Ethan Coen

If You Like The Coen Brothers, You'll Love This New Play

AP | MARK KENNEDY | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Ethan Coen Happy Hour, Off Broadway, Ethan Coen, Joel and Ethan Coen, Happy Hour, Theater, Coen Brothers, Happy Hour Off Broadway, Happy Hour Play, Culture News

NEW YORK — How long does it take while watching Ethan Coen's new play "Happy Hour" to realize that the title is ironic? Let's put it this way &n...

Read Whole Story

Relatively Speaking Opens On Broadway

Marlo Thomas | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Phil Donahue, Woody Allen, Elaine May, Play, Broadway, Relatively Speaking, John Turturro, Marlo, Ethan Coen, Marlo Thomas, Arts News
Marlo Thomas

2011-11-07-jfgjkffjfijfkjgrg.jpgI am so happy to be back on Broadway in a new play written by Elaine May -- George Is Dead.

Read Post

Relatively Speaking Opens On Broadway!

Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Kathy Griffin, Ethan Coen, John Turturro, Phil Donahue, Woody Allen, Regis Philbin, Elaine May, Tim Armstrong. Arianna Huffington, Relatively Speaking, Steve Guttenberg, Women News

So many wonderful people came out for the opening of Relatively Speaking - I was so happy to see everyone! Here are some great pictures from opening n...

Read Whole Story

Relatively Speaking: Three Isn't Always Better Than One

Danny Groner | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Broadway, Ethan Coen, Elaine May, Play, Relatively Speaking, Woody Allen, Relatively-Speaking-Ethan-Coen, Relatively Speaking Woody Allen, Relatively Speaking Marlo Thomas, New York News
Danny Groner

Three plays for the price of one sounds like a promising proposition, especially when well-known writers Woody Allen, Ethan Coen, and Elaine May are the forces behind them.

Read Post

Theater: Woody Allen Plus Elaine May Plus Ethan Coen = Meh

Michael Giltz | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Broadway, Theater, Elaine May, Ethan Coen, John Turturro, Comedy, Woody Allen, Video, Arts News
Michael Giltz

The least enjoyable possibility when seeing a show after it opens is that it gets bad reviews and everyone just politely soldiers on as best they can. Sadly, this is the case for Relatively Speaking, three one acts with a cast of 15 and direction by John Turturro.

Read Post

Ethan Coen Reveals His Next Project

AP | By MARK KENNEDY | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Ethan Coen Happy Hour, Ethan Coen One Act Plays, Theater, Ethan Coen New Project, Ethan Coen, Ethan Coen New Play, Happy Hour, Tlantic Theater Company, Culture News

NEW YORK -- Ethan Coen has another set of one-act plays on the way. The Atlantic Theater Company said Wednesday that the Academy Award winner –...

Read Whole Story

All Things Being Relative: Relatively Speaking

Regina Weinreich | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Marlo Thomas, George Is Dead, Ethan Coen, Lisa Emery, John Turturro, Woody Allen, Danny Hoch, Caroline Aaron, Jason Kravits, Talking Cure, Honeymoon Motel, Elaine May, Ari Graynor, Julie Kavner, Relatively Speaking, Steve Guttenberg, Culture News
Regina Weinreich

The three one-acters that comprise Relatively Speaking at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre are exactly as you would expect: very funny.

Read Post

Second City's Elaine May, Marlo Thomas, Woody Allen Wow!

Lonna Saunders | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Coen Brothers, Brooks Atkinson Theater, Ethan Coen, Elaine May, Honeymoon Motel, Relatively Speaking Ethan Coen, Relatively Speaking Marlo Thomas, Relatively Speaking Woody Allen, Entertainment News
Lonna Saunders

The new Broadway show Relatively Speaking is about the relatives -- your relatives. Hence, the title. The three one-act comedies are penned by Woody Allen, Second City alumna Elaine May, and Ethan Coen of the moviemaking Coen Brothers.

