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'Rain' tops $1 mil mark while 'Donuts' opens strong
Helen Lawson brayed in Valley of the Dolls that "Broadway doesn't go for boo-ooze and dope." Too bad Carrie Fisher appears to have taken that edict seriously, because her otherwise winning and frequently hilarious solo show, Wishful Drinking, could use a little more time at self-sabotaging rock bottom. Instead, she delivers selective candor without vulnerability. Fisher is likable, acerbic, clever and wryly forthcoming about the warped reality of life in the celebrity bubble, but her stage memoir is a journey to self-knowledge that rushes through the bumpiest part of the trip—the addiction years—always en route to the punchline.
'Wicked' breaks house records in Seattle and Des Moines
Without that defining event to focus their minds and juice their idiom in act one, characters are exposed in all their stereotypical banality -- leaving the audience to feel trapped and in n…
With its hack-work libretto by Davis intimate Leslie Bricusse, the Old Globe's tribute tuner "Sammy" is a fumbled rehab effort, though Obba Babatunde gives a limited but unmistakable taste o…
Seeing 10 shows requires over 200 miles of car travel
Adapting pics like 'Little Miss Sunshine' is latest legit trend
Simon Bent's new biodrama is darkly comic, as it should be, but helmer Daniel Kramer gradually pushes his smartly cast production into -- pardon the expression -- overkill.
Sisters Nora and Delia Ephron have penned a great girly show in "Love, Loss, and What I Wore," a bittersweet meditation on the joys and tribulations of women's lives, reflected through the p…
Although the writing is often formulaic, "Donuts" is soulful play full of humor and humanity.
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Actor in talks to star in 'Steel' for DreamWorks
Aside from the lure of a much-loved title, by the end of this flatly paced evening it's still hard to see what anyone thought could be gained by this staging.
Goodman Theater's well-executed revival admirably showcases the old-fashioned entertainment style and pays tribute to the Marx Brothers, even if it never quite makes a complete case for itse…
From the co-creators of "Spamalot," it hardly seems a worthy tribute to offer up "Spamalittle."
For all its limitations, the show is a fascinating attempt on the part of Filipino and other Asian artists to look back in ambivalent anger and sorrow on a national icon.
Craig, Jackman attend opening of 'Rain'
Prior to the David Mamet main course being prepared on Broadway in the coming weeks with the revival of "Oleanna" and world premiere of "Race," the Atlantic serves up an amuse-bouche that go…
Canadian scribe Morris Panych has written a funny play that makes you want to cry.
Finely tuned perfs and nuanced direction from Will Pomerantz give the play some excellent textures, but what good is theater that presents the audience with all its favorite opinions?
Even when the procedural elements become predictable, the world being depicted is a dark and bruising place without clear moral pathways, brought to life in compellingly sustained drama.
Jackman, Craig show claims title of top-grossing play
Tracy Letts' new play 'Superior Donuts' may not be slam-dunk for Broadway
Donations may be made to Swayze cancer fund
In crafting his first opera, "Seance on a Wet Afternoon," Stephen Schwartz combines everything he knows about Broadway songwriting and Hollywood scoring -- which is plenty -- with a lyrical …
