For some, a favorite show becomes a way of life by JOCELYN NOVECK, AP National Writer

It was intermission at the final Broadway performance of "Next to Normal," and Natalie Chernicoff, who was seeing the show for the 32nd time, was talking mascara with Kathleen Parker, who wa…

Bourne's swans: muscular, menacing, and now in 3-D by Jocelyn Noveck, Ap National Writer

If you've ever seen choreographer Matthew Bourne's version of "Swan Lake," you already know that his birds aren't the usual delicate, fluttery ballet swans.

Art, love and life, in the eye of the beholder by Jocelyn Noveck, Ap National Writer

Few things in this world are more subjective than art. What's beautiful to me may, of course, be ugly as sin to you.

'Titus': Gore galore and a family dinner from hell by Jocelyn Noveck, Ap National Writer

Yes, "Titus Andronicus" is a Shakespearean tragedy. But that's sort of like calling the Titanic sinking a boating mishap.

'Wild Animals': This time, Ripley's the sanest one by Jocelyn Noveck, Ap National Writer

For theater fans who couldn't get enough of Alice Ripley in her wrenching, memorable turn as a bipolar mother in "Next to Normal," here's some good news: Ripley is back in a new play.

RSC's 'Lear'-- Accomplished, yet easy on the heart by Jocelyn Noveck, Ap National Writer

Have you ever wondered, reading "King Lear," what could possibly be worse than having one's eyes gouged out?

Kisses, hugs for Taymor as 'Spider-Man' opens by Jocelyn Noveck, Ap National Writer

The scene would have been hard to imagine three months ago, when Julie Taymor was pushed aside as director of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," an unprecedentedly expensive production whose w…

Still sad and still strange, "The Shaggs" are back by Jocelyn Noveck, Ap National Writer

"My girls are gonna play in a band!" declares Austin Wiggin in "The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World." Aw. Isn't it nice, with Father's Day coming and all, to hear a dad dream big for his dau…

Take 2: Troubled Broadway 'Spider-Man' flies again by Jocelyn Noveck, Ap National Writer

Call it "Spider-Man: Take Two." A revamped "Spider-Man" musical took flight Thursday evening, with producers hoping audiences would take kindly to a cleaner script, a more comic approach, ti…

LuPone, Harris and Yes, Colbert Shine in 'Company' by Jocelyn Noveck, Ap National Writer

'Where's Charley?' Onstage, and He's a Charmer by Jocelyn Noveck, Ap National Writer

Once in love with Charley: Fine performances, oodles of charm in 'Where's Charley?' revival

Curtain up! Theatergoers see `Spider-Man' return by Jocelyn Noveck, Ap National Writer

Curtain up! Light the lights! Spider-Man returned to the stage Thursday, a day after two performances were canceled due to a scary fall that left a stuntman seriously injured.