Tracy Letts

Stage Door: Superior Donuts, The Understudy, Vamps

Fern Siegel | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York


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.

Broadway Looks at Racism in the Obama Era

David Finkle | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York


David Finkle

Of the 35 productions running or opening shortly -- including Hamlet and Patrick Marber's After Miss Julie -- at least 10 offerings have a rainbow-coalition hue.

August: Osage Country: Southern Gothic Soap Sitcom Theatre

Brad Schreiber | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment


Brad Schreiber

One wonders if there is some theatre ordinance that requires every Southern-themed play in this country to deal with incest. It is as if the fear of boring the audience has been taken to the zenith of tawdry complication.

Bob Dylan Wins Pulitzer Prize

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 04.16.2008 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — Thanks to Bob Dylan, rock 'n' roll has finally broken through the Pulitzer wall. Dylan, the most acclaimed and influential songwrite...