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Stage Door: Superior Donuts, The Understudy, Vamps

Fern Siegel | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Theater, Michael McKean, Broadway, Cabaret, Off-Broadway, Tracy Letts, Entertainment, Chicago, New York News
Fern Siegel

When August: Osage County drama burst on Broadway, it trumpeted the arrival of Tracy Letts, who won the Pulitzer. By contrast, his follow-up effort, Superior Donuts, is a quiet meditation.

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Off-Broadway's Wonderettes Closing Its Gym Doors

James Sims | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Off-Broadway, Musicals, 1950s, New York City, Theater, Musical Theater, New York News
James Sims

The Marvelous Wonderettes has been playing to enthusiastic crowds since it settled in New York City following a run in Los Angeles -- where I first saw the show and fell in love.

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A Conversation With Off-Broadway Star, Chantal Nchako

Jeff Rivera | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Broadway, Off-Broadway, Chantal, Chantal Nchako, Happy Hour, Entertainment News
Jeff Rivera

We had the opportunity to chat with off-Broadway star, Chantal Nchako. She's definitely someone to watch in the coming years as her career is heating...

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Let Me Off at Off- and Off-Off-Broadway

Brad Schreiber | Posted 11.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: James Gandolfini, Theatre, Broadway, Off-Broadway, Theater, Marcia Gay Harden, Entertainment News
Brad Schreiber

There is nothing inherently wrong with movie and TV stars being big draws on Broadway, watching them on seats in the mezzanine that are so narrow they make you feel morbidly obese.

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The Lady With All The Answers: Ann Landers Subject Of Off-Broadway Play

AP | JENNIFER FARRAR | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Ann Landers, Off-Broadway, Cherry Lane Theatre, Judith Ivey, The Lady With All the Answers, Media News

NEW YORK — Being "The Lady With All the Answers" was an enjoyable yet serious responsibility for Ann Landers. It's also the title of a one-woma...

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Stage Door: Still Life, A Steady Rain, If It Wasn't For the Irish and the Jews

Fern Siegel | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Broadway, Hugh Jackman, Will Frears, Off-Broadway, Entertainment, Tin Pan Alley, Daniel Craig, Keith Huff, New York News
Fern Siegel

Three shows on and off Broadway showcase friendships, street life and New York's forgotten era of Jewish and Irish songwriters.

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Stage Door: Emily, An Amethyst Remembrance

Fern Siegel | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Theater, Emily Dickinson, Off-Broadway, Poetry, Entertainment, An Amethyst Remembrance, Emily Amethyst Remembrance, Entertainment News
Fern Siegel

Emily, An Amethyst Remembrance lets Dickinson speak for herself; this deeply moving production sites historic record, but captures the essence of the artist via her work.

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Q&A: Actor Jonathan Groff's Charmed, Provocative Life On Stage and In Film

Brad Balfour | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Ang Lee, The Bacchae, Hair, Duncan Sheik, Michael Lang, Jonathan Groff, Spring Awakening, Taking Woodstock, Off-Broadway, Broadway Plays, New York News
Brad Balfour

Jonathan Groff has starred in Hair on Broadway, played Dionysus in The Public Theater, and will play impresario Michael Lang in Taking Woodstock.

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Off Broadway Shows To See

Ryan J. Davis | Posted 08.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Lynn-Nottage-Ruined, Off-Broadway, Gay Rights, Broadway, Theatre, Theater, Gay Marriage, New York City, New York News
Ryan J. Davis

I'd be shocked if Ruined doesn't get a shot at Broadway soon.

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Stage Door: Thérèse Raquin

Fern Siegel | Posted 08.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Emile Zola, Theater, Off-Broadway, Entertainment News
Fern Siegel

Thanks to Jim Petosa's sharp direction, this thoughtful production successfully captures the hallucinatory world of guilt.

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Stage Door: Sleepwalk With Me, Lansky

Fern Siegel | Posted 04.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Theater, Off-Broadway, Entertainment, Entertainment News
Fern Siegel

Now playing at the Bleecker Street Theater, Sleepwalk With Me stars Mike Birbiglia, who delivers a hilarious stand-up routine in just over an hour.

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Stage Door: Billy Elliot, The Footage

Fern Siegel | Posted 08.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Theater, Broadway, Off-Broadway, Entertainment, lonelygirl15, The Footage Play, Billy Elliot, The Footage, Plays, Entertainment News
Fern Siegel

The Footage, now playing at the Flea Theater, will leave you mad -- at how manipulative people can be with technology.

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Stage Door: Glimpses of the Moon, Marie Galante

Fern Siegel | Posted 12.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Theater, Off-Broadway, Entertainment, Cabaret, Metropolitan Opera, Glimpses of the Moon, Opera Francais De New York, Jazz Age Musical, Twenties, French Institute, Marie Galante, Alliance Francaise, Edith Wharton, Entertainment News
Fern Siegel

The young, romance-seeker asks: "Don't you believe in love?" Her more jaded friend snaps back: "I believe in Lehman Bros." In 1922, when Edith Wharton wrote those lines, everyone laughed.

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Stage Door: Forbidden Broadway, To Be or Not To Be

Fern Siegel | Posted 11.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Theater, Off-Broadway, Entertainment, Manhattan, Musical Theater, Entertainment News
Fern Siegel

The Disneyfication of Broadway, coupled with the proliferation of movies turned musicals, is enough to send any serious theater fan screaming into the night.

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