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With quotes from Ken Mandelbaum and David Henry Hwang.
Playwright John Patrick Shanley makes real-world strife the theme of 'Dirty Story'
The union representing the 325 musicians who play for Broadway musicals has scheduled a strike vote for next Saturday if no new agreement has been reached with the League of Broadway Theater…
Irish playwright Conor McPherson crafts a subtle and sympathetic portrait of an alcoholic in "Dublin Carol," a melancholy tale of a middle-aged man confronting the ghosts of his destructive …
"Latin Heat" - a new musical that takes audiences through the history of Latin music and dance - doesn't stop at traditional Afro-Caribbean, mambo, salsa and merengue numbers.
"Broadway by the Year," the Town Hall series that picks a year and samples its musical offerings, began this season Monday night following a blizzard - by looking at the 200 shows that opene…
It's no wonder Sigmund Freud was a great admirer of Arthur Schnitzler. The philandering, guilt, hypocrisy and narcissism that fuel "Far and Wide," a nicely realized adaptation of Schnitzler'…
Woody Allen should see "Who Killed Woody Allen?" a raucous, silly and consistently hilarious show biz sendup that unfolds as a Hollywood whodunit.
"House of Flowers," a flop in the 1954-55 Broadway season that produced several pop standards, is exactly the sort of show City Center Encores! should be doing. If only they had done this on…
Time to remember that Ma Rainey's musical offspring are everywhere
The only thing you can say about Peter Cincotti is that he's sensational.
When the most satisfying performances in a production of "The Music Man" are from Mayor Shinn and the barbershop quartet, you know there's trouble in more than River City.
Michael John LaChiusa's new musical "Little Fish" might have been a whimsical but soulful musical about self-discovery. "Little Fish" is not that musical.
The $100 ticket for a Broadway drama cometh - again.
Theatergoers will be charged that amount as a top price for the revival of Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night" when the classic opens May6 at the Plymouth for an 18-week run.
Director George C. Wolfe didn't know Keith Haring.
"I was probably the only gay man in New York in the '80s who never met or slept with him," says the head of the Public Theater.
Academy Award nominees thrilled, but shocked about those left out
"If you get a Lifetime Achievement Award, does that mean you're getting old?" asks Jerry Orbach, best known these days as the cynical, sleepy-eyed Det. Lennie Briscoe from the TV series "Law…
With its moody sets, maudlin music and mostly morose tales, "Requiem for William," seven one-acts by William Inge that include new songs, is a rather somber tribute to the late playwright. T…
Though Ernest Hemingway wrote only one play, one would imagine that his sparse, dialogue-driven short stories would have been well-suited for the stage. Carol Hemingway apparently thought a…
If any American musical seemed destined for greatness, it was "House of Flowers." And yet the show got mixed reviews and barely eked out five months on Broadway.
When "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" opened on Broadway in 1984, it was our first exposure to the fresh voice of August Wilson. The revival is uneven, but reminds us how strong that voice remains.
Luis Chaluisan knows he didn't have to give his autobiographical one-man show a controversial title like "Spic Chic" just to grab an audience's attention.
A teen girl suffering from a rare disease that causes premature aging hardly seems the stuff of comedy.
