A Behanding in Spokane, Martin McDonagh’s first American-based play, turns out to be a subtle, brutally funny indictment of America. So funny and so brutal, in fact, that multiple theatergoers left their seats during the 90-minute show to storm out of the theater. Read more

Size isn’t everything, but after my disastrous marriage, I never date short men anymore. Oscar is only 13 inches tall, though very buff for his small stature, weighing in at eight pounds. Is my Read more

Unfolding like a mid ’90s TV movie (complete with C-list movie star and A-list TV actor), Stolen doesn’t do much other than offer Jon Hamm the chance to prove that he’s more than Mad Men’s Don Draper. Read more

After my comedy group The State made a pilot for MTV, the network left us hanging. I was 23 and for months I thought, I’ll either be on TV next week or I’ll be homeless. One rent day, I walked the streets scanning the ground for change, like a kid looking for Easter eggs at a Seder. I didn’t know how to make money. The only thing I was good at was pretending I pooped my pants onstage. But my roommate Ray had an idea. “People don’t know it,” he said, “but prostitution can be fun!” Read more

Life is like a box of bon bons.You never know what youre gonna get.The same went for the fabulous party called Bon Bon, hosted by Susanne Bartsch and Kenny Kenny, that met an untimely death last week. Read more Read it in print

“You people are my 550 closest friends,” Michael Musto announced to the crowd of partygoers at his 25th anniversary party with the Village Voice at 230 Fifth. “This is an amazing place, like the Starship Enterprise meets the Love Boat,” he quipped, referring to the deluxe venue. Read more

OVER THE TIME we have been living here, on the 16th floor, there has been a number of unusual bird incidents. I never expected I would get to see, in such close proximity, the red-tailed hawk (which, up close, appears the size of a German Shepherd), nor the sparrow hawk, nor the chicken hawk. Read more Read it in print

IT IS NO secret that my biceps and triceps are floppier than spaghetti, barely able to hoist an unabridged dictionary above my head. Read more Read it in print

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Let’s face it:You’re easily distracted. I don’t blame you.The world’s a fascinating place, and you’re interested in so many parts of it. Unfortunately, that passion for all life has to offer can sometimes mean you lack focus.Without sustained attention, there are some tasks you’ll just fail at, and some situations you’ll never be able to get deeply into (often including relationships).The only solution (this week, at least) is to put on blinders if necessary, and completely block out all potential diversions, so you can concentrate entirely on the task at hand. Read more Read it in print

Even if you think the whole enterprise of basketball is a bit silly—putting a ball in a hoop, really?—the rivalry between Indianapolis Pacers and the New York Knicks transcends the confines of the court.The two teams hate each other like the Smiths and the McCoys and no one embodied this vendetta more than Reggie Miller, the Haman to legions of Knick fans. This film, by Crazy Love director Dan Klores, is as much about the epic rivalry, fit for an amphitheater, as it is about the game. Read more Read it in print

A Behanding in Spokane, Martin McDonagh’s first American-based play, turns out to be a subtle, brutally funny indictment of America. So funny and so brutal, in fact, that multiple theatergoers left their seats during the 90-minute show to storm out of the theater. Read more

Size isn’t everything, but after my disastrous marriage, I never date short men anymore. Oscar is only 13 inches tall, though very buff for his small stature, weighing in at eight pounds. Is my Read more

Unfolding like a mid ’90s TV movie (complete with C-list movie star and A-list TV actor), Stolen doesn’t do much other than offer Jon Hamm the chance to prove that he’s more than Mad Men’s Don Draper. Read more

After my comedy group The State made a pilot for MTV, the network left us hanging. I was 23 and for months I thought, I’ll either be on TV next week or I’ll be homeless. One rent day, I walked the streets scanning the ground for change, like a kid looking for Easter eggs at a Seder. I didn’t know how to make money. The only thing I was good at was pretending I pooped my pants onstage. But my roommate Ray had an idea. “People don’t know it,” he said, “but prostitution can be fun!” Read more

Life is like a box of bon bons.You never know what youre gonna get.The same went for the fabulous party called Bon Bon, hosted by Susanne Bartsch and Kenny Kenny, that met an untimely death last week. Read more Read it in print

“You people are my 550 closest friends,” Michael Musto announced to the crowd of partygoers at his 25th anniversary party with the Village Voice at 230 Fifth. “This is an amazing place, like the Starship Enterprise meets the Love Boat,” he quipped, referring to the deluxe venue. Read more

OVER THE TIME we have been living here, on the 16th floor, there has been a number of unusual bird incidents. I never expected I would get to see, in such close proximity, the red-tailed hawk (which, up close, appears the size of a German Shepherd), nor the sparrow hawk, nor the chicken hawk. Read more Read it in print

IT IS NO secret that my biceps and triceps are floppier than spaghetti, barely able to hoist an unabridged dictionary above my head. Read more Read it in print

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Let’s face it:You’re easily distracted. I don’t blame you.The world’s a fascinating place, and you’re interested in so many parts of it. Unfortunately, that passion for all life has to offer can sometimes mean you lack focus.Without sustained attention, there are some tasks you’ll just fail at, and some situations you’ll never be able to get deeply into (often including relationships).The only solution (this week, at least) is to put on blinders if necessary, and completely block out all potential diversions, so you can concentrate entirely on the task at hand. Read more Read it in print

Even if you think the whole enterprise of basketball is a bit silly—putting a ball in a hoop, really?—the rivalry between Indianapolis Pacers and the New York Knicks transcends the confines of the court.The two teams hate each other like the Smiths and the McCoys and no one embodied this vendetta more than Reggie Miller, the Haman to legions of Knick fans. This film, by Crazy Love director Dan Klores, is as much about the epic rivalry, fit for an amphitheater, as it is about the game. Read more Read it in print