Hip-Hop's Distinct Voice Is Reshaping Theater by BRUCE WEBER
Hip-hop is still on the fringe of the stage universe, but there are signs that it is beginning to turn the battleship of American mainstream theater.
Theaters' Names Lose Their Luster By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Theater lovers can only be dismayed by the news that the Shubert Organization will rename two of its Broadway theaters after two of its executives.
Other Voices, Other Lives From Solo Conjurers by BRUCE WEBER
In their current New York shows, the actors Heather Woodbury and Michael Isaac Connor explore the full range of the solo form.
Pulitzer Board Expands Its Musical Horizons by ANTHONY TOMMASINI
The move to broaden the category for the Pulitzer prize for music is sure to win plaudits in Hollywood and Broadway while provoking criticism among the more traditional composers.
Strange Languages Convey More Than Mere Words By MARGO JEFFERSON
The theatrical vision of "K. I. From 'Crime,' " performed in Russian by the Foundry Theater, turns a foreign language into a form of music.
So What Impact Will Art Centers at Ground Zero Have (if Any)? by JOHN ROCKWELL
The centers that were chosen for the site were picked because they represent a canny mix of institutions likely to make downtown a better place to live and do business.
London is a city where Shakespeare is eternally on tap, as are Ibsen, Wilde, García Lorca and pretty much every dramatist who warrants a bust in the halls of literature.
On the Home Front, the Personal Becomes Theatrical (and Political, Too) By MARGO JEFFERSON
Two new plays take different routes to what Arthur Miller so beautifully called the radical politics of the spirit.
The long and fecund career of George Bernard Shaw is being celebrated in a festival of talks, readings and performances at the New York Public Library.
Onstage, the War Never Ends as Playwrights Pose Questions of Responsibility and Guilt By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN
Three plays examine the legacy of forced prostitution in Japan during World War II.
Unabashed Stars Break the Shackles of the Name Game by VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN
Article on actors who do - or don't - change their names. Includes quotes from Ilana Levine ("You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.")
New Jersey's ReVision Theatre has announced its 2011 season of musicals, which will include the East Coast premiere of The Break-Up Notebook, a comic look at an emotional act, plus the New J…
