Cinderella Then and Now: Revisiting Rodgers and Hammerstein

It's new to Broadway. But has the team's famous TV musical been improved?

10 Pink Panthers at Tiffany's: Farewell to Blake Edwards

In his half-century and more in movies, Blake Edwards never won an Oscar. His brand of film comedy, which earned him hosannas from such distinguished critics as...

The Confessions of Mary Poppins

If Julie Andrews were a young star today, instead of in the 1960s, she wouldn't have had so much trouble shedding that squeaky-clean, permafresh, NutraSweet...

THEATER: LE JAZZ NOT SO HOT

THE MOST POPULAR PLAY IN NEW York this season might be called She Still Looks Terrific. It's getting tremendous word-of-mouth in theater lobbies all over town...

Still A Fair Lady

TITLE: PUTTING IT TOGETHER AUTHOR: STEPHEN SONDHEIM WHERE: OFF-BROADWAY THE BOTTOM LINE: Julie Andrews, back on stage at 57, still looks and sounds great in a...

Cinema: Unsentimental Journey That's Life!

There is only one mid-life crisis that really counts. It occurs when the doctor decides on a biopsy and permits you the privilege of contemplating your mortality...

Cinema: Biting the Hand of Hollywood

S.O.B. Directed and Written by Blake Edwards The overweight jogger clutches his chest and sinks painfully to the sand, his ticker in mortal distress. He will...

Cinema: Quarter Chance

To his growing list of endangered species, Walter Hickel should now add the American movie star (Astra americana). Take Julie Andrews—a feat that many people...

People: Feb. 1, 1982

The Fade-In. Ragtime piano, please. Former Heavyweight Champ Gene Tunney has long since hung up his Everlasts for a career in business by the time his son is...

Cinema: Random Number

"10" Directed and Written by Blake Edwards This movie contains what may well be the year's funniest sequence. It consists simply of a very old woman, bent...