Theater

Film critic Stephen Schiff has a review of "Ready To Wear," Robert Altman's ensemble film about Paris fashion shows.

Film critic Stephen Schiff has a review of Little Women, the latest of many adaptations of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel.

Payn's new memoir is about his life with the the legendary theater songwriter. Coward is the author of "Hay Fever," "Private Lives," and "Blithe Spirit." Payn met him as a child, when he acted in Coward's "Words and Music" in 1932. The two were friends for thirty years until Coward's death in 1973.

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews the release of a recently discovered Cole Porter home recording. It's called "Cole Sings Porter: Rare and Unreleased Songs from 'Can-Can' and 'Jubilee.'"

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews "Disclosure," starring Michael Douglas and Demi Moore.

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews Stephen Sondheim's "Passion."

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews the new film verision of Ann Rice's bestseller, starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.

Television critic David Bianculli reviews "Scarlett," CBS's eight-hour mini-series that starts this Sunday. He says it's better than what most other critics are saying.

Biographer Peter Manso has written "Brando: The Biography," the result of seven years of research and over 700 interviews. It tells the story of Brando as a man with a hidden troubled life. Mans is also the author of an oral biography of Norman Mailer.

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews the newest retelling of the Frankenstein story, "Mary Shelly's Frankenstein," directed by Kenneth Branagh.

From the Metropolitan Opera, soprano Dawn Upshaw. She has a new recording of Broadway showtunes, called "I Wish It So." It includes lesser known works by Marc Blitzstein and Kurt Weill as well as songs by Sondheim and Bernstein. Upshaw has played more then 20 roles at the Met, including the current "The Marriage of Figaro" and the recently completed "Idomeneo," both by Mozart.

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews "Bullets Over Broadway," about a hack playwright whose work is rewritten and improved by a New York gangster.

TV dramas are becoming wildly popular again. Critic David Bianculli says two stand out from the rest: "Homicide: Life on the Streets" and "Picket Fences."

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews "Love Affair," the remake of "An Affair to Remember," starring Warren Beatty and Annette Bening.

The two actors co-wrote and co-starred in the 1981 film, "My Dinner with Andre." They have since worked on many other projects individually in television, theater, and film. They have now collaborated again in "Vanya on 42nd Street," a film adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya."

Mamet's plays include "American Buffalo," "Speed-the-Plow," "Glengarry Glen Ross (for which he won a Pulitzer), and "Oleanna." His movies include, "Homicide," "House of Games," and "Things Change." Mamet is best known for his style of writing, which New York Times theatre critic Frank Rich described as "burying layers of meaning into simple precisely distilled idiomatic language." Mamet has written several books of essays; he's just published his first novel, "The Village."

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews "Pulp Fiction." He says it's far from perfect -- but it's so good, you won't care.

TV critic David Bianculli reviews the season premiere of "NYPD Blue," which he says continues to be good. On the other hand, he can't stomach "Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography."

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews the new film, "Ed Wood," starring Johnny Depp.

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews the new adventure movie, "The River Wild." It co-stars Kevin Bacon.