The Show-Tunes-Obsessed Mormons Behind Schmigadoon! Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul’s send-up of musical theater is both wholesome and really, really funny.
drama derby
Mar. 22, 2012
Is Lady Gaga’s Uplifting Message Diminishing Her Gaga-ness? Inarguably positive but inoffensively mainstream, her ‘Born this Way’ preaching detracts from her breakout avant-garde persona.
Why the Death of Celebrity Rehab Veteran Mike Starr Makes Laughing at Charlie Sheen Hard A writer who observed the heroin-tortured musician during his ‘Rehab’ shoot sees there are predictable consistencies in the behavior of the addicted.
Dec. 17, 2010
Daryl Hall The lighter half of
Hall & Oates was never cool, exactly. And
now, once again, he’s hot.
June 4, 2009
The Grateful Near-Dead How a heart attack—and subsequent shocking onstage episodes—gave a punk-rocker, the Giraffes’ Aaron Lazar, a new lease on life.
Feb. 6, 2009
Wild and Free Jim Carroll outlived his own gorgeous myth.
Feb. 14, 2008
(Untitled Heath Ledger Project) In which the protagonist dies mysteriously, and the audience analyzes his final days for clues to his real character.
Jan. 11, 2007
Mess Up Your Life Confronting the new anti-organization guru.
Apr. 21, 2005
Shape Shifter Mos Def
has steered his career with elegant foresight. Now he’s heading for outer space—and it may be his best move yet.
Nov. 17, 2004
The Real Slim Shady Sits Down—and Grows Up Eminem ushers in the age of the rap apology.
Oct. 21, 2004
Where the Sidewalk Ends With Crooked Rain, Crooked
Rain, Pavement shed its
indie-authenticity complex.
Sept. 10, 2001
Planetary Pop With a surreal army of celebrity acolytes, Michael Jackson is invading Madison Square Garden. Tomorrow, the world.
Aug. 2, 1999
Vox Populi What do those taxi recordings say about us?
Mar. 29, 1999
Voodoo Child The willfully unpredictable jazz singer Cassandra Wilson – equally comfortable with Cyndi Lauper and Bill Evans – conjures the spirit of Miles […]
