Ragtime is a sweeping, ambitious revival that, with the election of Barack Obama, carries added resonance. The musical, an adaptation of E.L. Doctorow's novel, is not to be missed.
Lauren Cahn | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
By now, we've all seen the above photo of Jon Gosselin practicing yoga, and in particular practicing Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, or as it is more commonly known, "Upward Facing Dog Pose."
Gordon Marino | Posted 11.16.2009 | Sports
If boxing was down, it got off the canvas this weekend. On Saturday night, Manny Pacquiao's performance was absolutely jaw dropping, a fistic work of art.
Fern Siegel | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York
Ten Saki short stories are adapted for the stage in the piercingly funny Wolves at the Window. Smartly rendered and acted, Wolves, running through Dec. 6, is a gem.
Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment
The trailer for the movie 'Leap Year' hit the Web tonight. The New York Post offered one of the first reactions to the trailer, poking fun at the pre...
Theodore Bergquist | Posted 11.13.2009 | Entertainment
The online retail marketplace for video games was recently shaken by the fact that the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 comes included with third-party technology that includes a virtual storefront.
Anne Hill | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment
Big dreams still come when we are at the top of our game, but sometimes the most influential ones come to us on the way up.
Fern Siegel | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York
When August: Osage County drama burst on Broadway, it trumpeted the arrival of Tracy Letts, who won the Pulitzer. By contrast, his follow-up effort, Superior Donuts, is a quiet meditation.
Posted 11.11.2009 | Impact
The 'So You Think You Can Dance' Tour is well underway, with just a handful of West Coast cities to go before the last show on Nov. 21 in Everett, Was...
Gordon Marino | Posted 11.10.2009 | Sports
As a former high school and college coach, I have seen many players come out of games seeing stars and being disoriented, only to return to the fray a few plays later.
Jackson Williams | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics
If Matthew Marsden is really honored to hang out with anti-gay, religious-right hate mongers -- and that's who he flew halfway across the country to be with in private -- then he should do it in the light of day.
Fern Siegel | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York
Broadway reviewed: a reminder of how wonderful revivals can be, a family story of burgeoning sexuality and a musical about the epicenter of R&B and soul.
Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics
How could any American, any human, stand by as another is brutally raped? How could other Americans join in, jeer, take photos and videos with their c...
googleblog.blogspot.com | Posted 10.29.2009 | Technology
Google has announced in a blog post that Google Music Search is officially "rolling out." This new feature will allow users to hear song previews and ...
Bradley Burston | Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment
This was an era when the original Mad Men ruled the collective unconscious, when a gleaming pastel future, and, by extension, a lavishly sterile present, were held up as ideals and goals.
David Dean Bottrell | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home
Theatre in L.A. is sort of a strange beast. When I first arrived here to seek my fortune as a screenwriter, I was floored by the number of small theat...
Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 10.23.2009 | Comedy
Le Bron James wants to dunk on G.W. Bush's ass, break the rim, and shatter the glass. The former President, never one to avoid biting off more than he can chew, issued a trash talking response.
Piers Fawkes | Posted 10.15.2009 | Technology
In a strategy shift, MySpace will try to become an online hangout for people who want to connect with their friends over entertainment content.
Fern Siegel | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York
Three shows on and off Broadway showcase friendships, street life and New York's forgotten era of Jewish and Irish songwriters.
Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment
The Primetime Emmy Awards showed that women writers on a comedy or variety series are a rare and endangered species. Only seven of the 81 writers were women.
Jeff Rivera | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment
Jeff Rivera is an entertainment reporter who blogs about young Hollywood celebrities . He is also the author of the novel, Forever My Lady(Grand Ce...
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media
Ominously, officers of the London Police forced the withdrawal of a naked image of actress Brooke Shields, aged 10, from the newly opened "Pop Life" exhibition at the Tate Modern.
Karin Kloosterman | Posted 10.07.2009 | Entertainment
It's a big commitment for artists to come to Israel. I can't think of one big act that has come to Israel without pro-Palestinian organizations boycotting against them. With all the bad press, who wants to be bothered?
Danny Groner | Posted 09.30.2009 | Media
By the looks of it, the "F-Bomb" has been lurking for some time now, but it took the Slate incident on SNL to help propel it further. Call me old-fashioned, but what ever happened to the old, reliable, and charged F-Word?
Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 09.29.2009 | Denver
The focus and concentration of Cirque du Soleil clowns and acrobats is a kind of meditation -- one slip and it could all be over!
Fern Siegel | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York