Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'martinsheen'
June 25, 2007
This season Shakespeare in the Park started off with Romeo and Juliet, a play that surprisingly hasn't seen the outdoor Delacorte Theatre since 1968, when Martin Sheen played Romeo to Susan McArthur's Juliet. On July 8th the run will end, and A Midsummer Night's Dream will finish up the season. With notoriously long ticket lines to gain the free pass to a show, many miss out on these performances due to lack of time alone.......
Continue Reading "Will Parting Be Such Sweet Sorrow For This Year's Romeo And Juliet?"August 27, 2006
After last year's mess of an awards show and this year's joke of nominations (where is love for Lauren Graham, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences?), we were going to swear off this year's Emmys. But then we realized Conan O'Brien was hosting, so we must watch and liveblog. And there's the hope of a good Steve Carrell bit, not to mention awkward reaction shots of Candy and Tori Spelling during the Aaron Spelling tribute.......
Continue Reading "Emmys Coverage 2006: We're Only Watching for Conan"April 22, 2005
Tonight TV: VH1 Classic presents Matzo and Metal: A Very Classic Passover, starring Jewish hard rock artists Dee Snider and JJ French of Twisted Sister, Scott Ian of Anthrax and Leslie West, who will lead you through a traditional metal seder as well as kvetch about their music industry experiences. And the special’s sponsor? Only the most rock n roll of alcoholic beverages – Maneschewitz. 7pm, VH1 Classic. Film: Comedian David Cross curates a film......
Continue Reading "Weekend Movie & TV Highlights"October 14, 2003
L.A. Times entertainment reporter Patrick Goldstein looks at the California recall nuttiness in his column, The Big Picture. After analyzing Arnold's win ("once hard-nosed political reporters got their mitts on Arnold, he would crumble like a bad Schatzi strudel. Well, they proved to be about as scary as Don Zimmer throwing a punch at Pedro Martinez."), Goldstein goes through a few candidates he thinks might have the stuff to run against Arnold. Here are a......
Continue Reading "CelebrityFebruary 25, 2003
Slate's Rob Walker weighs in on the ostensibly pro- and anti-war ads by Tom Ridge and Martin Sheen. Martin Sheenhas had a history of activism, but certainly his role on The West Wing gives him more of a platform. Before September 11, 2001, there was much buzz about people preferring a president more like The West Wing's Jed Bartlet: A comparison of the Josiah Bartlet and George W. Bush presidencies.......
Continue Reading "I'm not the President, but I play one on TV"
