Miriam Shor

'GCB' not as daring as ABC thinks

2012-03-02 13:26:00

How can a series that isn't allowed to keep the original, um, "racy" title of the book upon which it is based deliver a scandalously delicious edge? It can't, and as much as ABC would like to make us believe, "GCB" (9 p.m. March 4, ABC; 2.5 stars out...

ABC 2011-12 TV schedule: 13 new series

2011-05-17 06:00:00

ABC on Tuesday announced its 2011-12 prime time schedule that includes 13 new shows, seven of which will premiere this fall. Among the new entries is "Pan Am," adrama about pilots and flight attendants set in the 1960s (everyone seems to be creating their...

'Big Day's' Big Day: Nov. 28

2006-10-06 00:00:00

Having pushed "The Knights of Prosperity" to later in the season, ABC is giving one of its other new comedies that show's intended timeslot. Eventually. The network says "Big Day," a show about the various calamities on the day of a young couple's...

CBS' 'Swingtown' Takes Shor Leave

2007-02-12 00:00:00

Miriam Shor and Fran Kranz have booked roles in a pair of CBS pilots. Shor will take one of the featured roles in "Swingtown," an ensemble drama about partner-swapping set in the suburbs in the '70s. The "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" actress will play an...

Wedding Woes Beset ABC's 'Big Day'

2006-11-28 00:00:00

Agent Jack Bauer of FOX's "24" may be able to stop a nuclear catastrophe, but could he cope with salad-based subterfuge? "Big Day," the promising new ABC sitcom premiering Tuesday, Nov. 28, uses the real-time format of "24" to chronicle the mounting...

ABC Doubles Up on 'Big Day'

2006-12-14 00:00:00

ABC is quitting its comedic therapy, opting instead to make its "Big Day" a little bigger on Tuesday nights. Starting next week, the network will run back-to-back episodes of "Big Day," its first-year comedy about a young couple's (Marla Sokoloff, Josh...

Movie review: 'Envy'

2004-04-28 00:00:00

3 stars (out of 4) Most modern-day drag queens don't rock. They're more likely to be seen grooving to disco or lip-synching to ABBA or just generally camping it up. But the title character of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" isn't your typical drag queen....

The life and rhymes of Sondheim

2002-05-05 00:00:00

Stephen Sondheim has told the story so often, it's nearly a legend. When he was 15, he showed Oscar Hammerstein a musical he had written with two fellow students. He was, he admits, naive enough to think it was worth putting on professionally....

'Hedwig' Measures Up

2001-07-20 00:00:00

On the screen, the rip-roaring rock musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" retains all the excitement and energy it had on stage while adding depth, clarity and emotional texture. The result is a movie that absorbs its theatricality so smoothly and...

Midseason Drama Premise: The soap returns to Dallas in this wicked new drama that shows that you can go home again ... but only if you're ready to face the sins of your past.

2011-05-17 07:25:05