Julie Andrews

Last Night: Dame Julie Andrews at the Hobby Center

Burn The Messenger

A little Conscience converts Joan of Arc to near comedy

Marie or Maria?

That Osmond girl fits right in with The Sound of Music

Press Picks

That Osmond girl fits right in with The Sound of Music

Press Picks

That Osmond girl fits right in with The Sound of Music

Night & Day

May 7 - 13, 1998

Girls Will Be Boys

Victor/Victoria raises questions about gender, sexuality and the necessity of Julie Andrews

Night & Day

May 28 - June 3, 1998

Cutout Bin: The Official Bump Ball© Record

The Bumpers (aka The Combinations) The Official Bump Ball© Record Pickwick/Milton Bradley, 1968 Does it have rules? What makes you think it's a game? Is it a game? Will it break? It better break eventually! Is there an object? What if you tire before it's done? Does it come with batteries? ... More >>

Tax Break for the Rich; Roger Clemens at the Capitol; Green Sex

Mayor White gets help from the appraisal district

Julie Andrews

Acting royalty Dame Julie is the latest to appear in the Brilliant Lecture series

Enchanted

Fairy-tale land and the real world collide to no good end in Enchanted

Stage Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

A Royal Shame

The second Princess Diaries is a profligate commercial for materialism and privilege

Capsule Reviews

Our reviewer weighs in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Take This Woman

Piper Perabo plays a boring bride with an untimely lesbian streak

Dr. No

Tommy Tune can't save this unmusical pachyderm

A Very Long Run

Tommy Tune can't save this unmusical pachyderm

Same Old Song

Mr. Holland goes to France in a feel-good film that doesn't

An ABBA to Zebra of Guilty Pleasures

Music figures tell all abou their most shameful faves

Nice Pussy

A killer cat steals a wonderful movie

The Mod Squad

An old-fashioned tale about Modern Millie

The More Things Change

How far has "modern" come since the Roaring Twenties? Thoroughly Modern Millie takes a look way back

Of Nuns and Nazis

A few Sound of Music cast members join the audience for a sing-a-long

Bertrand Burgalat

The Sssound of Mmmusic (Tricatel/Emperor Norton)

The Theater Shopping Network

Apparently What Women Want is a feature-length commercial

International Film Festival 2000

Film Reviews

The Sound of a Washed-up Career

Film Reviews

Lonesome Onry and Mean: "Killing the Blues" with Plant and Krauss

Led Zeppelin shouter Robert Plant and country/pop vocalist Alison Krauss seem like a highly unlikely duo. When I heard they'd made an album together called Raising Sand, the pairing seemed so odd I didn't really even want to hear it. I thought their two voices would clash like Lucinda Williams and R ... More >>

Not Bad for Government Work

Spoofing the run-up to war, In the Loop is political satire done right.

TUTS' Sound of Music: The Nuns Will Be Singing But Thank God They Don't Have to Tap Dance

Photo by Joan MarcusShe can climb ev'ry mountain, but she can't tap-dance​It's been years since Roy Hamlin, associate artistic director at Theatre Under the Stars, has had anything to do with The Sound of Music -- not since his high school days when he was playing Uncle Max.Now he gets to direct i ... More >>

The Sound of Music Sing-a-Long

One of our favorite things

Silly Me

The childish, funny, 3-D delights of Despicable Me.

Future Elvis: What If The King Had Lived?

​Do you realize that Woody Allen, Julie Andrews, the dude who was in the Darth Vader suit, and Ron Paul are all the same age as Elvis Presley would be on Saturday? Look at Woody Allen next time you see him on TMZ and just think, he's as old as Elvis. In order to get in the frame of mind to t ... More >>

Capsule Art Reviews: Hairspray, Spring Awakening, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Don Juan in Hell

​Do you realize that Woody Allen, Julie Andrews, the dude who was in the Darth Vader suit, and Ron Paul are all the same age as Elvis Presley would be on Saturday? Look at Woody Allen next time you see him on TMZ and just think, he's as old as Elvis. In order to get in the frame of mind to t ... More >>

Las Puertas: 10 Things You May Not Know About The Doors

"Hey Robby, don't try to look too not-stoned in our press still. Thanks, buddy."​On this day in 1965, The Doors began recording demos together, laying down some songs set to Jim Morrison's freaky poems. Nearly 50 years later, the band is an exalted classic-rock group, firmly implanted in that ... More >>

Forbidden Broadway

"Hey Robby, don't try to look too not-stoned in our press still. Thanks, buddy."​On this day in 1965, The Doors began recording demos together, laying down some songs set to Jim Morrison's freaky poems. Nearly 50 years later, the band is an exalted classic-rock group, firmly implanted in that ... More >>

Tea Party Princess

Victoria Jackson went from the big leagues of comedy to the rabid right of modern politics.