Month: January 2005

Roger Corman’s old black-and-white horror-comedy has come a long way since giving Jack Nicholson his first break. From a musical remake directed by Frank Oz to a Broadway musical, the…

Les Ballet Trocadero de Monte Carlo is a group of professional male dancers. Performing all female roles in ballet and modern dance, the Trocks meld high art and camp, grace…

Cole Porter’s zany musical pines over the lack of shock value in a glimpse of stocking. He also claims a “sniff” of cocaine doesn’t have a fighting chance against love.…

The inaugural Powder & Pride will take place January 21–23 at the Lake Louise region located in Banff National Park in Alberta (www.skilouise.com). In addition to downhill and cross-country skiing…

It’s a cold morning in Oregon. I snuggle under the covers with the cat. Pussy (not her real name) purrs and wouldn’t mind at all if I shirk my gift-buying…

The original soundtrack recording of music from the new film The Phantom of the Opera features one of the most popular musical theater scores of all time. The CD includes…

They Call Me Mr. Free, the third album from Scott Free, queer singer/songwriter and living legend, is a virtual musical buffet, with forays into arena rock, hip-hop, folk, and punk.…

Lily Tomlin, who plays President Bartlett’s (Martin Sheen) secretary on The West Wing, moonlights in January, when she joins Will & Grace. Tomlin will play Margot, Will’s new boss, on…

This trilogy of discs—Therese and Isabelle, The Alley Cats, and Camille 2000 —showcases this '60s Euro-erotica director's least explicit work. But it is the story behind his films that truly…

How fitting that the same month Anything Goes tromps the boards in town, the story of its author's life becomes available on DVD. Whether in Hollywood, in the limelight of…