SPURIOUS GEORGE!

By REED TUCKER
January 18, 2009 - EORGE W. BUSH may be fading into the rearview mirror of history, but his best-known impersonator, Will Ferrell, is about to show you something that will make him pretty hard to forget: a photo of W's, er, presidential tackle. Well, the man-parts don't technically belong to Bush (they look more like Cheney's, actually), but you get the...

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• Q&A; WITH CHEECH & CHONG

  AFTER TWO DECADES OFF, THE KINGS OF REEFER MADNESS ARE REUNITED AND READY TO SMOKE OUT RADIO CITY

  By LARRY GETLEN

  Maybe it's the recent influx of stoner films like "Pineapple Express" and the "Harold and Kumar" series, or maybe...more >

• NOISES OFF!

  'WEST SIDE STORY,' DRAMAS FUEL PENNY-PINCHING B'WAY

  By BARBARA HOFFMAN

  THE play's the thing - or so it will be in our post-tourist, burned-by-Bernie Madoff economy. "Gypsy," "Spamalot,"...;more >

• HIP-HOPPED & HIGH: A CAUTIONARY TEEN TALE

  By FRANK SCHECK

  January 17, 2009 -

  YOU can lecture your kids until you're blue in the face, but if you really want to scare them straight, take them to "Cranked." This hip-hop infused, one-person play about a teen'...more >

• STRIFE IS A CABARET, OL' CHUM

  By FRANK SCHECK

  January 16, 2009 -

  'ISN'T young love just the most wonderful thing?" the voluptuous Aphrodite (Gioia Marchese) asks in "The Judgment of Paris," adding, ominously, "Until someone gets hurt...more >

• PLAY'S RIPE FOR THE PICKING

  By FRANK SCHECK

  January 16, 2009 -

  THE production of "The Cherry Or chard" that opened this week is as much an act of diplomacy as the ater. This first entry of the aptly named Bridge Project could finally end the...more >

• EVERYBODY'S KUNG FU FIGHTING ON BROADWAY

  By FRANK SCHECK

  January 16, 2009 -

  SURE, meditation and spiritual harmony get their due in "Soul of Shaolin," the Chinese martial-arts extravaganza that opened last night. But let's face it: Most of us are there to see...more >

• ROOKIE BELTS A HOLMES RUN

  By MICHAEL RIEDEL

  January 16, 2009 -

  YOU gotta hand to it to Katie Holmes: She didn't start out as much of a draw in "All My Sons," but by the time it closed last week, the Arthur Miller revival had turned a tidy profit...more >

• MONK BUSINESS

  SHAOLIN BUDDHISTS ADD (WU) TANG TO B'WAY

  By JUSTIN ROCKET SILVERMAN

  January 15, 2009 -

  Not many Broadway shows are shrouded in ancient legend, but "Soul of Shaolin," opening tonight, is no "Jersey Boys." In fact, this spectacle of leaping and spinning kung fu...more >

• JUST SAY 'NO' TO THIS TALE OF HEROIN ADDICTS

  By FRANK SCHECK

  January 15, 2009 -

  IS it unfair to suggest that the Living Theatre is living a little too much in the past? While it's natural to want to celebrate a rich legacy by reviving influential works, the troupe's...more >

• BYE 'GYPSY,' GO 'WEST'

  DIRECTOR LAURENTS ON TO NEXT REVIVAL

  By MICHAEL RIEDEL

  January 14, 2009 -

  PATTI LuPone has no patience with cam era phones. Who can blame her? We all know it's rude - to say nothing of illegal - to take photographs during the show. At "Gypsy" Saturday...more >

• 17 MUSICAL NIGHTS OF 'SONGBOOK'

  DISTINCT VOICES IN SERIES LINEUP

  By BARBARA HOFFMAN

  January 12, 2009 -

  THEY'RE playing our songs - all of them. Once again, Lincoln Center's "American Songbook" pushes be yond the standards, dishing out a musical mulligatawny that actually features...more >

• CONDUCTOR'S ZEAL RALLIES NYC FOR A CAUSE

  By BARBARA HOFFMAN

  January 12, 2009 -

  WHEN an earthquake ripped apart South Asia, George Mathew grieved - then grabbed his baton. Conducting Beethoven's Ninth at Carnegie Hall, he raised $95,000 for medical aid. He rallied...more >