run on Broadway. They chatted about all things nightlife in NYC and, of course, sna…
William Shatner is back on Broadway! The last time he was on a Broadway stage was in 1956, the same year that Elvis Presley entered the music charts for the first time with "Heartbreak Hotel…
Though Nick Jonas has been in the entertainment industry since he was eight years old, it is this latest project that seems to mark a turning point for him. Starting last week, Jonas t…
How I Learned To Drive This is Paula Vogel's masterful, dark and witty drama that won the Pulitzer Prize 15 years ago. It's about an uncle who gives his young niece driving…
If you don't already love Kristen Bell, you will now. Here she is on Ellen talking about meeting a sloth and having a panic attack because she was so excited. [Via Daily What]
John Stam…
We love a Broadway show (that reminds us, we need to see Porgy and Bess!), but do we love a cable show about the makings of a Broadway show? We watched a two-episode sneak peek of NBC's upco…
Skrillex, AC Slater at Webster HallThe wildly popular dubstep/electro DJ headlines at Webster Hall following the release of Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites. If you go, make sure to wear your…
"It's like 16-year-old me is jumping up and down on his bed," actor Michael Urie tells PAPERMAG when asked what it was like to make his Broadway debut last week as Bud Frump in How to Succee…
Ahh, Shirley MacLaine has signed on to the third season of smash-hit British period soap Downton Abbey! MacLaine will be playing Martha Levinson, the American mother of Cora (Elizabeth…
To be perfectly honest, we didn't realize the famous novelist was still alive! The author of classics like Ragtime and Billy Bathgate reads from his latest, a collection of short, more inwar…
Most eighties babies never looked at pottery wheels quite the same after seeing the 1990 film Ghost, starring Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze as young lovers. The movie's iconic, romantic scen…
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2. P. Diddy is Revolt-ing! He's launching a cable music channel called "Revolt" on 12/12/12.
3. Photog Slava Mogutin spices up this VICE magazine "f…
[Ed note: This week, Papermag theater critics AndrewAndrew weigh in on Richard III and The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess. Find out if they were hits or misses in AA's insta-reviews below!]Richar…
