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What do Kilgore Trout and Playwright Adam Rapp Have in Common?
The Signature Theater which began life in a more than modest downtown space, and has since called the lovely but small theater&nbs…
In 1957 African-American playwright Alice Childress's play Trouble in Mind, a was slated for Broadway. But the producers wanted her to make&nb…
New York- BroadwayFollies- To paraphrase Samuel Johnson, "When you're tired of Stephen Sondheim's Follies, you're tired of musical theater" . . .New York-Off-BroadwayThe Wood- …
Pictured above: Jayne Houdyshell as Hattie and Mary Beth Heil as Solange as former showgirls in Follies.What's this picture from the latest production of&…
Berenstain Bears Live to Present Free Performance on September 25 If there's a youngster in your house, take note of Let's Move in Bear Country, an event …
Fans of music, drama and dance don't always have to head to big cities and see amazing performances. Colleges across the nation put on top-notch professional shows as well as&nb…
Off-Broadway: Temporal Powers - The invaluable Mint Company's 's production of Irish playwrightTeresa Deevy's long ignored play is a sure cure for those in sea…
Atlantic Theater Company will present LATINO MIXFEST, a series of free readings that will run Thursday, August 25 " Monday, August 29 at Atlantic Stage 2 (330 West 16 Street). Writers from…
Actors- are forever taking classes to hone their skills. Could it be that to get cast in a musical&n…
According to a report written for Arts Council England., arts organizations need to get on the ball and create new income streams. How? By de…
AUGUST FREE EVENTS AT THE DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM AT LINCOLN CENTERThursday, August 4 at 8:30 pmA NIGHT UNDER GALILEO'S STARSFordham University Alumni Theatre CompanyPre…
If you need confirmation about the popularity of Shakespeare's Hamlet, just check out Curtainup's Shakespeare page (www.curtainup.com/shakes.html) or …
The latest entry in critic John Simon's Blog (John Simon Uncensored) talks about what he calls "Titular Mischief" -- the practice&…
The Best of Enemies adds a slam-bang, surprise to conclude a slam-bang new play: A scrim reveals a Choir featuring mem…
Summer and Shakespeare go together like crackers and cheese, meat and potatoes. For New Yorkers, the Bard has been in full force w…
Theatreworks USA ( is presenting a world premiere of the new Latin-themed children's musical THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD at Off-Broadway's Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher St.…
Cole Porter 2 days running-- Who could ask for anything more? This past Saturday went to the opening of A.R. Gurney's ever popular doggie romance, Sylvia at&nbs…
Are we bored with the Bard? This is the query posed by John Moore, theater critic of the Denver Post. Moore backs up his belief that, at…
Unnatural Acts (www.curtainup.com/unnaturalacts.html), the dramatic expose of Harvard's shameful Secret Court 1920 prompted by a homosex…
Not tired of the gennius Tiger Woman who kept Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark in previews for seven months? Missed Law & Order's killer take-off&nbs…
in T.V. Carpio as the now downsized Arachne and ensemble members in "Behold and Wonder." The mythical Arachne may have been downsized and homogenized into a go…
tain The Big Tony Winners Top L-r: Leading performers Frances McDormand (Good People), Mark Rylance (Jersulaem), Norbert Leo Butz (Catch Me In You Can). . . Scene from Best pla…
In a season rich with straight plays, the problem family play once again laid claim to being a genre in its own right-- Off…
The Public Theater (will begin previews on Monday, June 6 for the 2011 Shakespeare in the Park summer season featuring MEASURE FOR MEASURE, directed by David Esbjornson, and ALL'S WELL THAT …
