We now think of Alexander Mackendrick’s Sweet Smell of Success—a major flop in its day—as one of the key American movies of the late 1950s. The film is a toxic and exhilarating depiction of media ...

If Encores can transfer many of its productions to Broadway, why not MasterVoices—starting with its current revival of Sweet Smell of Success? If you missed its brief run (November 21–22), keep an eye ...

MasterVoices has announced the full cast for its newly revised concert edition of the musical Sweet Smell of Success, running for three performances on November 21–22, 2025, at Jazz at Lincoln ...

From left: Kimi Short, Matt Pentecost and Zachary Allen Farmer in New Line Theatre's "Sweet Smell of Success." Photo by Jill Ritter Lindberg ‘The Sweet Smell of Success,” the film noir that takes a ...

The 1957 classic starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis skewers the quotidian quid-pro-quos between the press and the subjects of its reporting.

Taglines: They know him - and they shiver - the big names of Broadway, Hollywood and Capitol Hill. They know J.J.- the world-famed columnist whose gossip is gospel to sixty million readers! They know ...

Though bordering on caricatured, Kazan’s film is trenchant and warrants a bigger reputation than it enjoys. But Mackendrick’s late-classic-period noir, which hinges on the need of Sidney Falco (Tony ...

Sweet Smell of Success takes us to a world where scandal fills the night and one man rules the city. John Lithgow stars as J.J. Hunsecker, the most powerful gossip columnist in America, who can create ...