'Absinthe' & 'Desir': Acrobatics with raunchy twists by Joe Dziemianowicz

Back-to-school looks your kids will actually wear BY JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ

How do I fit in but still stand out? That's a perennial question plaguing every teenager (and let's be honest, adult) and the driving theme of "13," a new Broadway musical about high school …

Christina Applegate: 'I'm clear' of cancer

Two brothers star in 'First Breeze of Summer' by Joe Dziemianowicz

Blue Man Group holds tryouts BY ERIN DURKIN

A starving actor's guide to the city

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Alison Arngrim is the little louse on the 'Prairie' by Patrick Huguenin

Howard Kissel: The Cultural Tourist<br> Julie in Philly

<cite>Hair</cite> lives again, hippie-ly ever after, by Joe Dziemianowicz

Goose bumps on a hot summer night—pretty incongruous. But there they were, brought on by exuberant music and a girl in a kimono, fabric flapping in the breeze, and singing about peace, love and Jupiter aligning with Mars. It's important to make a good first impression, and the Public Theater's open-air Hair makes a very good one. Led by Patina Renea Miller, the cast sends the opening anthem, "Aquarius," soaring out of Central Park straight up to the moon (which may or may not be in the seventh house).

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Rush & Molloy

Proof that gossip pays: former Rush & Molloy scribe Patrick Huguenin's play about the industry, "Paper Dolls," has been named one of the best-selling plays of the NYC Fringe Festival.

Plimpton un-Zips her lips to sing By JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ

Liza Minnelli hits Coney Island in free show By JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ

Susan Sullivan shines in 'Buffalo Gal' by Joe Dziemianowicz (***)

Report: Morgan Freeman divorcing wife of 24 years, Myrna Colley-Lee By KORIN MILLER

Rush & Molloy: Lawsuits inevitable in Blonsky scrap

Gotta know when to fold 'em with 'Animals Out of Paper' by Joe Dziemianowicz (** 1/2)

Burlesque is busting out all over By HOWARD KISSEL

Fringe Festival gives you 202 reasons to go to the theater by Joe Dziemianowicz

This summer, 'Hamlet' is everywhere in NYC theaters by Joe Dziemianowicz

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'Flamingo Court' is for the birds by Joe Dziemianowicz

Despite efforts by an appealing cast, which includes Lucy Martin, Herbert Rubens and Joe Vincent, this "Flamingo" never takes flight.

Howard Kissel: The Cultural Tourist<br> Pole Dancing at 3, Mozart and Mahler at 8

My friend Ron Raines and I had dinner at O'Neal's before attending the opening of Mostly Mozart.

'Wedding Singer' is a real zinger By PHIL ROURA