SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 When I first heard about the premise of “Hamilton,” it sounded like something the satirical newspaper The Onion would create if The Onion had a theater critic.…
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 There’s a scene early in Baltasar Kormakur’s mountaineering adventure “Everest” set at the base camp where we see members of 20 different climbing teams knocking into one…
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) It was June of 1963. I was about to turn 12 and was in love with the Roman Catholic Church. More accurately, I…
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 Speaker of the House John Boehner disclosed today that will resign the speakership and his seat in Congress at the end of October. The resignation announcement, which…
SEPTEMBER 23, 2015 When one thinks of award-winning musicals, what usually comes to mind are audience pleasers such as “My Fair Lady” or “Hello, Dolly!” The important thing to know…
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015 Well, that was fast. A top-tier GOP Presidential candidate as recently as two months ago, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker shocked many in the political world on Monday…
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015 It was literally a hot night at the Microsoft Theater (or whatever they’re calling it these days) in Los Angeles, as temperatures hovered around triple digits for…
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015 There are musical comedies. And then there are comedy musicals. Comedy musicals are a rare breed indeed. Rather than dazzle you with song and dance, comedy musicals…
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 A star is born. Again. Just as she did in the kids’ table debate last month, Carly Fiorina, who was at last asked to join the adults’…
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015 A ship sails into a harbor in Bangkok. In the current Tony Award-winning revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The King and I” at Lincoln Center, that ship…
