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Hit List: Voices Carry By ROBERT J. HUGHES

Harvey Fierstein, Star of Broadway's 'Catered Affair,' on His Favorite Vocalists

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The Importance of Not Being Earnest By TERRY TEACHOUT

Nearly every aspect of this production -- sets, costumes, lighting, even the sumptuous-sounding orchestra -- is exemplary. Yet the show itself, in spite of its hit-laden score, left me tepid…

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Puppetry With a (Basil) Twist By MATTHEW GUREWITSCH

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Sondheim Here, Sondheim There By TERRY TEACHOUT

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Introducing... The Amazing Prospero! By TERRY TEACHOUT

In "The Tempest," presented by Boston's Actors' Shakespeare Project, Patrick Swanson takes Shakespeare's tale of a ship run ashore and turns it into a 19th-century magic show. Plus, our colu…

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The Slickest Show in New York, by Terry Teachout

The hit of the year is here: In the Heights.

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'Cat,' Freshly Skinned By TERRY TEACHOUT

If you want to behold a great actor giving of his very best, the show to see is "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." In "Dead Man's Cell Phone," the acting is fine, the production impeccable, the play s…

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A Staging Better Heard Than Seen By HEIDI WALESON

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'You Kinda Act Too White' By TERRY TEACHOUT

"Passing Strange" is the most original Broadway musical since "The Light in the Piazza," and my guess is that it is headed for a long, profitable and influential run.

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'Passing Strange': Rocking the Great White Way By ROBERT J. HUGHES

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Broadway's New Beat By JOHN JURGENSEN

'In the Heights' mixes hip-hop, salsa and show tunes. Its producers are hoping it will be the next 'Rent.' Inside the lead-up to opening night.

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A 'Raisin' for All Seasons By DOROTHY RABINOWITZ

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Importantitis, Enemy of Art By TERRY TEACHOUT

How to Wreck a Career in One Easy Lesson

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Let's Go On With the (TV) Show By LAUREN A.E. SCHUKER

How Television Is Transforming London Theater, and Vice Versa

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The Ghost of Daisy Mae By TERRY TEACHOUT

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There Will Be Lots and Lots of Blood By TERRY TEACHOUT

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Return of a Master, William Inge By TERRY TEACHOUT

A good staging can't save a bad play, but it can paper over the cracks in a creaky one, so I want to start off by saying that "Come Back, Little Sheba" is close to flawless. I'd never seen i…

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