'Absinthe' makes the heart grow fonder BY MICHELLE ICAHN
An ever-changing tent show turns South Street Seaport into a wild party
An ever-changing tent show turns South Street Seaport into a wild party
The Signature Theatre Company launched its August Wilson celebration last night with a superb revival.
Celebrity guests sprinkled the sold-out audience for R&B heartthrob Usher's first performance as lawyer Billy Flynn in Chicago last night.
Streep's performance as the iconic "battlefield hyena" (as Mother Courage is called) is gutsy, but a bit of a letdown.
Is there a doctor in the house? "The Producers'" Tony winner Cady Huffman (whom Mel Brooks famously described as "the mountain that every Jewish man wants to climb") had to stop her Ars Nova…
After a bit of banter with actress Bianca Marroquin, who plays Roxie, a piano swells with a Kander and Ebb tune. Trading his Grammy-winning R&B croon for a forceful boom, Usher sings, "All I…
This season, the Signature Theater will present three plays by Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning playwright August Wilson.
As was the case with "Monty," Yazbek's score is smarter than the material.
The title is Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, but its star makes room for plenty of other celebs in his show. There's Judy Garland and Andy Warhol. Liz and Dick. Bob Fosse. And is that Joan Rivers? If that crusty lineup doesn't strike you as the freshest party mix in 2006, that's the nagging thing about this loopy stew of a revue.... Some ingredients are stale.
The 2006 Broadway season got off to a shrieking start at the Helen Hayes Theatre last night as "Kiki & Herb Alive on Broadway,' an edgy downtown experience gone uptown, opened for a quickie …
Call it a set-to over a settee. Joanne Carson and young Broadway producer Jonas Neilson have in recent weeks sparred over a sofa that once belonged to Truman Capote, a source tells us.
'Platanos & Collard Greens' brings Latinos and African-Americans together
A poignant portrait of 'Blood' relatives
Recalling a quaff famous for its mind-altering effects, "Absinthe" - a European circus performed in the Spiegeltent, a traveling venue stationed downtown - definitely earns its name.
Curt Lutman controls passes to 'Mother Courage,' with Meryl Streep.