AP - Chante Moore, "Love The Woman" (Peak)

AP - Tom Waits doesn't play live very often, so when he does, it's an event.

Reuters - After the "Austin Powers" trilogy, there was a sense that comedian Mike Myers had elevated his game. He evolved the series from slapdash skits into real movies that had connective tissue and continuing characters. "Love Guru" is a regressive step in the extreme.

AP - Aliens, demons and disco mushrooms may not appear to have much in common on the surface, but they are all used to fantastical effect in "Arias With a Twist," now playing at the Dorothy B. Williams Theatre in the newly renovated HERE Arts Center in Soho.

Reuters - A "Hamlet" set in a contemporary military government is a reasonable concept. But "Hamlet" needs more than a current idea: It needs well-paced staging and top-flight acting.

Reuters - "Get Smart" the movie has precious little to do with "Get Smart" the iconic TV series from the 1960s -- but then again, the movie has precious little to do with screen comedy, either.

AP - She's lost the weight, but has she lost the voice?

Reuters - After the "Austin Powers" trilogy, there was a sense that comedian Mike Myers had elevated his game. He evolved the series from slapdash skits into real movies that had connective tissue and continuing characters. "Love Guru" is a regressive step in the extreme.

AP - In "The Love Guru," Mike Myers must come to love himself before he can love others. From the credits of this scattershot comedy sketch stretched and strained to movie length, Myers clearly loved himself to the point of narcissism going in.

AP - Two compelling figures have dominated the rich spring season at New York City Ballet: a choreographer and a dancer.