Lorenz Hart

Broadway has been waiting a long time for a major revival of "Pal Joey," the most sophisticated musical to ever get lost in mid-century Americana. But despite a smart creative team and game performances from Stockard Channing and the ever-more-...

The songs are great, the book is much improved and the women deliver, especially the astonishing Martha Plimpton. But there is no Cinderfella story for Matthew Risch, the understudy who took over the title role in "Pal Joey." Stockard Channing is the...

MOVIES THE WRESTLER. Another comeback role for Mickey Rourke, who plays a professional wrestler past his prime. Opens Wednesday. SEVEN POUNDS. Will Smith must help seven people in the course of his own redemption. Opens Friday. THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX....

BRIAN WILSON That Lucky Old Sun Capitol More than just an album, Brian Wilson's "Smile" was the feel-good story of 2004. After years of drug abuse and mental illness, the sad-eyed Beach Boys mastermind completed his masterwork, a complex song cycle...

It could be the best of times; it might be the worst of times. No, really. A musical adaptation of"A Tale of Two Cities" - think "Les Miz" by way of Charles Dickens - kicks off the hectic and ambitious fall season in a couple of weeks. More to the point,...

Jonas Brothers "A Little Bit Longer" (Hollywood) * * 1/2 The third album from the alpha boy band of the moment is certainly of the moment. Jersey-born Jonas siblings Nick (15), Kevin (20), and Joe (18) hit all the right pop notes with such numbers as...

If you want to catch two wicked talents get into trouble, head for the Fountain Theatre, where Tony winner Tonya Pinkins and "Cold Case" actress Tracie Thoms are tearing it up in "And Her Hair Went With Her," Zina Camblin's vivid if uneven look at African...

When you think of modern-day musicals, two names pop right into your head: Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. A producing team for nearly 15 years, their film and TV musicals have won scores of Oscars and Emmys, most notably for "Chicago," which took home six...

The following is a list of theatrical productions: ANNIE RUSSELL THEATRE The theater is on the campus of Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park. Season tickets are $50 and $60 for general audiences and $47 and $57 for seniors. Second-stage shows...

Nassau | Suffolk | Queens Here is a sampling of historic Long Island cemeteries, along with their most notable residents. Years in parentheses denote when the cemeteries opened. All are accessible to the public. Nassau Youngs Memorial Cemetery (1658),...

Oh good. Irony. In the four days since "Hairspray" aerosolized Broadway into a bubble-headed gush of hope, hype and really big hair, we had begun to fear for the future of dissembling subtexts and wry humor based on jaded, self-referential attitude....

They're not writing songs like Richard Rodgers' anymore, his melodies — some soft and silken, some light and comic, some darkly haunting — never topped in grace or craft. If Irving Berlin's tunes epitomized the art of simplicity, if George Gershwin's...