Movies
Even as a dyed-in-the-wool true-blue Nixon hater, I found Bob Gunton’s description of how he prepared to audition for the role of Richard M.
Aug. 10, 1997
Books
As a writer whose books have been both panned and praised by The Times, I can sympathize with Bob Gunton’s feeling that “The Times giveth, and The Times taketh away” (“The School of Hard Knocks’ Drama Department,” Counterpunch, Aug. 18).
Sept. 1, 1997
Entertainment & Arts
Life is like a train, we’re told in “On the Twentieth Century.”
Jan. 24, 2003
When The Times printed an article I wrote detailing my efforts to win the role of Richard M.
Aug. 18, 1997
UCI NY: The big party tonight in New York is being thrown at Sardi’s for UC Irvine’s drama alumni who have made it. . . .
May 7, 1990
“Bats” is an ecological disaster movie so formulaic that there’s scarcely an ounce of life in it.
Oct. 22, 1999
Inside “Roza” there’s an interesting musical trying to get out. Or perhaps it’s trying to lie low.
May 1, 1987
The origin of the title code name for Steven Seagal’s Jack Cole in “The Glimmer Man” refers to his stealth as a CIA agent in the jungles of Who Knows Where.
Oct. 7, 1996
This is too much freight for one little script to carry.
June 9, 2000
Arguably the best score ever written for an extended midlife crisis, Stephen Sondheim’s “Follies” practically invented a new entertainment form when it stunned Broadway in 1971.
June 18, 2002