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A veteran costume designer, Ann Roth had amassed more than twenty Broadway credits before entering films with George Roy Hill's "The World of Henry Orient" . Over the past four decades, she has developed a close.... A veteran costume designer, Ann Roth had amassed more than twenty Broadway credits before entering films with George Roy Hill's "The ...

Academy and Tony Award-winning director Mike Nichols will be honored with the American Film Institute's 38th annual Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.

He's almost the last of his generation of great filmmakers still working. Altman, Peckinpah, Pollack,all gone.

Hear ye, hear ye! Variety has reported that Sir Howard Stringer - an actual knight who, when he is not rescuing distressed damsels and fighting what we can only imagine would be rather incendiary dragons, serves as chair of the American Film Institute's board - announcedA that director Mike Nichols will receive AFI's Life Achievement Award in a ...

Robin Williams, left, stars in the new movie World's Greatest Dad, directed by his friend Bobcat Goldthwait. Williams again plays a poetry teacher, but this film is quite different from his previous work in Dead Poets Society.

World's Greatest Dad Review Posted by Joseph Lee on 08.23.2009 Lance Clayton is about to get everything he deserves, but will this movie? Starring : * Robin Williams as Lance Clayton * Daryl Sabara as Kyle Clayton * Alexie Gilmore as Claire * Evan Martin as Andrew * Henry Simmons as Mike Story : Lance Clayton has dreamed of being a rich and famous ...

A portly, light-haired actor, Tom McGowan first garnered attention in 1991 when he was chosen to replace Ron Silver in Boston as the lead of "La Bete", a stage play written in verse.

The more uncomfortable Bruno makes people, from a group of hunters to politician Ron Paul, the more he draws attention to their pettiness and homophobia.

The Birdcage Decadent and tacky Miami is the perfect setting for this light-hearted farce in which a gay couple -- Robin Williams and Nathan Lane -- are forced to play it "straight" when their son announces that he's marrying a conservative Senator's daughter.

Is it true, as some gay activists claim, that Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno is the gay equivalent of "blackface?" Is a straight playing gay "just acting?" Truth be told, in our experience , straights tend to play gay overly earnestly.

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Tom McGowan's one of those actors you know even if you don't know that you know him.

A few weeks ago, The California Supreme Court made the sad decision to uphold Proposition 8 , thereby continuing to deny the rights of same-sex couples to marry statewide.

Dan Futterman had an impressive run for a young actor, transitioning easily between stage, television and film for fifteen years before penning the Academy Award-nominated script for "Capote" and deciding to put.... Dan Futterman had an impressive run for a young actor, transitioning easily between stage, television and film for fifteen years ...

Two more performances scheduled of 'La Cage Aux Folles' CLIFTON An award-winning actor who calls Clifton home is taking on the most substantial, colorful role of his life and has, with the help of the local theater community, overcome a serious health matter.

This Week In Blockbusters Part II: Night at the Museum 2: Battle at the Smithsonians: There Are A Lot Of Colons In That Title Indeed there is another blockbuster hit this weekend besides Terminator Salvation .

It's a real drag to report that the Barn Theatre is concluding its 81st season. The good news is the drag is part of the show.

La Cage aux Folles * Piccolo Spoleto * 2 hours * $30, $27 students/seniors * May 23 at 6 p.m., May 29 at 5:30 p.m., May 30 at 8 p.m., June 6 at 3 p.m. * Footlight Players Theatre, 20 Queen St.

The Manatee Players adds glitz and glamour to the end of its 2008-09 season with the hit cult musical "La Cage Aux Folles." In fact, director Larry Alexander said nearly every sequin in Bradenton will be used for the show's snazzy costumes.