Results tagged “xanadu”

The Dark Knight is currently clocking in with a 94% critical approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. There are some mixed reviews, like David Denby’s in The New Yorker, but Manohla Dargis at the Times got it right: “No matter how cynical you feel about Hollywood, it is hard not to fall for a film that makes room for a shot of the Joker leaning out the window of a stolen police car and laughing into the wind, the city’s colored lights gleaming behind him like jewels. He’s just a clown in black velvet, but he’s also some kind of masterpiece.” (Gothamist review here.)

For those unlucky few who missed today’s broadcast of The View, Whoopi Goldberg announced on the show that she’ll soon be moonlighting in the campy roller-skating musical Xanadu. She’ll be filling in for the hilarious Jackie Hoffman in the part of Calliope/Aphrodite for six weeks starting July 29th. (Hoffman will be on the road promoting her album "Jackie Hoffman Live from Joe's Pub.") In other celebrity casting news, Weeds star Hunter Parrish will be joining the cast of Spring Awakening in August. And no mention of Broadway would be complete without a reminder that you’ve got just six more days to see the extraordinary Passing Strange! [What's Good/What Blows]