Applegate knows what she's doing in the book scenes, and as for the singing and dancing ... well, averageness didn't prevent Matthew Broderick from winning a Tony for "How to Succeed in Busi…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 12:00AMVictoria Clark's career goal has been sidetracked once more - this time for a little thing called Broadway stardom in the new musical The Light in the Piazza.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMThe stars partied hard this week as Sweet Charity, Glengarry Glen Ross, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee opened on Broadway.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:00AMTwo local theater companies join forces for an all-female version of Grease.
Linked From Philadelphia Weekly at 12:00AMJohn Guare's The House of Blue Leaves, Noah Haidle's Mr. Marmalade and Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr. Sloane have joined the list ofproductions which may see the New York stage as part of Roundabout Theatre Company's new season.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMSurprise, surprise: It's pretty damn good. And Christina Applegate - much maligned for her talent and condescendingly admired for her spunk and persistence - is damn good as well.
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:00AMChristina Applegate is the appealing but underequipped star of this lukewarm revival that opened after weeks of widely reported toil and strife.
Linked From theater2.nytimes.com at 12:00AMValiant behavior is no replacement for musical talent or the know-how acquired in years of stage experience. Applegate possesses neither.
Linked From Washington Post at 12:00AMCharity used to be a show about style, and the lack of it here is dispiriting. Without inventive staging and an electric star, it's hard to fall in love with Charity.
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:00AMThe show far exceeded the minimal expectations it had raised.
So did its star, Christina Applegate, who is a winning and deeply likable performer.
Linked From New York Daily News at 12:00AMIf Applegate has no problems carrying the show's material, she still has trouble carrying the show.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 12:00AMChristina Applegate is a singing, dancing, acting delight in this revival of the Cy Coleman-Dorothy Fields-Neil Simon musical.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:00AMChristina Applegate, in a fairy tale comeback, seems blissfully unaware of the show's limitations. Having recovered from a broken foot suffered in an out-of-town tryout, she gives her all, a…
Linked From www.ctnow.com at 12:00AMMusical requires star quality talented Applegate has yet to attain
Linked From NJ.com at 12:00AMIt's evident from Applegate's energetic, enthusiastic performance that she loves what she's doing.
If she returns to Broadway, it would be nice to see her in a role more suited to who she is as a performer.
Linked From www.bergen.com at 12:00AMShe has put herself on the line in this show. One wishes though for a happier ending.
Linked From news.yahoo.com at 12:00AMMore than 100 of Bobby Short's friends and colleagues packed the Cafe Carlyle to pay tribute to the singer and pianist who died March 21.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMIn a gritty alley far from the glittering green lights of the "Wicked" marquee, the faithful have gathered.
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 12:00AMRobert Goulet has found a reservoir of good will in trading his home in Las Vegas for a hotel and eight shows a week on Broadway.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMTyler Perry is the most financially successful African-American playwright, director, producer and actor you've probably never heard of.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMThere were a lot of curse words being said at the after-party for David Mamet's play "Glengarry Glen Ross," which opened Sunday night at the Royale.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMDon't waste too much time looking around Broadway for Mother of the Year candidates. Except for a noteworthy few, this season's moms could use a spanking - or a stern talking-to.
Linked From New York Daily News at 12:00AMThomas Gibbons explores issues of race and cultural ownership in a play inspired by a museum dispute.
Linked From www.calendarlive.com at 12:00AMPart One of a two-part series on starting your own company
Linked From Backstage at 12:00AMNew York is full of people who can still say, "I knew Lenny," meaning Leonard Bernstein. The show "Score" is not for them.
Linked From theater2.nytimes.com at 12:00AMWhat started out as a humorous fable on how fear of terrorism can distort lives, not to say nations, mutated after intermission into a television sitcom.
Linked From theater2.nytimes.com at 12:00AMAlthough cloying and precious at times, the ultimately winning "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" is an undeniable audience pleaser and somehow seems even more at home in the larger Ci…
Linked From Reuters at 12:00AM* * * out of four
Linked From USA Today at 12:00AMFrank A. Bennack Jr., who led the Hearst Corporation for nearly a quarter century, was nominated for the post of chairman of Lincoln Center on Wednesday.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AMThe Los Angeles City Council voted 14-0 Wednesday to discard the results of a 2003 process that sought a management company for downtown's Los Angeles Theatre Center.
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