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This Kiss Me, Kate Comeback Is the Swellest Gig in Town

Michael Blakemore’s champagne production of Cole Porter’s 1948 masterpiece Kiss Me, Kate at the Martin Beck is triumphant in every

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Is it More Verdi or Annie ? The Great Debate Rages On

Some time ago, I went to see a production of Cole Porter’s Anything Goes in the splendid company of Sir

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Cole Porter: Through Thick and Thin

Of all the great writers of American popular song, no one suits our sexually promiscuous but emotionally challenged age more

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The Talking Cure, or: How to Ruin a Relationship

When you’re not in a relationship, it’s easy to dream in romantic film clips: zipping around sunny Italy with a

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Unwelcome Exits: Lamar, Matthau, Allen

Still suffering from election-scandal withdrawal, I hate to add to the general feeling of pessimism in the air, but before

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Kellerman Is Calling! … Comstock Headlines

I once wrote that Sally Kellerman walks like an anchovy. At Feinstein’s at the Regency, where she has taken a

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Eager to Inhabit Jewel Home, Woman Loses Her Baubles

There are several steps a purchaser undertakes before moving into a multimillion-dollar condo such as 515 Park Avenue, the neo-preo

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Back in the Closet, Gentlemen

“I was recently out pitching a sitcom to ABC,” confessed The New York Times Style section columnist Bob Morris in

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Superhero All Grown Up: Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2

Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 , from a screenplay by Alvin Sargent, based on a screen story by Alfred Gough, Miles

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Unlovely De-Lovely Mangles Porter

I had high hopes that De-Lovely would relieve the tedium of a summer plagued by spider men, Stepford wives, black

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Can G.M. Survive?

What has happened to the great American auto industry? Are General Motors, Ford and Chrysler headed for oblivion? And, more

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Can General Motors Survive?

What has happened to the great American auto industry? Are General Motors, Ford and Chrysler headed for oblivion? And, more

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With a ‘Z,’ Without a Net

Liza! The career has been as fractious a roller-coaster ride—highlighted by heights and dips, punctuated by applause and thrills, accented

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With a ‘Z,’ Without a Net

Liza! The career has been as fractious a roller-coaster ride—highlighted by heights and dips, punctuated by applause and thrills, accented

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It’s De-Lovely

Stevie Holland in Love, Linda Triad Theater Of all the cabaret acts about the legendary Cole Porter, Love, Linda: The

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Is There Better Music for Fall in NY Than John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey?

Attending their annual show is like donning a comfortable scarf; it eases the harsh passage into winter.

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Cole Porter’s Lost Musicals Get the Revivals They Deserve

A bonanza of Cole Porter is upon us, including two cabaret shows, and no less than three productions of his Broadway musicals.

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