A horse is more than a horse in 'Equus'

August 24, 2008

'Shoulder!"

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• A horse is more than a horse in 'Equus'

  August 24, 2008

  'Shoulder!"

• With extra aisle seat charge, the pay's the thing

  August 17, 2008

  What's next? No pillow and blanket?

• With extra aisle seat charge, the pay's the thing

  August 17, 2008

  What's next? No pillow and blanket?

• Paying tribute to the heyday of black playwrights

  August 10, 2008

  'Hair" is not the only modern theater legend being revisited this summer.

• Off-Broadway has more than a foothold on Broadway

  August 3, 2008

  And now there are five.

• Diane Paulus directs Central Park's 'Hair' revival

  July 27, 2008

  A TV jingle caught my ear the other day. What was that melody? Why did it sound so deeply familiar? And what was it selling?

• Diane Paulus directs Central Park's 'Hair' revival

  July 27, 2008

  A TV jingle caught my ear the other day. What was that melody? Why did it sound so deeply familiar? And what was it selling?

• Diane Paulus directs Central Park's 'Hair' revival

  July 27, 2008

  A TV jingle caught my ear the other day. What was that melody? Why did it sound so deeply familiar? And what was it selling?

• 'Mamma Mia!' A movie musical as good as the show

  July 20, 2008

  Even before "Mamma Mia! The Movie" opened Friday, Broadway was feeling it at the box office.

• 'Mamma Mia!' A movie musical as good as the show

  July 20, 2008

  Even before "Mamma Mia! The Movie" opened Friday, Broadway was feeling it at the box office.

• Linda Winer: Broadway's 'Passing Strange' season

  July 13, 2008

  Ever since "Passing Strange" was virtually overlooked by the Tony Awards last month, I've been nagging friends to see the show - the sooner the better.

• Appreciating playwright-humorist Christopher Durang

  July 6, 2008

  It is time to appreciate Christopher Durang. Actually, it is long past time to have a drum roll for this singular voice in American theater.

• 'reasons to be pretty' has some ugly words

  June 29, 2008

  When George Carlin died last week, the comedian and social satirist was fondly remembered for having identified - even liberated - what he called the "seven words you can never say on television."

• Tony Awards reflect a changing tide on Broadway

  May 18, 2008

  This is the time of year we dump on the committee that chooses the Tony Award nominations. In the twilight of the Broadway season, the theater world heaves with lists of egregious omissions and commercial sellouts aimed at the handful of (mostly little-known) theater experts (23 this year) who shape the memories for history and for the tourists.

• If the Met OKs encores, is Broadway far behind?

  May 4, 2008

  It was a night for the history books.

• Rosie O'Donnell will tap in 'No, No, Nanette'

  April 27, 2008

  Can Rosie tap?

• 'Thurgood,' 'Sizwe' shed light on political issues

  April 20, 2008

  My temptation is to protect political theater.

• Spring awakening

  April 6, 2008

  However the wind blows, theatergoers know it's spring when Broadway gets crazy with openings.

• 'South Pacific' is revived with Kelli O'Hara

  March 30, 2008

  How strange to sense the buzz around "South Pacific," which opens Thursday at the Lincoln Center Theater.

• Comedies without content clutter Broadway

  March 23, 2008

  Toward the end of David Mamet's "November" at the Barrymore Theatre, the corrupt president's idealistic speechwriter delivers what is meant to be an inspirational rhapsody about the wonders of America.

• Kathleen Turner, Debbie Allen direct on Broadway

  March 16, 2008

  What she really wants to do is direct.

• 'In the Heights' raises image of Latinos

  March 9, 2008

  It has been 50 years since a New York Latin gang called the Sharks and their spitfire girlfriends first sang this about the Puerto Rican experience in America:

• 'Mamma Mia' a Guilty Pleasure

  October 18, 2001

  In our imaginary encyclopedia of pop-culture shamelessness, the “guilty pleasure” section has a boisterous, unapologetic new entry.

• 'Mamma Mia' a Guilty Pleasure

  October 18, 2001

  In our imaginary encyclopedia of pop-culture shamelessness, the “guilty pleasure” section has a boisterous, unapologetic new entry.