Theater

Stage Door: Scenes From An Execution, The Marriage of Bette and Boo

Fern Siegel | Posted 07.18.2008 | Entertainment


Fern Siegel

Scenes From an Execution is aptly titled. It refers to both an epic painting of a famed Venetian battle and the imprisonment of the unapologetic arti...

Stage Door: Occupant, Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy

Fern Siegel | Posted 07.07.2008 | Entertainment


Fern Siegel

Insightful, and astounding, Albee's Occupant reveals the true grit behind an artist's calling. By contrast, Goldberg's Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy focuses on the wholly physical -- stretching, literally, what the body can do.

Theater/Art: London Calling

Michael Giltz | Posted 06.26.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Why do critics -- like Ben Brantley from the New York Times -- spend a month in London going to the theater? Because they can, of course. Happily, so ...

Get Paid, Get Plucked

Tom Davis | Posted 06.20.2008 | Life


Tom Davis

Lately, I've felt so plucked, I've felt like chicken feed. OK, now that I've got your attention.... But, yes, sure...these are both exciting and str...

Post-Tony Theater Recommendations

Ryan J. Davis | Posted 06.19.2008 | Entertainment


Ryan J. Davis

All of America ('all' equals six million in this case) was glued to the Tony Awards Sunday, waiting with baited breath to see what show they haven't h...

Confessions of a South Pacific groupie?

Abigail Pogrebin | Posted 06.12.2008 | Entertainment


Abigail Pogrebin

Beneath my New York armor, I'm as corny as Kansas; The recent revival of South Pacific reminded me of all the lovers kept apart by this endless war and how atypical it is to love blatantly, putting devotion ahead of all else.

The Greatest Musical You've Never Heard Of

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.29.2008 | Entertainment


Robert J. Elisberg

"You have never heard of it," that kind of unknown. AND greatest: winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award greatest. The show is...are you ready?

The Great American Musical's Memory Bank

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.23.2008 | Entertainment


Tom Gregory

As America looks towards the post-Bush era, it's important to learn from the most idealistic marvels of our past. The American dream that has fallen away was once up there on Broadway's stage, inspiring audiences every night.

Confronting Huntington

Robert Brustein | Posted 05.20.2008 | Entertainment


Robert Brustein

I thought I had been summoned into Huntington's presence to discuss artistic matters. Instead, he remarked upon the title of the magazine and asked me what I thought of "Theatre."

A Modest Proposal

Pres. Charles H.P. Smith, aka David Mamet | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics


Pres. Charles H.P. Smith, aka David Mamet

What about if, in our ongoing contest of seemingly irreconcilable differences, instead of our interminable "legislative process," each side merely elected a Champion, and they "spun the dreidl?"

The Electoral Season

Pres. Charles H.P. Smith, aka David Mamet | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics


Pres. Charles H.P. Smith, aka David Mamet

My opponents are yapping at my heels. I have been asked if I wish them ill. No, I do not wish them ill. If I wished them ill I would withdraw from the race. For this job, finally, is an unmitigated pain in the ass.

Stage Door: Theater Reviews

Fern Siegel | Posted 03.17.2008 | Entertainment


Fern Siegel

The Adding Machine, an off-Broadway revival of the 1923 Elmer Rice play, is staged in a Thirties social realism style, complemented by moving performances and a rich modern score.

If Your Vagina Could Talk, What Would it Say? "Take me to New Orleans."

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 02.15.2008 | Entertainment


Elizabeth Benedict

What's happened as a result of The Vagina Monologues is a tribute to the power of one person - one misbehaving woman -- to move the world.

From Superdome to Superlove -- V-Day at 10

Marianne Schnall | Posted 01.31.2008 | Life


Marianne Schnall

The "mega event of the decade," as Eve Ensler describes it, is certain to be The Vagina Monologues' and V-Day's ten-year anniversary celebration, V to the Tenth.

Putting Impeachment Center Stage

Justin Hudnall | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics


Justin Hudnall

Finally, backboned America has a forum besides Dennis Kucinich's website: the Culture Project of New York's "A Question of Impeachment" forum.

Is New Orleans Waiting for Godot?

Jed Horne | Posted 11.14.2007 | Entertainment


Jed Horne

A classic of 1950s absurdist theater set in a part of New Orleans that has become an emblem of Bush-era incompetence.

A Frighteningly Familiar Fairy Tale

Justin Hudnall | Posted 11.12.2007 | Entertainment


Justin Hudnall

Nothing says "I told you so" like writing a political parable a decade before it comes true. This is what English playwright Howard Barker has achieved with A Hard Heart.

How to Write About Terrible Things: An Interview With Dan Hoyle, Author and Performer of Tings Dey Happen.

Justin Hudnall | Posted 11.07.2007 | Entertainment


Justin Hudnall

Thankfully, there are artists like Dan Hoyle, a white guy who went to Nigeria on a Fulbright Scholarship to make a play about oil politics and globalization.

On Standing Ovations

Karen Stabiner | Posted 10.29.2007 | Entertainment


Karen Stabiner

I worry that we stand because we've been entertained, without considering whether we've been entertained well.

Die Mommie Die -- Diva to Diva

Matt Budd | Posted 10.18.2007 | Entertainment


Matt Budd

Charles Busch's return to Broadway tells the story of Angela Arden and her rather dysfunctional family. It's filled with sex, blackmail and murder most sweet.

Clock Ticking as Broadway Strike Looms

Garrett Eisler | Posted 09.21.2007 | Entertainment


Garrett Eisler

A lockout and shutdown of Broadway shows is not getting any less likely for next week.


 

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