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January 8, 2009
Blog: Goings On
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The Roundup: Josh Brolin, Led Zeppelin, Evan Rachel Wood
- The week in Brolin: Authorities in Shreveport, La., dropped all charges against Josh Brolin for impeding the arrest of a lighting technician on Oliver Stone’s film “W” last summer; meanwhile, at the New York Critics...
January 8, 2009
Blog: Goings On
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Calling All Insecure Exhibitionists
- The producers of Neil LaBute’s play “Reasons to Be Pretty,” which premiered Off Broadway last spring at the Lucille Lortel, starring Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Piper Perabo, and Pablo Schreiber and directed by Terry Kinney,...
January 7, 2009
Blog: Goings On
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The Roundup: Morrissey, Hard Rock Park, Will Smith
- Morrissey’s back with a new single and a new album that features a guest appearance from Chrissie Hynde. Entertainment Weekly does us all a favor by proposing a dozen songs that should be banned forever...
January 6, 2009
Blog: Goings On
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The Roundup: Bruce Springsteen, George Steel, Larry Bird
- Bruce Springsteen continues to pre-release singles from his upcoming “Working on a Dream” album, for free. The latest: “Life Itself.” The U.S. State Department has announced a short list of architecture firms to redesign the...
January 5, 2009
Blog: The Book Bench
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Can It (Please) Happen Here?
- Talk about incredible federal cash infusions. The history of Federal One, the theatrical arm of the W.P.A., and its head, Hallie Flanagan, as chronicled by Susan Quinn in the fascinating book “Furious Improvisation: How...
January 05, 2009
The Theatre
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Bewitched and Bothered
- THE THEATRE review of a revival of “Pal Joey.” In stories published in The New Yorker between 1938 and 1940, John O’Hara introduced the world to the voice of Joey Evans, a second-rate night-club singer and first-rate cad. Joey inhabits the sleazy and desperate outskirts…
December 22, 2008
The Theatre
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More About Me
- THEATRE review of “Liza’s at the Palace,” and “Prayer for My Enemy.” Liza Minnelli’s new show, “Liza’s at the Palace,” feels more like a rally than a recital. Minnelli has jazz in her voice but not in her soul. Under the cunning direction of Ron Lewis, and backed by a…
December 01, 2008
The Theatre
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Brother Act
- THE THEATRE review of “Road Show.” Sometimes Stephen Sondheim’s far-reaching sonic and lyrical brilliance is undercut by weaknesses in the books for his shows. Such is the case for his current production, “Road Show” (at the Public, with a book by John Weidman). “Road Show” is based on the…
November 17, 2008
The Theatre
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Kiss and Tell
- THE THEATRE review about “Mouth to Mouth” and Romantic Poetry.” Kevin Elyot’s 2001 play, “Mouth to Mouth” (directed by Mark Brokaw, at the Acorn) is a Proustian exercise in guilt recollected in tranquility. “Mouth to Mouth” unfolds backward until the finale, in a series of strategic anecdotal scenes that tell…
November 10, 2008
The Theatre
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Heretics
- THE THEATRE review about Peter Brook’s new production, “The Grand Inquisitor.” The idea of intimacy is put to the test in Peter Brook’s latest production, “The Grand Inquisitor” (at the New York Theatre Workshop), in part because the text he uses is deeply old-fashioned. Adapted by Marie-Hélène Estienne…
