Since the Tony Awards telecast is more about marketing Broadway than it is about handing out statuettes for excellence, it is only fitting that awards were spread out to 13 different shows, each of which can hang out the Tonys shingle for whatever box office boost that is worth. As expected, there was no dominant winner Sunday night, with the revival of Hedwig and the Angry … [Read more...]
Sundays: Asking the really big question
By Myles Ludwig Once upon a time, I thought there was a secret key to unlock the meaning of life. A metaphoric key, but an actual secret, hidden away in a Holy Ark or sequestered in a reliquary. I believed then, that once I reached the age of 30, someone would shake my hand in a peculiar way ― like a Masonic ritual salute ― and induct me into the club which kept the secret … [Read more...]
‘The Infidel’ takes on religion with some solid laughs
A debate is raging in this country over what it means to be Muslim. The ethnic comedy The Infidel will hardly resolve things, but it least it tosses some leavening humor at the question. Following its debut in the spring at the Tribeca Film Festival and its subsequent limited runs in New York and California, director Josh Appignanesi’s send-up of religious stereotypes opts … [Read more...]