“I’m the sort of person who will never get ulcers,” the mayor — eyebrows devilishly up, grinning wickedly at his own wit — enlightened the reporters at his $475 rent-controlled apartment in Greenwich Village on Inauguration Day in 1978. “Why? Because I say exactly what I think. I’m the sort of person who might give [...]
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Feature — Worst Performance in a Musical: Russell Crowe in “Les Misérables”
To love another person is to see the face of God. [from Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables"] IT’S TREMENDOUS to read that “Les Misérables” is doing well at the box office. It’s a tough musical in all respects, some say it’s also great. Hugh Jackman’s spellbinding, not to mention Oscar calibre performance, is spectacular, with Anne [...]
Freak Out Over Lena Dunham’s $3.7 Million Book Deal is Ageism
THE CATERWAULING is epic. It’s also highly revealing. Kudos to Dunham, who wouldn’t be coming under this scrutiny if she weren’t 20-something. This is ageism, splashed with Who Does This GIRL Think She Is? Even if they do break even or if somehow every single person who watched the premiere of Dunham’s show “Girls” buys [...]
Great Composer Marvin Hamlisch Gone
“…A Chorus Line is different. I think in all modesty, I was the right guy at the right time to do it. I was a hungry, young 29-year-old. I had won my Oscars, done what I wanted to do in terms of movies, but there was this thing in me. I’m a New Yorker. I [...]
Oh Donna, How We Danced
DONNA SUMMER was writing “Love to Love You Baby”; I was Miss Missouri. “Last Dance” came out in 1978, the year after the BeeGees and John Travolta blasted on the scene and shook American culture. I was Broadway bound and once I got there one thing I’ll never forget is a couple of years later [...]
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