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It reunites most of the creative team from "Hairspray," boasts energetic '60s music and a fantastic performance by Norbert Leo Butz. It even has leggy chorus girls in small skirts and big ha…
The big question at Avery Fisher Hall Thursday night wasn't how the New York Philharmonic sounded per forming Stephen Sondheim's "Company."
It was: Can Stephen Colbert sing?
For this s…
How pared down is Declan Donnellan's "Macbeth"? The Witches don't huddle around a cauldron, because there isn't one. In fact, there are no props and no Witches -- the "weird sisters" are red…
In the first few minutes of the New Group's "Marie and Bruce," the title couple take their place among some of history's most codependent antagonists: George and Martha in "Who's Afraid of V…
Over the past few years, shows like "The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side" and "Happy in the Poorhouse" have heralded the Amoralists as one of the most vibrant troupes in New York.
Whet…
There are shock comedians and then there's Mike Birbiglia, who's more of an "awww" guy. In his first off- Broadway outing, 2008's "Sleepwalk With Me," the stand-up won over audiences with hi…
Robin Williams is in a tricky situation. If he launches into his familiar, manic style, he's accused of being predictable. If he soft-pedals and goes introspective, then he's underusing his …
So devastating is Laurie Metcalf in "The Other Place" -- so vivid her anguish, confusion and despair -- that at times she's hard to watch.
But it's even harder not to. She's giving such a…
There are big, fun, gaudy numbers in the beloved musical "La Cage aux Folles," but the show really hangs on the emotional strength of its stars.
Happily, Harvey Fierstein and Christopher …
Daniel Radcliffe is so ador able in his Broadway musical debut, you just want to pinch his cheeks. It's not just his youth -- the "Harry Potter" star is 21 -- but the endearing amount of ded…
David West Read's delicate new drama, "The Dream of the Burning Boy," makes its points gently. Too gently, perhaps -- the play feels slight, even if the cast hits precisely modulated grace n…
Comedy may make millions, but it doesn't get much respect, awards-wise. So whenever funny people want to be taken seriously, they get serious.
Nowhere is this more obvious than on Broadway t…
John Leguizamo may be only 46, but he's been through enough to fill five autobiographical solo shows -- including 1998's "Freak," 2001's "Sexaholix . . . a Love Story" and now "Ghetto Klown,…
There's such a thing as too close for comfort -- espe cially when you're sitting inches away from thrusting buttocks.
And there's a lot of pelvic action in Michael John LaChiusa's "Hello …
So confident is "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" in its ability to ramp up the thrills that it doesn't wait for the finale to drop the confetti " it falls a mere 30 minutes in shamelessly fe…
If you like your Shake speare genteel and stiff- upper-lipped, stay away from "The Comedy of Errors" at BAM.
But if a Latin-lover cop and a nunchuk-wielding spinster delivering the Bard's…
Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" is witty, erudite and cunningly structured. David Leveaux's revival, which opened on Broadway last night, looks handsome, and its cast, including Billy Crudup and Ra…
IN the right hands, old-fash ioned farce can still kill, as the 2008 revival of "Boeing-Boeing" proved. The return of "Cactus Flower" -- another French comedy from the mid-'60s, this one ada…
You know a movie's a bona fide phenome non when it spawns a spoof or a stage version. "Black Swan" delivers on both counts with "SWAN!!!," which the irreverent troupe QWAN (Quality Without a…
Method acting, famously adopted by Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, involves actors digging deep within themselves to find their character's emotional truth. Though the technique's lost c…
The most exciting mo ment in "That Cham pionship Season" comes when Jason Patric's character, Tom, falls down a flight of stairs. For a couple of seconds, you're involved in what's happening…
TEN-year-old Michael has been going through some changes lately. His par ents are distracted by their new baby, and they've all just moved to a ramshackle house.
When Michael explores the…
Gritty, tough-talking, blue- collar characters are hardly a rarity onstage. But most of the time their low cash balance is part of the background: It provides color and gives set designers a…
Boxing moves are often compared to ballet. "Beautiful Burnout" -- a high-octane show set in a boxing gym -- takes this analogy literally. The training and bouts explode on the elevated ring-…
Let's face it: You don't go to "Timon of Ath ens" expecting much -- if you go at all.
Widely assumed to be co-written by Shakespeare and fellow playwright Thomas Middleton, this uneven tr…
