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Entries by David Finkle from 04/2012

First Nighter: End of the Rainbow Disses Judy Garland Bigtime

| Posted 04.02.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Frances Gumm, Bernard Delfont, Talk of the Town, Tom Pelphrey, Liza Minnelli, Joey Luft, William Dudley, Harold Arlen, Belasco Theatre, "End of the Rainbow, Mickey Deems, Peter Quilter, Tracie Bennett, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, " Judy Garland, Michael Cumpsty, Lorna Luft, Terry Johnson, Johnny Mercer, Ritalin, Entertainment News

Does director Terry Johnson see to it that Bennett delivers a terrifyingly manic version of "Come Rain or Come Shine" supposed to mimic Garland at her hopped-up worst? What do you think?

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First Nighter: Tennessee Williams's In Masks Outrageous and Austere' Unmasked as Faceless

| Posted 04.17.2012 | Huffington Post
Read More: Jermaine Miles, Scot Charles Anderson, Christopher Halladay, Darrel Maloney, Sam Underwood, Alison Fraser, Ward Horton, 45 Bleecker Street, Robert Beitzel, Jonathan Kim, Shirley Knight, James Noone, Pamela Shaw, Gabriel Berry, Kaolin Bass, Connor Buckley, David Schweizer, In Masks Outrageous and Austere, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, Tennessee Williams, Charles Busch, Huffington Post News

When you sit through something as ludicrous as Williams's last play -- or so we're led to believe of a manuscript cobbled together by other peddler-meddlers -- you spend much of the time wondering whom the roiling cauldron of picked-over Williams obsessions serves.

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Couch Potato: NBC's 'Smash' Closes in on So-Bad-Its-Good

| Posted 04.23.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Uma Thurman, Jack Davenport, Nbc, Katharine McPhee, Broadway, Theresa Rebeck, Marc Shaiman, Marilyn Monroe, Anjelica Huston, Actors Studio, Debra Messing, Megan Hilty, Smash, Scott Wittman, Lee Strasberg, Christian Borle, Entertainment News

Now that 11 episodes have run, I'd say the so-bad-it's-good prediction has just about materialized.

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