Wed, May 16, 2012

Hollywood Movie to Broadway Musical: Past, Present and Future


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Marina Harss Marina Harss,
Dance

Now That’s a Gala!—Putting on the Glitz at ABT

Posted 23 hours, 41 minutes ago

How different can two ballet companies be? Well, very. New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, currently ensconced just a few paces from each other across the plaza at Lincoln Center, are a perfect example of this glaring reality. Their dueling galas, held four days apart, are a neat…

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Daniel Laikind Daniel Laikind,
TV

The Amish Diaries: Why Do You Care About the Amish?

Posted 1 day, 8 hours ago

Amish: Out of Order has become a hit show. Over the past month, millions of people have watched and learned about those who grew up Amish and found out more and more about this unique and interesting culture.

I think some people are surprised at the show’s success. It’s not exactly the…

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Jonathan Kiefer Jonathan Kiefer,
Film

Faster Filmmaker Q&A: “God Bless America” Writer-Director Bobcat Goldthwait on Kindness Through Ultraviolence, Online Hecklers, and Banning the Bible

Posted 5 days, 6 hours ago

Do you know the fable of the blue-collar comedian who played the “Police Academy” weirdo and then became an unhinged and prolific auteur? Do you want to?

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thefasterpopculture thefasterpopculture,
TV

Critic Vs. Critic: “New Girl,” Season One

Posted 6 days, 9 hours ago

Once, there were two TV critics who watched New Girl. They laughed and they cried, they loved and they hated (one of them did a lot bouncing between loving and hating). And now, after the conclusion of the first season, they weigh in New Girl’s first season and the future of the show.

Where…

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thefasterpopculture thefasterpopculture,
TV

The Amish Diaries

Posted 4 weeks, 1 day ago

Or How and Why an Upper East Side New Yorker Spent the Last 15 Years Making Documentaries and TV Shows About the Amish

I am always ready for the third question … I’ve just answered their first two questions, and I know what comes next. Question 1: “What do you do?” My answer: “I own…

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Liesl Schillinger Liesl Schillinger,
wordbirds

Today’s Wordbird: SHOWPSHAW

Posted 1 month ago

SHOWPSHAW (N.) ‘shope-shaw A person “puts on a showpshaw” when he attempts to deflect a compliment by denying it was justified, whether it was or not. Usage: When the guys at the pick-up basketball game thumped Pete on the back for getting three slam-dunks in a row, Pete…

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Sonia Saraiya Sonia Saraiya,
TV Recaps and News

‘Girls’ Is Not for Girls

Posted 1 month ago

I hated the Girls pilot, and here’s why

Girls premiered tonight. I am theoretically the demographic the show is about. I didn’t like it. It managed to get a few things right about my existence — the apartments looked about right, as did the clothes, and the financial concerns rang true,…

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Jonathan Mandell Jonathan Mandell,
New York Theater

Peter and the Starcatcher Review: Better on Broadway

Posted 1 month ago

The story of “Peter and the Starcatcher” is improbable enough – a sprawling adventure involving orphans and pirates, mermaids and deadly mollusks that has landed on Broadway with inventive use of ropes and ladders instead of video projections or hydraulic lifts. But the transfer of…

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