Christopher Plummer has thrived in roles that reveal the human muck beneath the noblesse, which makes him perfect for the part of King Lear.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMIn an era of fame for fame's sake, Sean Combs's role in a Broadway revival of "A Raisin in the Sun" makes perfect sense.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMAfter all that entertaining silliness, the New York theater is finally poised to provide deliverance from triviality.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMDespite short runs and scant funds, off Broadway is still the place to discover fresh talent or experienced artists trying something new.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMA celebrity can draw audiences to a Broadway show, and a stage role can enhance a celebrity's career. But it doesn't always work that way.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMProfiles of up-and-coming theatrical talent: two actors, two actresses, two playwrights, a director and a composer.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMThe Lineup, from 'Fiddler' to 'Frogs' by BRUCE WEBER
This list of upcoming theatrical productions includes brief synopses and information on ordering tickets.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMEric Schaeffer has gone from staging Sondheim at the Kennedy Center to 'Snow White' in Fantasyland. What will they say on Broadway?
Linked From www.calendarlive.com at 12:00AMThe Public Faces Life Without Its Dynamo by BEN BRANTLEY
The director George C. Wolfe has had a significant hand in almost every memorable production at the Public Theater in the last ten years.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMSuddenly we are confronting the necessity of replacing leaders at three of our most vibrant cultural institutions.
Linked From Newsday Subscription at 12:00AMThis was a WONDERFUL concert.
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:00AML. Frank Baum created her. Gregory Maguire gave her a name. Stephen Schwartz gave her a voice. But Idina Menzel brings her to life.
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Linked From www.thejournalnews.com at 12:00AMDreyfuss, 'Sly Fox' sneak into Boston before hitting Broadway
Linked From Boston Globe at 12:00AM"That's what I play -- blue-collar Italian-Americans. You got to be typecast in order to work. I've been blessed." So asserts actor Michael Rispoli.
Linked From Backstage at 12:00AMFor our annual British Alternative issue, London correspondent Mark Shenton offers an insider's guide to living, working, and playing in London.
Linked From Backstage at 12:00AMJOANNE Woodward had never seen the first act of "Can-Can," she explained to Kurt Vonnegut and Jill Krementz during the intermission of Encores! revival of the Cole Porter classic starring Pa…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:00AMDael Orlandersmith, no stranger to color issues, has a potent take on black-on-black bigotry.
Linked From www.calendarlive.com at 12:00AM"Drowning Crow", "Pericles", and Sarah Jones
Linked From daily.nysun.com at 12:00AM"Drowning Crow" is one very dead duck, so let's not carry on too much -- carrion indeed -- and instead simply warn everybody away from the wretched thing.
Who expected the dread avian flu to strike Broadway?
Linked From NJ.com at 12:00AM"Bridge and Tunnel" may not add up to much of a revelation, but when so many of its parts radiate so much warmth and intelligence, that's easy to forgive.
Linked From Newsday Subscription at 12:00AMOdysseus Goes Home. Slowly. By NEIL GENZLINGER
Theodora Skipitares's "Odyssey: The Homecoming" at P.S. 122 stars a colorful collection of shadow and other puppets, and lots of slow motion.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMReports on A Little Night Music and Light In The Piazza.
Linked From Toronto Star at 12:00AMA new theater piece about the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII reanimates history with breathtaking immediacy.
Linked From www.calendarlive.com at 12:00AMCalifornia Repertory Company, the professional theater company based at Cal State Long Beach, is no longer the Howard Burman Repertory Company.
Linked From www.calendarlive.com at 12:00AMBroadway/L.A. has announced a season of musicals that includes the local premiere of the Billy Joel/Twyla Tharp collaboration "Movin' Out" and six revivals, at least two of which will be tou…
Linked From www.calendarlive.com at 12:00AM9:00 p.m. (CBS) "Hack." One of my favorite actresses, Jane Krakowski, guest-stars, in an episode of "Hack" that's essentially an extended flashback - and casts her as a femme fatale from, an…
Linked From New York Daily News at 12:00AMThere is a rumor going around the internet that Amanda Plummer has walked away from the new play Bug, which is scheduled to have it's first preview on Feb 24. The play, written by Tracy Letts also stars Michael Shannon at the Barrow Street Theatre, was to have begun previews on Feb 21, and was unexplainably delayed. Perhaps a we will hear more about this from our readers?
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