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Enchanted Across a Crowded (and Compact) Room by BRUCE WEBER
If the production of "South Pacific" by the Arena Stage in Washington has any influence — and it should — the musical in miniature could well become a theatrical trend.
Enchanted Across a Crowded (and Compact) Room by BRUCE WEBER
If the production of "South Pacific" by the Arena Stage in Washington has any influence — and it should — the musical in miniature could well become a theatrical trend.
Saturday morning a major story out of Washington had this headline on the front page of the Los Angeles Times: "Bush-era Surveillance Went Beyond Wiretaps." That evening, "West Side Story" w…
When I saw that the Ogunquit Playhouse was staging "Fiddler on the Roof" this season, and that Sally Struthers would be starring as Golde - Sally Struthers! In a babushka! - I knew I just ha…
While the 10th annual Fringe Festival featured a few understated, emotionally rich plays, theater created on the fly lead to some dependably messy shows.
In "Bad Dates," the character of Haley Walker fits right into the long line of older women whose dating troubles are played for laughs.
Opera Offers a Love Song to the Glitter of New York by STEPHEN HOLDEN
"New York Lights," a serenade from the opera "A View From the Bridge," has a melody so enticing it could turn into a pop standard.
In a state of fragile health, English drama decides to hibernate for the high summer.
Casts come together and shine in 'August: Osage County,' 'The Seafarer,' 'Rock 'n' Roll' and 'The 39 Steps.'
Martin McDonagh has made it clear that he is a child of the movies, despite his brilliant career as a playwright. After winning an Oscar, it turns out that he's right.
First Person Plural: Two Onstage Autobiographies by BRUCE WEBER
Josh Kornbluth and Mark Lundholm are both performing autobiographical pieces Off Broadway at the moment, but they don't have a great deal else in common.
A Shostakovich Musical Returns By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
The Moscow Operetta Theater's "Moscow: Cherry Tree Towers" is one of several enticing offerings at the Bard Music Festival this summer.
The fiery death throes of the Bard's aging warriors are casting fierce light and mortal shadows over this year's summer of Shakespeare in England.
Marquee players who make beautiful music with words and pauses may be out of their league when singing is part of the job description.
He brings a Brooklyn sensibility to Shakespeare's troubling, old-world caricature.
If you love painting or think you could, consider seeing “The Pitmen Painters,” the British play by Lee Hall that the Manhattan Theater Club is presenting on Broadway.
The Broadway Musical Is Changing Its Key by BRUCE WEBER
Whither Broadway music?
The jewel of the Kennedy Center's summer-long Sondheim festival is a transfixingly clear revival of "Passion," the Tony-winning musical from 1994.
At a Festival for Films, The Feeling Is Musical by ELVIS MITCHELL
This year's Toronto International Film Festival has, among other things, a selection of films with a definite musical slant, or in some cases the energy of a musical.
The first collaboration between an Afghan and an American theater company, "Beyond the Mirror" has a quiet authority, even delicacy, that is truly powerful.
There's a method to Broadway boff for big-screen stars. Listen up, then go break a leg.