Women who achieve parody By JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ

In the "olde" days, when women misbehaved they got run out of town.
Now they get a Playbill.

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'MAMBO' STEPS BACK

Sleeping with the enemy? BY CELIA MCGEE

Movies, books & plays use love affairs to probe the conflict between Islam and the West

'Birdie' actress soars, but drama doesn't fly by Howard Kissel

Branch of Will's forest in Central Park's trees

Musical takes stock of 'Martha' scandal By ROBERT DOMINGUEZ

Five must-see plays by Howard Kissel

'Stacked' star back to 'do 'Hairspray' By JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ

Marissa Jaret Winokur has traded the boob tube and larger-than-life Pamela Anderson for Broadway and oversized beehive hairdos.
Temporarily.

Actress is a 'Bewitch'-ing scene stealer By NANCY MILLS

'Bewitched' is Heather Burns' second film for Nora Ephron.

Kid brother feels kinship to stage part By CELIA MCGEE

Pablo Schreiber, late of 'Dogtown' and one of the literary strivers dealing with an Off-Broadway 'Manuscript.'

A 'Hecuba' lot of trouble for nothing by Howard Kissel

'Charades'? They're game by David Hinckley

'Forbidden B'way' has new digs for its spoofs

Maugham's the word 'Wife' revival a delight by Howard Kissel

The play goes well beyond the confines of what we consider "drawing-room comedy." It is stimulating as well as enormously entertaining.

Rush & Molloy

The actors at the opening of Jon Robin Baitz's "The Paris Letter" all know gay people of a certain age who felt forced to stay in the closet - a theme of the masterly play.

Cultured 'Letter' is signature Baitz by Howard Kissel

Seeing a play by Jon Robin Baitz is like having dinner at the Four Seasons after a steady diet of McDonald's.

Drum one, drum all! By ROBERT DOMINGUEZ

A musical out of Africaturns theatergoing into a hands-on experience

'Risk'-ing all for a stab at records By ROBERT DOMINGUEZ

The Great Throwdini was injured on the job last week.
Better him than his lovely assistant.

'South Pacific': Reba at sea, but an 'enchanted evening' by Howard Kissel

The real deal: 'Hobbies' star a pro at being a con By ROBERT DOMINGUEZ

Winokur's eye-opening return to 'Hairspray'

Shakespeare brings crowd to its feet By BREANNE L. HELDMAN

The New York Classical Theatre starts its sixth season in the park with a short run of Shakespeare's comedy "As You Like It."
But it's a real run.

In him the Twain still meet by Howard Kissel

A pretty solid 'Inside' story by David Bianculli

If there's one twist left in the crime procedural drama, the new Fox drama series "The Inside" may have found it.

Tonys see the 'Light' and snub marketing By HOWARD KISSEL

If there's a lesson to be learned from the 2005 Tonys, it may be to avoid cynicism when writing about Tony voters.