Between her as yet unsuccessful attempts to get a foothold in the movies or on television, Kristin Chenoweth keeps returning to Broadway, and the theater is richer for it. This season, she has jumped headlong into a role she was born to play, movie star Lily Garland in a snazzy revival of 1978’s On the Twentieth Century, a screwball showbiz comedy adapted into an over-the-top … [Read more...]
Postcard From Broadway No. 6: “The Audience”
New York is not a very good city for shopping malls, but I learned Thursday that it has a couple of first-rate upscale food courts. Next time you’re here, check out Chelsea Market (9th Avenue, between 15th and 16th St.), full of gourmet food shops, like Lobster Place, which sells great looking seafood and — I can report from first-hand knowledge — first-rate sushi. If that … [Read more...]