Friday, March 13, 2026
"Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!" is a familiar reminder that growing up in showbiz can lead to awards and adulation, but also to heartache.
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In "What's With Baum?," an anxious, jealous and thrice-married writer finds himself stranded in a culture that wants more "schmaltz," less "wisdom."
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Dolly Parton in Vegas, a shrine to David Bowie, a new standup special from Kumail Nanjiani and other picks from our critics and writers.
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In "Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words," Michael Owen offers a sympathetic portrait of the lyricist, overshadowed in a life that had him tending the legacy of his younger sibling George.
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With Burton and Taylor as stars and a writer and director feuding, adapting the scabrous play wasn't easy. "Cocktails With George and Martha" pours out the details.
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Deborah Jowitt's "Errand Into the Maze" revels in the artistry of the dance legend, while downplaying the messy choices in her marathon career.
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In a chatty and candid new memoir, Barbra Streisand talks about her early determination to be famous and tallies the hurdles and helpers she met along the way.
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This time the celebrated novelist spins the cozy tale of a former actress, her three daughters and their rueful memories. There's a cherry orchard, too.
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Playing Blanche DuBois is shattering, say the actresses featured in Nancy Schoenberger's "Blanche." But Tennessee Williams's most indelible character is now a figure of sympathy.
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In "Who Does That Bitch Think She Is?" Craig Seligman resurrects the life and fabulousness of a drag queen who flourished in AIDS-era San Francisco.
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In his name-dropping novel "Up With the Sun," Thomas Mallon fictionalizes the minor career and tabloid murder of the Broadway actor Dick Kallman.
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Writing now as V, the creator of "The Vagina Monologues" tackles racism, colonialism and sexual violence in a raw and free-associative collection.
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"Teller of the Unexpected," an elegant new biography, sidesteps the ugly side of the children's book author while capturing his grandiose, tragedy-specked life.
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Joanna Quinn's "The Whalebone Theatre" breathlessly follows a trio of British youngsters from frolics on the beach to service and spycraft.
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In "Putting the Rabbit in the Hat," the actor currently thriving as Logan Roy in "Succession" recounts his Scottish upbringing, his years in the theater and his experiences in Hollywood.
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The comedy legend responsible for "The Producers," "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein" has written a memoir with the cheer and zip of a one-liner.
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The legendary stage actress's character was shaped as much by the roles she lost as those she won. These are some of the ones that got away.
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Marianne Elliott has reset the new London production to the modern day, with the notorious bachelor Bobby now a commitment-shy Bobbie.
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Friday, October 7, 2016
Newly married at 60, the actor who knows how to deliver a one-liner throws himself into a fast-talking comedy. But there are darker roles ahead.
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Bradley Cooper is set to play the title role in a Broadway revival of "The Elephant Man," a character he has identified with since he saw a movie version at 12.
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