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Yes!

"The creators of the cartoon South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, are planning to stage a Broadway musical based on the lives and (many) loves of typical members of the Church of the Latter Day Saints."

In Memory Of…

Clive Barnes. The British dance critic died today. He was 81, and in fragile health, but it is still a shock: it couldn't have been more than a few weeks ago that I last saw him at a show, frail but alert, always a gentleman, always with a grand anecdote.

People Who Live in Glass Studios

Can Lincoln Center save public television? Can public television make the Lincoln Center campus "more transparent and welcoming"? Can anything save City Opera? Can we at least have a public television reality show about its demise if not?

Destroyed New York, Neo-Hoodoo

On today's Last Night, Right Now and Beyond podcast, lots and lots of destruction. Photographer Ray Mortenson shares how a Grandmaster Flash song influenced his work documenting the South Bronx in the early 80's. His photos are now on display at the City Museum of New York. ...

The Lime Green Set

David Lynch has released a gigantic new box set of his films, shorts, web videos, deleted scenes, and more. He's calling it "The Lime Green" set. Why lime? "I like the idea of doing sets with colors," he explained (sort of), "and I love lime green. And I don't know ...

Happy Birthday, Mickey!

The Mouse turns 80 today. Let's all celebrate by a trip to "Mouse Heaven" with the legendary avant-garde filmmaker and queer Magick visionary Kenneth Anger.

Ultimate Gossip Girl Summit, Part Deux

This Saturday dozens of twenty-something New Yorkers gathered at The Pit to discuss a TV show about high schoolers. It was the Ultimate Gossip Girl Summit, Part Deux hosted by comedian Sara Benincasa (most recently known for her YouTube vlogs impersonating Sarah Palin.) Benincasa pulled together a panel ...

Tightening the Belt

Here come the cuts.

Who Watches the “Watchmen” Marketing?

The trailer is super awesome - with one laughably hyperbolic exception.

The Shaft Gallery, Manny Farber, Wild Style

On today's Last Night, Right Now and Beyond podcast, an ultimate experience in the New Museum's Shaft Gallery, a look the FSLC's tribute to the film critic Manny Farber, and WNYC's Derek John takes a walk along the sites from Charlie Ahearn's film "Wild Style." In our podcast today, you heard ...