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On paper, "The Library" had everything going for it. But on stage, the drama about the aftershocks of a fatal school shooting lacks insight.
Billie Holiday hallmarks " a gardenia (for her hair), elbow-length gloves (for hiding needle marks) and "God Bless the Child" (for her mother, always) " are bound to be included in any bio o…
Hogwarts wonder boy Daniel Radcliffe can't contain his love " or F-bombs " when he talks about the Great White Way, where he's just begun previews of "The Cripple of Inishmaan."
There's big money in star memoirs. But even as hot book deals are in the works from names like Lena Dunham and Bryan Cranston, the most sizzling celebrity tales have yet to be told by the le…
Rising Irish star Sarah Greene is a beauty and a beast in the jagged comedy "The Cripple of Inishmaan." That's the job when you play Slippy Helen, a fiery teenaged redhead who seductively be…
Woody Allen's musical works its tail off to tickle and delight. It's too bad that the comedy about a playwriting hit man is a bit of a miss.
It's not a good sign when a show's most memorable and colorful performance comes from the four-legged cast member.
It's funny how trying to connect with neighbors, spouses, God, whomever, can lead you nowhere.
Kristen Bell wants to build a snowman. Well, really, the actress who provides the loving voice of Anna in the mega blockbuster animated film "Frozen" sang "Do You Want to Build A Snowman?" t…
Denzel Washington's popularity makes the revival of "A Raisin in the Sun" a hot ticket, but there's a better reason: He and the show are flat-out excellent.
Like a great bottle of wine, the vineyard-set musical "The Most Happy Fella" is robust, complex and palate-pleasing.
Sally Bowles drinks gin like water in "Cabaret." And, natch, that's exactly what actress Michelle Williams actually guzzles when she's apparently boozing on stage at Studio 54. She'd be blot…
The cast of the Australian touring company of the musical The Lion King broke out the number "Circle of Life" from the show while waiting to take off on a flight to Sydney Sunday.
"Heathers: The Musical" is such a fun and satisfying Off-Broadway treat, you might be tempted to express amazement by quoting the show.
"If/Then" raked in about a $1 million at the box office last week. Much of that Broadway booty owes to the name (or wrong name!) of its star, Idina Menzel.
Elton John is going to marry his long-term partner David Furnish.
The singer's partner said it was the couple's "duty" to get wed after gay marriage became legal in the UK on Saturd…
Lady Gaga led the last dance at Roseland on Friday. Before a sold-out house of 3,200 fans, the club-friendly star performed the first of seven shows, fated to be the final performances at a …
Meet Violet, the soulful, doleful pit bull co-starring with James Franco and Chris O'Dowd in the John Steinbeck classic.
The Transport Group's take on John Van Druten's "I Remember Mama," opening Sunday, promises to be one that sticks in the brain.
Then again, memorably adventurous and innovative inte…
As the addled monarch in "King Lear," Michael Pennington wears a fur-collared coat that's rich in texture and plummy in tone " just like his voice.
Benedict Cumberbatch is going from Sherlock to Shakespeare. London's Barbican Centre said Wednesday he will play Hamlet at the venue next year.
The revival of Christopher Durang's 1981 comedy starts well, but about halfway in, things sag.
There's grist for a provocative and touching drama as a mom takes stock of the life her son might have had. But the script doesn't go there.
It's the 1980s megamusical famous for its sprawling 19th-century French canvas, big cast of characters and huge anthems made even more max with massive choral accompaniments.
The Great White Way has come down with a severe case of jukeboxitis. The syndrome is caused when many shows are woven together with recycled popular songs.
