HEARTBURN by JOHN LAHR

Food and sex in the face of disaster.
Dinner at Eight and The Mercy Seat.

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KILLING FOR COMPANY by JOHN LAHR

"Medea," "Imaginary Friends," "Adult Entertainment."

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SOUL FOOD by JOHN LAHR

Getting the spirit onstage.
"Our Town" and "Crowns."

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DEPT. OF LITIGATION

LILLIAN, MARY, AND ME by Dick Cavett
Who would guess that by uttering a few harmless words you could trigger lawsuits in the millions, a furor in the literary world, and a Broadway show?

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SHADOW PLAYS by JOHN LAHR

Doom with a view, in "Hollywood Arms" and "Book of Days."

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POSTSCRIPT: ADOLPH GREEN by John Lahr

Green's wife of forty-two years, the actress Phyllis Newman, tells of going with him to the movies and hearing an actor on the screen declare, "I've tasted death. Have you?" Green called out, "Yes, and it tastes like chicken."

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CRAZY EDDIE'S by JOAN ACOCELLA

Twyla Tharp's "Movin' Out."

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DESPOTS AND FLESHPOTS by JOHN LAHR

Al Pacino in Brecht, and a "Flower Drum Song" makeover.

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DAMES AT SEA by JOHN LAHR

Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in David Hare's new play.

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HAM, INTERRUPTED by HILTON ALS

Langston Hughes—the musical.

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TALKING TERROR by JOHN LAHR

Tom Stoppard on the revolutionary road.

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BEEHIVES OVER BROADWAY by DAVID DENBY

Life is an endless platter party in "Hairspray."

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THE BOARDS

HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDAH by Lillian Ross
Box-office is down on Broadway, but the most cheerful and high-spirited theatrical producer in town last week was Camp Broadway, yielding three musicals—"Oklahoma!," "State Fair," and "On the Town"—plus a number of perks. The performers, rehearsing at Chelsea Studios during five overpacked days, were a hundred and forty-eight kids between the ages of ten and seventeen.

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SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO by HILTON ALS

A New Age Harlem.

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PLAY AT THE PLATE by JOHN LAHR

Losing it in the locker room.
Richard Greenberg's "Take Me Out."

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WALKING ALONE

by JOHN LAHR
Richard Rodgers's disappearing act.
Thanks to Matthew Donoghue for the link!

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BABY HUNGER by JOHN LAHR

Tom Donaghy on not so gay parenting.

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INDOORS, OUTDOORS by NANCY FRANKLIN

Hapless hijinks at the Manhattan Theatre Club.

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WHATEVER by JOHN LAHR

Neil LaBute turns psychology into behavior.

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JAZZBO by CLAUDIA ROTH PIERPONT

Why we still listen to Gershwin.

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The Tony Awards: Something Borrowed by Michael Schulman

If you haven't been following this year's Broadway season, you'd be forgiven for thinking that what aired last night on CBS was some kind of infomercial for a compilation CD of the songs of …

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The Boards: Show Cops by Michael Schulman

The police precincts that cover Broadway theatres will receive an honorary Tony, but Inspector William Matusiak of Midtown North has never heard of Officer Krupke...

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Reality Checks, by John Lahr

In his new play, The Metal Children, Adam Rapp turns a book-banning incident from his past into a rueful, compelling fantasy, which dramatizes the paradoxical gap between the artist and his artifact.

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THE BOARDS: Finding the Funny by Lizzie Widdicombe

Benjamin Walker plays Andrew Jackson in eyeliner.

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A CRITIC AT LARGE<br> Mr. Broadway by John Lahr

Neil Simon's comic empire.

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