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Entries by David Finkle from 12/2010

First Nighter: Tim Miller's Fiery Anti-Prop 8 "Lay of the Land"

| Posted 12.07.2010 | Arts
Read More: Romper Room, Florida, Peter Hujar, Proposition 8, Holly Hughes, Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy, John Fleck, Heimlich Maneuver, Hide/Seek, NEA Four, David Wojnarowicz, California, P. S. 122, Jesus Christ, A Fire in the Belly, Karen Finley, Tim Miller, Arts News

It looks as if Tim Miller has chosen -- for better or worse (not worse, you hope) -- a long career for himself. Miller is one of the quartet of pe...

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Michael Feinstein: Top-of-the-Heap Singer, Equally Important Music Archivist-Historian

| Posted 12.17.2010 | Entertainment
Read More: Center for the Performing Arts, Ethel Waters, Al Jolson, Ira Gershwin, Christmas, Hollywood, Columbus, Carmel, The Library of Congress, New York City, The Great American Songbook, Cole Porter, Feinstein's at Loews Regency, Ohio, Hannukah, Michael Feinstein's American Songbook, Swing in the Holidays, Rosemary Clooney, Frank Sinatra, The Great American Songbook Archive & Museum, Michael Feinstein, George Gershwin, Indiana, Palladium, Entertainment News

If Michael Feinstein's American Songbook accomplishes anything -- it indisputably does -- it's that his commitment to the task of perpetuating the music is at least equal to his devotion to performing.

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The Discerning Eye: Stephen Conroy's First-Rate Portraits at the Marlborough Gallery

| Posted 12.28.2010 | Arts
Read More: Figurative Painting, Max Beckmann, Francis Bacon, Marlborough Gallery, Stephen Conroy, Male Figure, Arts News

The Scottish figure painter Stephen Conroy remains extremely intrigued with the male figure -- and with himself. For that reason others should be just as intrigued.

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