The best thing that happened to the Oscars this year is that Brett Rattner shot off his mouth with some wince-inducing homophobic comments a few months ago and was forced to resign as the telecast’s producer. Then his designated emcee, Eddie Murphy, walked out in a show of solidarity. That led Brian Grazer to the rescue, a man who understands how to move the usually lumbering … [Read more...]
‘39 Steps’ a night of inspired silliness, suspense
So many shows on Broadway these days stem from movies, productions that get slapped onstage, bypassing any new injection of imagination. And then there is Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps, a frantic, frisky adaptation of a 1935 spy thriller from the master of suspense, reduced -- or possibly elevated -- to a sly comic romp by four actors sprinting through the film’s plot, … [Read more...]