‘ Harvey Fierstein does a worthy job bolstering the story line of the 2005 movie Kinky Boots about a transvestite who saves a failing British shoe factory, but the reason to see this Tony Award-winning musical is the debut of pop composer Cyndi Lauper as a Broadway songwriter. The Broadway graveyard is riddled with the failed attempts by so many pop stars to pen a legitimate … [Read more...]
Uneven, but ado-worthy ‘Much Ado’
If you are going to wage war onstage, it might as well be the “skirmish of wit” of Much Ado About Nothing, the audience-friendly romantic comedy often produced by Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival in its 24-year history. This year’s return to the play is a tribute to the company’s founding member, recent artistic director and frequent leading man, Kevin Crawford, who died last … [Read more...]
The View From Home 8: New releases on DVD
For My Father (Film Movement) Release date: June 1 Standard list price: $22.49 I normally reserve the space for the largest review in this column to wonderful films that are worthy of your time, but occasionally a film so indefensible – so patently contemptible – will arrive on my doorstep that it prompts the need to vent for more than 150 words. For My Father, the latest … [Read more...]