The New York Observer — BroadwayStars

Prodigies with musical talent kissed by God have occasionally been portrayed onstage with great success. But what if the play can't begin to compete with the music? That's mostly my response, I regret, to Opus, Michael Hollinger's melodramatic new play with music (by Beethoven, Bartok and Bach).

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Kurt and Lotte: Brecht vs. Broadway in LoveMusik by John Heilpern

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Ageless Muse of The Match Game, Charles Nelson Reilly Revivies by George Gurley (Published 2001)

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A Murderous Message About Black and White By John Heilpern

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A Trough at the Theater-To Chow or Not to Chow? By John Heilpern

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Dreamgirls Wakes Up By Sara Vilkomerson

David Geffen's Long-Delayed Musical Roused to Life By Beyoncé, Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, And We Are Telling You They're Going-to the Oscars!

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Is That Nathan Lane Spewing Good Old-Fashioned Spleen? By John Heilpern

Mr. Lane has boldly put himself to the fire in the marathon role made famous by Alan Bates back in 1974, and if I have one or two doubts about his performance, it's still the best he's ever …

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Cook and Carlyle: Last of the Best By Rex Reed

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A Scandal for Our Time: <i>Rachel Corrie</i> Ignites Uproar By John Heilpern

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Barbara Cook By Lizzy Ratner

Our Broadway baby gets ready for the Met-no time for poker, she's too busy schooling the kids at Juilliard.

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Chitty Chitty Bang, Rent by Choire Sicha

Fantasyland Bohemian Musical Is Now a Movie, But 90's Ghosts Are Not Dancin'

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Zach Braff's Theater Debut

The sitcom star Zach Braff works hard not to be thought of as a sitcom star. He became famous"and made his money"as the pleasantly goofy medical student at the center of the hospital dramedy…

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Why Did The New Yorker Break 'Spider-Man' Embargo? by Daniel D'addario

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Insults and Injuries: A Trio of Offbeat Off Broadway Shows Captivate and Confound by Jesse Oxfeld

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Gods and Monsters: The Break of Noon, The Coward, Elling and A Free Man of Color by Jesse Oxfeld

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That’s His Story, and He’s Sticking to It: Long Story Short and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown by Jesse Oxfeld

The short take on Long Story Short: It's fine.

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I’ve Just Seen a Face: Rain, Diving Miss Daisy, Spirit Control, Wings and Lombardi by Jesse Oxfeld

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