Read Post

Broadway's Fall Season Full of A-Listers, on Stage and Off

James Sims | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Alan Rickman, Stephen Schwartz, New York City, Woody Allen, Godspell, Noel Coward, Broadway, Theater, Harry Connick Jr, Musicals, Stephen Sondheim, Wicked, Bernadette Peters, Steve Guttenberg, Frank Langella, Kim Cattrall, Ethan Coen, Theatre, Alicia Keys, Hugh Jackman, Brothers & Sisters, Harry Potter, New York Culture, New York Around Town, Arts News
James Sims

With the fall season approaching, straight plays are headed back to Times Square, and they've got a big list of stars in tow.

Read Post

Woody Allen To Return To Broadway This Fall

AP | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Woody Allen, Woody Allen Broadway Danny Rose, NY Culture, Elaine May, Broadway, Broadway Theater, NY Around Town, New York Theater, Broadway Plays, Ethan Coen, Woody Allen Broadway, New York News

NEW YORK — Three one-act plays by Woody Allen, Ethan Coen and Elaine May are being bundled together and heading to Broadway this fall. Allen is...

Read Whole Story

Almost An Evening, The Garage Theatre

James Scarborough | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Theater, The Garage Theatre, Theater Reviews, Ethan Coen, Almost an Evening, NY Culture, NY Around Town, Arts News
James Scarborough

Ever challenging, provocative, and fun, The Garage Theatre celebrates its venerable first decade with a production of Ethan Coen's Almost An Evening.

Read Post

Kanye, Graffiti and Country Music Royalty Reign at NYFW Parties

Simona Rabinovitch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alexander Wang, Chloe Sevigny, Kanye West, Purple Magazine, Jared Leto, Kenmare, Vera Wang, New York Fashion Week Parties, Nur Khan, Brian Grazer, LeeLee Sobieski, Ethan Coen, Top of the Standard, Lady Bunny, Paul Sevigny, Mondrian SoHo, A-Trak, Scissor Sisters, Leo Fitzpatrick, Vs. Magazine, Hank 3, Chris Brown, Casey Affleck, Bombardier, Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld, Fashion Week Parties, Fashion Week, Erin Fetherston, Andy Valmorbida, PM Tenore, Retna, Hank III, Adam Kimmel, The Box, Nate Lowman, Indochine, Karl Lagerfield, Don Hill's, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Carhartt, Vman, Zoe Kravitz, Sky Erriera, Style News
Simona Rabinovitch

Tuesday's big money shindig went down at the brand new Mondrian SoHo hotel. The event's climax was the "money drop" from the Garden Room ceiling, when real dollar bills, drink tickets and fake Kanye cash rained down on the crowd.

Read Post

'True Grit' Wins Box Office With $15 Million Weekend, 'Country Strong' Flops

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: True Grit Wins Box Office, Most Successful Coen Brothers Film, Jeff Bridges, Ethan Coen, Hailee Steinfeld, Joel Coen, Jeff Bridges True Grit, Box Office, True Grit, Coen Brothers, Matt Damon, Movies, The Big Lebowski, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — "True Grit" seized the reins at the weekend box office with $15 million, taking the No. 1 spot and becoming the first Western to top t...

Read Whole Story

The Coen Brothers' True Grit Lacks Substance

Hunter Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coen Bros, Rooster Cogburn, Charles Portis, Jeff Bridges, Ethan Coen, Hailee Steinfeld, Joel Coen, Maddie Ross, True Grit, Coen Brothers, Movies, Entertainment News
Hunter Stuart

True Grit is a unique, stylish, exciting movie, but there isn't enough substance to provide real insight into the characters.

Read Post

Jeff Bridges Double Feature: True Grit and Tron: Legacy

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Wars, Natalie Portman, Sam Worthington, Joseph Kosinski, Tron: Legacy, Tron, True Grit, Facebook, John Wayne, Garrett Hedlund, David Warner, Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, Hailee Steinfeld, Olivia Wilde, Luc Besson, Darth Vader, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Jeff Bridges Best Actor, Jeff Bridges Tron Legacy, Jeff Bridges Oscar, Terry Gilliam, Jeff Bridges True Grit, Entertainment News
Gregory Weinkauf

2010-12-28-20101218TRUEGRITJeffKid.jpgBoth of these films offer the opportunity to catch Bridges at the peak of his craft, and, genres be damned, there's true grit in Tron: Legacy, too.

