‘On Broadway’: from ‘Oklahoma’ to ‘Catch Me If You Can’
A decade ago, David Campbell created a sensation on the New York cabaret scene with a series of club dates that pushed him from the small (and now defunct) Eighty Eights to the Rainbow Room in record...
View ArticleAnother potent Carolyn Hart mix of mystery and the supernatural
Mystery writer Carolyn Hart has legions of fans for her wonderful “Death on Demand” series about a South Carolina bookstore owner and her private investigator husband. The 20 novels combine brilliant,...
View ArticleThe many (country music) moods of Kristin Chenoweth
The Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth has had a very eclectic recording career so far. Only the 2001 debut album, “Let Yourself Go,” is the sort of show tune collection you might expect from the star of...
View ArticleHugh Jackman: the biggest Broadway star of our time?
Reviewers have been quibbling about what label to give to Hugh Jackman’s return to the New York theater — is it a real “Broadway” show or just a jazzed-up nightclub act? — but whatever it is, the...
View ArticleThe tell-it-like-it-is 2011 memoir by James Garner
The death of James Garner on Sunday prompted a remarkable outpouring of affection by co-workers and fans. The star had an easy-going style that was often overlooked in favor of the more ostentatious...
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