celebrity spotting

TomKat Burnout

OK, there’s a reason I do a performing arts blog and not a celebrity blog. I read things like this. No, don’t click it, I’ll save you the trouble: it’s an article about how...

Lovin’ the Bad Guys: Les Liaisons Dangereuse Strikes Again

Laura Linney, shown here at curtain call, is part of an all-star cast in the revival of Les Liasons Dangereuse. She plays La Marquise de Merteuil, a scheming and conniving woman who plays with...

Annie Leibovitz Makes a Young Girl’s Dream Come True

People are missing the point.photo used with permission: FinalPixxx/Newscom There’s a lot of buzz out there about a recent photo shoot that Julianne Moore  did with Annie Liebovitz. The...

Katie Holmes Escaping to Broadway?

Now, this is an unusual use of a Broadway role: apparently Katie Holmes wants to accept a role on the Great White Way and move to Manhattan - not unusual for an acting couple, but she is claiming...

No Apologies: Idina Menzel’s Triple Threat

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No Apologies: Idina Menzel’s Triple Threat

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The Show Must Go On: Patrick Swayze to Continue “The Beast”

The guy just keeps on bein’ an inspiration. While people always talk about Dirty Dancing and Ghost, I remember first seeing Patrick Swayze in Red Dawn. Later I saw him in Steel Dawn, and to my...

Grey’s Anatomy of a Variety Show Fundraiser

I was very interested to read this account of a fundraiser done by the stars of Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice to raise money for crew members affected by the writer’s strike. I...

Five Reasons I Wish I Lived in NYC This Year

Actually, they are five people, stars that you’ve seen on stage and screen but who are coming instead to Broadway to show that they’re not just pretty faces in edited footage - they have...

Where Improv Comics Go to Di–er, Make Money?

This morning at breakfast I was shocked to see the Price is Right game show up on the TV at the diner…and Drew Carey as host. I’d heard that Bob Barker had retired, but I’d never...