The Critic

Marcus Buckingham, of “find your strengths” fame, has a knack for using outstanding examples. In one such case, he cites Cole Porter as a man of great talent with music who couldn’t write a successful musical. Anything Goes, now in revival

George Clooney is a fine actor who supposedly has an eagle eye for good material. Apparently, he's suffering from astigmatism at the moment. "Up In The Air" was a light, foolish piece that was barely funny, inaccurate, and predictable. But "The

I was naturally attracted to this musical, given its title! It's the true story of the only time that Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis were ever together in the same recording studio (Sun Records in

I wasted four-and-a-half hours last night on the interminable swan song of the TV cult program "Lost," and I'm trying to convince myself that I haven't wasted an hour a week over the six years of its sporadic seasons. The first

First, the bad news. We watched The Blind Side last night, the film based on the real story of a homeless black teenager brought into the home of an affluent white family in the south. He went on to become a

We saw A Little Night Music last night on Broadway, and it was the right music. We attended the original over 35 years ago, and we realized that this was our last chance to see Angela Lansbury on stage, and

Island Moving Company, under the artistic direction of Miki Ohlsen, staged "Dracula" over this weekend at Belcourt Castle in Newport, and it was wonderful and outrageous art. (Disclaimer: We're contributors to the company.) Belcourt Castle is part Gothic, part Rococo, part

The Greater Providence Area is like a middleweight moving up a class to fight heavyweights in the cultural arena. Pound for pound, there are theater, dining, museums, dance, touring shows, symphony and more far beyond what a city this size

See my review of "A Steady Rain" a few posts ago. Here's what the New York Times critic said this morning: “A Steady Rain” is probably best regarded as a small, wobbly pedestal on which two gods of the screen may