2007, as “The Sopranos” was nearing the end of its run on HBO, David Remnick wrote a Comment essay on the series and its creator, David Chase. “Chase is merciless with his exposure of the ordinary disappointments and tragedies,” Remnick wrote. “He has...

The cursing? The ear? The pigeons? In hindsight, MSG probably wishes they'd gone with Whoopi Goldberg or that guy from "The Sopranos," who seems to often be courtside. Perhaps suffering from a serious case of Linsanity, or perhaps just because he's...

Billy Bob Thornton talks about how writing characters based on both himself and his father was cathartic, and

Ends.” A large part of the appeal of a jukebox musical is the built-in audience members who already toe-tap to your show-stopping number. Rock Of Ages and We Will Rock You have everybody who never quite recovered from the 1980s, and Jersey Boys has...

Over the next five years, he wrote for many other series including Xena: Warrior Princess, The Cosby Mysteries, Flipper, and Sister, Sister, rising to producer for the latter two. Then came The Sopranos, the epic show for which Winter won four Emmys,...

June 2nd 2002 HBO premiered a gritty series called “The Wire.” The show, depicting the violent, drug infested streets of Baltimore, Maryland (or Bodymore, Murdaland) became a cult classic. With HBO already winning with “The Sopranos,” The Wire carved...