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Blog Entries by David Finkle from 04/2011

First Nighter: Upstairs Downstairs Makes Sparkling PBS Return

| Posted 04.07.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Upstairs Downstairs, Pbs, Nikki Wilson, Television, British Comedy, England, Theater, Society, Class, Entertainment News

Those Upstairs Downstairs purveyors have woven their now chilling, now heart-warming, now belly-laughs-inducing intrigues into a tapestry worthy of hanging next to the first series.

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First Nighter: Stephen Adly Guirgis's Play, The Motherf**ker With the Hat, Earns Its Broadway Asterisks

| Posted 04.12.2011 | Arts
Read More: Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Todd Rosenthal, Public Theater, LAByrinth Theater Company, The Motherf**Ker With the Hat, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Chris Rock, Yul Vasquez, Bobby Cannavale, Annabella Sciorra, Theatre Reviews, Broadway Plays, Anna D. Shapiro, Arts News

Language has failed -- that's Guirgis's story and he's gallantly sticking to it. This modern rom-com is to be greatly admired, enjoyed and seriously pondered after the final fade-out.

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Channel Surfer: Why Cowell-Less American Idol Is New, Improved, Better Than Ever

| Posted 04.19.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Simon Cowell, Haley Reinhart, Ryan Seacrest, Scotty McCreery, Fox, Jon Hendricks, Lambert Hendricks and Ross, Steve Tyler, Randy Jackson, Youtube, Jennifer Lopez, The X Factor, Charles Mingus, James Durbin, American Idol, Casey Abrams, Moanin', Nigel Lythgoe, Norah Jones, Entertainment News

The reality talent show -- which under Simon Cowell searched relentlessly for the next big pop star, according to the man's definition -- is no longer blindered to other musical genres.

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Easy Reader: Simon Callow's My Life in Pieces Just the Superb Ticket for Theater Lovers

| Posted 04.22.2011 | Books
Read More: Michael Redgrave, Milos Forman, Denis Diderot, My Life in Pieces: An Alternative Biography, Stephen Sondheim, Carson McCullers, Laurence Olivier, Mike Nichols, Amadeus, Ballad of the Sad Cafe, Simon Callow, Meryl Streep, Paul Schofield, Carrie Fisher, Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography, Cosmetic Surgery, Aids, Michael Mac Liammoir, John Gielgud, Books News

Well before British actor Simon Callow decided to become an actor, he determined he wanted to be a writer. Now he's combined both talents to write a truly outstanding book about the theater.

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