- 7 days ago
Signs of Life?
Many years in the making ... conceived by some of the world's foremost astronomers and scientists, created and executed by a team of...

- Apr 27
The Adlon Effect
That oasis of television excellence called "Better Things," the FX series created by and starring Pamela Adlon (she originated it with...

- Apr 13
Have you SEEN this show? If not, let me introduce you to "Abbott Elementary." And its creator.
I just discovered this series (I know, where have I been, under a rock?) after reading this great article in The New York Times about its...

- Mar 30
It's Happening! Funny Girl's Back on B'Way
It's true. Beanie Feldstein, bless her heart, is taking the giant leap into musical theatre history as Fanny Brice, the role Barbra...

- Dec 8, 2021
Long Live the King
In 1999, I read Year of the King, Anthony Sher's brilliant memoir about playing Richard III with the Royal Shakespeare Company. I'd been...

- Nov 16, 2021
Shenanigans in Paradise?
Catch me as "Betty," a truly fun guest star role, on this Friday's episode of Magnum P.I. called "A New Lease on Death," which may or may...

- Jul 15, 2021
I just flew in from the Internet and boy, are my arms tired!
Howdy! I'm on a month-long "virtual book tour" to promote the recent launch of the audiobook I narrated, my late mother's terrific...

- Jun 22, 2021
Fran Lebowitz Strikes Again
Have you SEEN "Pretend It's a City" ??? If not, you are so lucky to have it to look forward to. And if you love NYC, you'll be in heaven....

- Jun 2, 2021
Poetry for Pride Month
I have perceiv’d that to be with those I like is enough, To stop in company with the rest at evening is enough, To be surrounded by...

- May 26, 2021
May is Kate Winslet Appreciation Month
At least it is for me. Exhibit A: her performance in the crazy-addictive Mare of Easttown. We all know she's adept, powerful, whip smart,...

- Apr 28, 2021
The Hollywood air feels different
I swear it does. Maybe it's from hearing Fauci say (yesterday) that it's suddenly OK to not wear a mask outside, or knowing that millions...

- May 21, 2020
Only Four More Days!
Now here’s a rare opportunity ~ to be swept away for 35 minutes by that tsunami of an actor who is Andrew Scott … … in the brilliant play...

- May 6, 2020
Why The Good Fight is so damn, well … good.
Like many people, when I started watching the first season of The Good Fight on CBS All Access, waaay back in 2017, I was...

- Aug 28, 2019
Need a fabulous escape from the dismal inanity of current events? This'll do it.
Fire up the time machine to August 27, 1953, sixty-six years ago yesterday. Eisenhower was President. The number one song on the radio...

- Aug 20, 2019
How important are great new plays?
Get this: they might save civilization.
"Amid the ongoing culture wars between urban-elite and blue-collar sensibilities, Melocchi’s period play slyly reminds us the division...

- Aug 7, 2019
It's about freaking time: Casting Directors get BAFTA award category
It takes a special, very particular skillset to make a good CD: 1) encyclopedic knowledge and memory of the available casting pool --...

- Apr 23, 2019
That Incredible Year Deserves This Series.
Starting tonight on ABC. A six-part docuseries about the year that made so much history. Watch the trailer here In case you weren't...

- Apr 9, 2019
Film buffs rejoice. The new Criterion Channel is here.
Yesterday the highly anticipated new streaming channel finally launched, and it looks like it was worth the wait. Here's the skinny from...

- Mar 12, 2019
An Ides of March double header
So I recently shot two fun comedy guest star roles, and as the scheduling gods would have it, they're both airing Friday, March 15th....

- Mar 4, 2019
She made a headpiece out of a Pier 1 place mat? And a bunch of other crazy things ...
Ruth Carter is fascinating. Check out this jaw dropping article in The Hollywood Reporter about the Oscar-winning costume designer. (The...

- Feb 26, 2019
In the TV trenches: women directors
I've been lucky enough to have worked a lot recently in TV, and I just realized something cool. Guess what? A majority of my directors...

- Feb 20, 2019
A Night of Splendor: the 2019 Costume Guild Awards
This year's Costume Guild Awards ceremony was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel last night, and boy, was it gorgeous. Here's a list of all...

- Jan 17, 2018
Show me the money.
The Hollywood Reporter just published a dynamite article. In it, Ellen Pompeo lets rip with naked honesty about her career, her struggle...

- Oct 18, 2017
Becky Shaw takes Venice
"No one respects a woman who forgives infidelity. It kept Hillary Clinton from becoming president!" That's just one of my delicious lines...
