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Theater Review (LA): ‘Buyer and Cellar’ at the Mark Taper Forum
Imagine what would happen if you found yourself in the employ of one of the most celebrated stars in the world, working in a private shopping mall where she’s the only customer. That’s the conceit of...
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Book Review: ‘Your Perfect Life’ by Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
Often when life becomes complicated, we admire and even covet the life of someone we know who seems to have it all. We have watched the movies 13 going on 30, Freaky Friday, and Big where changing...
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Ten Films I Want to See Before the End of 2017
2017 is almost gone and it’s time to sort through a huge cache of quality year-end theatrical releases and bring back a regular feature from 2009 and 2010. Here is my top 10 list of films I definitely...
View ArticleBook Review: Try Me by Farah Damji
The aphorist Christopher Spranger wrote: “The author who possesses not only ideas of his own but eloquence with which to clothe and adorn them cannot avoid cutting an impudent figure in this world.”...
View ArticleWhy Are Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen Treated So Differently?
I have been watching the reaction to Charlie Sheen’s recent escapade at the Plaza Hotel here in New York City, and I am only surprised by one thing: how come the press treats him differently than...
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Charlie Sheen, or the Empire of Illusion
“Fame is a fickle mistress. It’s very deceiving. It looks really bitchin’ from the outside, and then you get it and it’s very confusing professionally, socially, emotionally. It’s confusing because...
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Book Review: Haywire, 2011 Edition by Brooke Hayward
Brooke Hayward starts her childhood memoir of growing up in Hollywood and beyond, Haywire, promising that the book will not be about her famous parents, but about herself and her two siblings. Haywire...
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Surviving Fame: A Little Narrative of Alter Ego
The healthy happy human may very well wear many masks, but the celebrity, rarely considered human, is forever torn between public image, public persona, brand, alter ego, character, stage persona, and...
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Theatre Review (LA): Jennifer Aniston Stole My Life at the Hollywood Fringe...
The old saying goes that there are a million tales of heartbreak in Hollywood, and Jennifer Aniston Stole My Life could well be another one of them, but it rises above cliché with fine performances,...
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Graphic Novel Review: ‘The Great Beyond’ by Lea Murawiec, from Drawn+Quarterly
The Great Beyond The Great Beyond by Léa Muraweic, published by Drawn and Quarterly, is modern speculative fiction at its best. It balances drama, comedy, and social critique in a way that drives the...
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