James Corden and Suzie Toase in “One Man, Two Guvnors,” at the National Theatre in London, and onscreen at a theater near you. Photo by Johan Persson When the hit comedy “One Man, Two Guvnors” comes to Broadway this spring, I’ll be able to say I saw the London production. I also saw the Metropolitan […]

Over the last two weeks, lost amid Wall Street’s financial turmoil, came the announcement that Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks was leaving Paramount, having found financing from The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (“Reliance”), one of India’s largest private companies. What does the fact that no American studio or financier made a better offer say about Spielberg, […]

The movie, “Elegy,” which opens Aug. 8 and stars Ben Kingsley as David Kepesh and Penelope Cruz as the object of his desire, is the latest film to be adapted from the writings of Philip Roth. This one is based on his novella, “The Dying Animal.” Despite Roth’s long, successful career in American letters, his […]

In an underground office on the campus of Santa Monica College, Claude Brodesser-Akner is working with his producer, Matt Holzman, and associate producer, Darby Maloney, to describe the current status of the Oscar broadcast — and work in a pun. Finally, Brodesser-Akner says, with some satisfaction, “The Oscars are mired.” Welcome to the world of […]