Name abuse

A nine-year-old New Zealand girl asked a family court judge to let her choose a new name to replace Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii, her parents’ choice. He made her a ward of the court to...

Theater Review (NYC): TRACES/fades by Lenora Champagne

This insufferable experimental work is probably better suited for the art gallery than the theater. I did not have a chance to write this review of TRACES/fades, the second show of the Ice Factory...

Theater Review (LA): Great Expectations

Miss Haversham sings, and its a Pip. By popular demand, Pip Pocket Productions has brought back its highly praised musical adaptation of the great Dickens novel Great Expectations. The musical is...

Theater Review (NYC): Stain by Tony Glazer

This melodramatic new play by Tony Glazer can't find the dramatic conviction to support its offensiveness. Stain feels like what would happen if Vincent Gallo wrote a play and didn’t have a...

Gives New Meaning to Decadence

The world’s priciest foods - Estimated price per pound: $15,000 I’ve eaten all but two of these, and I can pretty much guarantee you that I will never knowingly taste civet coffee.