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New York's Irish Repertory Theatre pulls no punches in Eugene O'Neill's "The Emperor Jones," a controversial play few companies dare to perform.
After her daughter Natasha Richardson's death, actress Vanessa Redgrave revisits an unsparing play, "The Year of Magical Thinking."
As microphones and backing tracks multiply in musicals and straight plays, the theater world is divided. Is amplification hurting the art form or making it more relevant?
Sophie Tucker's recordings from 1910-22, just reissued on CD, show why she was the original Red Hot Mama.
You've heard of dinner theater; now check out lunch theater with Food for Thought, the only drama series in the U.S. devoted to one-act plays.
Not to put too fine a point on it, the Roundabout's revival of "Bye Bye Birdie" is the worst-sung musical I've ever seen on Broadway.
"The Power of Yes," Sir David Hare's new play that seeks to tell the story of the financial crisis, doesn't work as drama. It's more like a lecture given by two dozen speakers.
Actress Montego Glover, now on Broadway in the musical "Memphis," talks about "Star Wars," Charmin ads and Jamaica.
The new musical "Come Fly With Me" is a smooth mating of Frank Sinatra's singing with Twyla Tharp's choreography.
From the Windy City to the Great White Way, two plays that represent Chicagoland theater at its gritty, no-nonsense best.
Violinist Joshua Bell recruits all-star musicians for a new album, "At Home With Friends."
The Trinity Repertory Company offers a believable "Cabaret," a stage revival that has the sharp and satisfying bite of authenticity.
The financial crises of the past decade have produced Shakespearean characters and tragedies. Now, some are ending up on the British stage, including the tragi-comic "Enron."
Keith Huff's "A Steady Rain," the New York debut of a moonlighting Chicago playwright, is set to open big.
The Repertory Theater of St. Louis provides a polished, authoritative staging of "Amadeus." The Lyric Stage Company of Boston's "Kiss Me, Kate" is sung better than it's acted.
Rising young actor Nolan Gerard Funk plays a teen idol in the coming Broadway musical revival "Bye Bye Birdie."
Latino actor John Ortiz on playing Shakespeare's black tragic hero.
Wisconsin's American Players Theatre has opened a second stage with a convincing production of O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night."
A look ahead as Broadway aims to prolong last season's winning streak.
The new musical "Blind Lemon Blues" celebrates the life of the influential Texas street singer Blind Lemon Jefferson.
Wisconsin's American Players Theatre presents "Henry V" and "The Winter's Tale" in bracing versions shorn of postmodern frippery.
His father's name gave him some access, but it has also meant that success -- however much deserved -- continues to elude him.
