Kevin Winkler

Jul 10, 2024 | blog.oup.com | Kevin Winkler |Amrit Shergill

On Bette Midler: An Opinionated Guide On Bette Midler features performance analysis and deeply researched background information, all of it supporting informed—and divinely opinionated—consideration of Midler the artist. It judges her work by the highest standards: those she established for herself.

May 22, 2024 | hadassahmagazine.org | Shira Dicker |Leah Cohen |Kevin Winkler |Sandee Brawarsky

Email Print Lolita at Leonard’s of Great Neck and Other Stories from the Before TimesBy Shira Dicker In this debut collection of stories, Shira Dicker, a self-described daughter of the first wave of feminism, portrays bold Jewish women in a New York world that is post-Vietnam war and pre-pandemic. She writes energetically, capturing a time and place so well, not with nostalgia but with clarity, compassion and humor.

May 20, 2024 | blog.oup.com | Kevin Winkler |Amrit Shergill

On Bette Midler: An Opinionated Guide On Bette Midler features performance analysis and deeply researched background information, all of it supporting informed—and divinely opinionated—consideration of Midler the artist. It judges her work by the highest standards: those she established for herself.

Jan 16, 2024 | glreview.org | Kevin Winkler

When Netflix filmed the Broadway revival of Mart Crowley’s The Boys in the Band, it commissioned a slew of special features about the genesis of the landmark play, including extensive interviews with its author. One of the most fascinating factoids to come out of Crowley’s reminiscences was that he had based the character of Harold, so memorably played originally by Leonard Frey and now by Zachary Quinto, on his best friend, Howard Jeffrey. “Howard Who?,” some might ask.