Read Post

ReelzChannel Video: Top 5 "Helluva Town" Cities

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harrison Ford, Comedy, Film, Ethan Coen, Ridley Scott, Joel Coen, Martin Scorsese, Ed Helms, The Coen Brothers, Humor, New York, Movies, Zach Galifianakis, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

If you believed the movies, to venture across the George Washington Bridge is to court danger down every street. But NYC's not alone in this treatment by Hollywood, and we've got the filmed documentation to prove it.

Read Post

Interview: Oscar Alumni Joel & Ethan Coen Make A Serious Man No Laughing Matter

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Oscar Alumni, The Academy Awards, Jeff Bridges, No Country for Old Men, Fargo, A Serious Man, Serious Man Movie, A Serious Man Oscar, Serious Man, Oscars a Serious Man, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

The Coen brothers had "Jewish technical advisors, helping with language and liturgical stuff" in their movie A Serious Man, as well as "a raft of translators for the Yiddish."

Read Post

Jeff Bridges: A Unique American Icon

Jeff "The Dude" Dowd | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sag Award, Golden Globe, The Big Lebowski, Joel Coen, Academy Award, Film, Crazy Heart, Jeff Bridges, Ethan Coen, Movies, Nomination, Career, Acting, Oscars, Nominee, Hollywood, Coen Brothers, Entertainment News
Jeff

There's something about the appeal of Jeff Bridges that goes deeper than his engaging performances, good looks, charm, brains and acting chops. That was the mystery that I may have stumbled into figuring out.

Read Post

ReelzChannel: Top Ten "Uh, That Didn't Go as Planned" Movies

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Top Ten List, William H. Macy, Film, Time Travel, Stanley Kubrick, Lars Von Trier, Humor, Football, Mel Brooks, Movies, Christopher Nolan, Darren Aronofsky, The Coen Brothers, Sam Raimi, Ethan Coen, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Joel Coen, Soccer, Willem Dafoe, Heath Ledger, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

It's a basic tenet of good storytelling that whatever plans your characters put into action, it can't hurt if things don't go quite as smoothly as anticipated.

Read Post

Jeff Bridges, and the Grizzling of the All-American Boy

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Carpenter, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, Kurt Russell, Best Movies by Farr, Crazy Heart, Coen Brothers, Beau Bridges, Kim Basinger, ET:the Extra-Terrestrial, Jeff Bridges, Ethan Coen, Steven Spielberg, Karen Allen, Joel Coen, Peter Bogdanovich, Larry McMurtry, Fearless, Ben Johnson, Joan Allen, The Big Lebowski, Cloris Leachman, Cybill Shepherd, The Academy Awards, Stacy Keach, The Last Picture Show, Best Movies on DVD, Peter Weir, Rosie Perez, John Huston, Gary Oldman, Isabella Rossellini, Rod Lurie, Lloyd Bridges, John Goodman, Entertainment News
John Farr

Perhaps his clean-cut, boyish image obscured my ability to recognize the astonishing talent he possessed from the start. Regardless, I could see it now: Jeff Bridges has always been a lot more than a pretty face.

Read Post

The Media are Schrodinger's Cat

Charles Warner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fox News, Coen Brothers, New York Times, Ethan Coen, A Serious Man, Joel Coen, Media News
Charles Warner

Are newspapers alive or dead? Are the main-stream media fair and balanced or hopelessly biased? Is the New York Times too liberal or not liberal enough?

Read Post

The Coen Brothers Get "Serious" with a Comic (and Spiritual) Masterpiece

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, The Coen Brothers, Doubt, Hudsucker Proxy, Miller's Crossing, Suffering, No Country for Old Men, Fargo, Fred Melamed, Joel Coen, Faith, A Serious Man, Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski, Entertainment News
Cathleen Falsani

The Coens have created moral universes in which some of life's essential questions are asked -- if not always answered. It seems there's no question the brothers are afraid to tackle.

Read Post

"Burn After Reading" Tops Box Office

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burn After Reading, Film, Movies, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Joel and Ethan Coen, Coen Brothers, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Joel and Ethan Coen scored their biggest opener to date by raking in $19.4 million in ticket sales for "Burn After Reading" and he...

Read Whole Story