On the hot seat: Tony Curtis enjoys top billing in the movie-turned-musical opening at the Fisher BY MARTIN F. KOHN

BRING OUT YOUR LAUGHS! 'Spamalot' goes for the funny in its fractured tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table BY MARTIN F. KOHN

Mandy Patinkin, Patti LuPone create some enchanted evenings BY JOHN MONAGHAN

Arthur Miller Theatre opens at U-M BY MARTIN F. KOHN

From Supreme to surprising: Mary Wilson stars in sexual 'Vagina Monologues' BY CASSANDRA SPRATLING

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'Spamalot' leads Tony nominees BY MARTIN F. KOHN

Producer recalls preview

Emanuel Azenberg, one of the producers of "Movin' Out," says the mood was somber after the show was previewed for potential backers, even though the performance "went wonderfully."
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Give his regards to Broadway, and send his mail to metro Detroit BY MARTIN F. KOHN

Ron Seykell: New York cabaret star comes home to teach theater and dance

Writer fills 'Altar Boyz' with hymn-along tunes BY MARTIN F. KOHN

MAKING IT ON HER OWN BY MARTIN F. KOHN

Valerie Harper brings 'Golda's Balcony,' the one-character Broadway play about the Israeli leader's life, to the Fisher Theatre

Some new songs for Audra McDonald BY MARTIN F. KOHN

Long a champion of new music, Broadway star has added pop to repertoire
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'American Idol' finalist in musical here BY KELLEY L. CARTER

Trenyce stars in "Not a Day Goes By," a musical adaptation from an E. Lynn Harris book of the same name that plays tonight through Sunday at the Music Hall. The play co-stars Emmy winner Jac…

'Hedley' curtain a shock BY MARTIN F. KOHN

Patrons at Plowshares Theatre's Sunday matinee got more drama -- and less play -- than they were expecting when the lead actor in "King Hedley II" walked off the stage at Detroit's City Thea…

Michigander's play reveals the changing role of women in Iraq BY MARTIN F. KOHN

Five questions with actor Chazz Palminteri By John Monaghan
Writer and star of 'A Bronx Tale'

Director says 'Evita' still has relevance BY MARTIN F. KOHN

"The Phantom of the Opera" notched its 7,000th performance on Broadway this month, and Harold Prince, its director, is practically ... purring.
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AS GOOD AS GOLD: 'LOTR' stage version is worth every penny BY MARTIN F. KOHN

The Purple Rose of off-Broadway: Lanford Wilson's 'Rain Dance' comes together in New York, with some help from Michigan's Guy Sanville BY MARTIN F. KOHN

Michigan grant cuts hurt the arts BY MARTIN F. KOHN

Hold put on most of promised funds

Playwright enriched nation's identity BY MARTIN F. KOHN

Big names in theater to honor Detroiter BY MARTIN F. KOHN

Woodie King Jr., Ruby Dee, Glynn Turman and Ted Lange are among the film and theater artists expected to roast and toast Detroit playwright Ron Milner on Sunday at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
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STAGESTRUCK: On the eve of his 10th play, Jeff Daniels talks about why it's so important to shake up the status quo BY MARTIN F. KOHN

The musical hit that just won't quit BY MARTIN F. KOHN

Mel Brooks holds forth on 'The Producers,' his old plays, and what's up next

'Phantom' star loves the road BY MARTIN F. KOHN

David Cryer has been touring in the musical for 12 years

For actress, play is a study in opposites BY MARTIN F. KOHN

Yet another example of why they call it acting:
In "Hairspray," Linda Hart plays Velma Von Tussle, a TV producer dead set against letting black kids on the all-white afternoon dance show in 1962. In real life, Hart spent her childhood years in Detroit, where her father, the Rev. Ralph Hart, was (and is) the white pastor of a predominantly black church.

Theater called and director couldn't hang up BY MARTIN F. KOHN

In two years, Jack O'Brien has directed four Broadway shows, including the current megahit musical "Hairspray." Not bad for a kid from Saginaw who never dreamed of becoming a theater artist.

FUNNY GUY, FUNNY TUNES: Saginaw native Lynch sets his humor to music BY ERIN PODOLSKY

Five questions with Lee Meriwether, Miss America 1955 and Catwoman

Coach tries a new kind of play BY MARTIN F. KOHN

Brian Letscher turns football into drama

Beth, Jo, Meg, Amy and a full orchestra BY MARTIN F. KOHN

Should you take your daughter to see "Little Women"?
Absolutely, says Susan H. Schulman, who directed the show on Broadway earlier this year.

This nun was once Shirley Feeney BY JOHN MONAGHAN

Cindy Williams, 60, is back on the musical stage