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Btitish import "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" is the most deliriously inventive new show on Broadway. One second, a clever bit of stage business leaves you...
There’s a handsome TV-star character in Broadway's "The Country House" who's a bit like Goldilocks. One woman comes at him, but she's too young. Another is too old. The third...
This may sound counterintuitive, but when a Broadway show has been around for a while, things can get interesting. Because that's when the producers " desperate to tap new demographic...
If we've learned something from Washington sex scandals, it's that many politicians are idiots " horny, overconfident idiots with a need to overshare and an inability to keep it in...
In hindsight, America had it easy in the 1980s. None of that hydra-headed terrorist nonsense: The enemy was the good ol' USSR, and we could engage in civilized negotiations over...
Nobody likes a showoff. But if the showoff is Tom Stoppard, whose erudite, formally clever plays have been acclaimed for decades, there's an exception. You don't need to hit the...
Warning: This article contains spoilers "The Good Wife" took a big step Sunday night. On the surface it wasn't as flamboyantly dramatic as, say, Will's death, or Alicia and Cary...
Fans of comic high jinks, make a beeline for Broadway's "You Can't Take it With You." This new revival crackles and pops, thanks to the battalion of expert zanies surrounding...
“I can slam that gavel, no problem," Kate Walsh says. "I just have this inner rage that comes out. I've never had a problem faking authority. There's something that's felt...
Talk about a good news/bad news punch. On the positive side, veteran Australian rockers AC/DC have announced the release of a new album, "Rock or Bust," on Dec. 2 "...
In terms of sheer inventiveness, "Scenes From a Marriage" may be the season's most daring show. No wonder Ivo van Hove and Emily Mann's eye-popping tour de force is building...
Neil LaBute's characters are awful to each other. In "Fat Pig," "reasons to be pretty," "Your Friends and Neighbors" and other plays and films, LaBute lifted up the stone of...
Warning: This article contains spoilers The most striking thing about Sunday night's Season 6 premiere of CBS's "The Good Wife" hits you after the end credits: Will Gardner is gone...
You’d think having total recall would be cool. You'd never have to write down a shopping list. You could quote entire "Simpsons" episodes from 20 years ago. Things are more complica…
You can see why everyone loves doing "Love Letters": A.R. Gurney's 1988 play requires no special set or costumes, and the cast of two, reading from scripts, doesn't need to...
'Tonight, I'm gonna say some s–t, and then I'm gonna do some s–t, and then I still won't be done," Bridget Everett warned us at "Rock Bottom," her new show....
Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig dip their toes in dramatic waters for their new flick, "The Skeleton Twins," and it's working out well for them. The movie's earning a high...
The two couples in "The Fatal Weakness" wrestle with infidelity and other troubles, but they're completely nonchalant about it. At least, they seem that way. Maybe they just knew how...
Anybody who's ever listened to WKTU, danced at a disco, marched in a gay-pride parade or watched "Project Runway" should get a ticket to "Mighty Real." True, this new jukebox...
Anybody who's ever listened to WKTU, danced at a disco, marched in a gay-pride parade or watched "Project Runway" should get a ticket to "Mighty Real." True, this new jukebox...
Few things are as bracing as the shock of new talent. In 10 years " or more likely in 10 months, considering our accelerated hatching cycle " you'll be able...
There’s little the wastrels of the new Broadway show "This Is Our Youth" won't do for kicks. Pot? Duh. Speedballs? That sounds fun. Stealing a bag of cash from your...
There’s a good chance a show titled "Bootycandy" is going to be raunchy. This Playwrights Horizons production doesn't disappoint. Largely inspired by writer/director Robert O'Hara's ow…
Prolific author Stephen King has released 56 novels and 13 collections " and that tally may be even higher by the time you read this. Overall, though, TV, unlike the...
The new play "Bauer" basically consists of a single long dispute. A protracted, frustrating dispute, because it's clear from the beginning that this is a stalemate in which the characters...
