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I saw the second Presidential debate of 2012 and Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” on Broadway on the same week. Here is an excerpt from Act III: MARTH…
TICKET GIVEAWAY TO GOLDEN BOY: Win two tickets to see "Golden Boy," Clifford Odet’s drama, first produced on Broadway in 1937 by the legendary Group Theater, about a man who defies his…
This excerpt from the Chronicle of Philanthropy‘s article on the presidential candidates’ positions on various non-profit issues focuses on their stances on matters involving …
“I don't think like an F.B.I. agent," Ben Sprecher, one of the lead producers of “Rebecca,” defends himself in the New York Times, in the latest development in what I…
The fourth Broadway production of  Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” opened this past week to the first full-throated raves of the season. (See my r…
"You're all flops," Martha says drunkenly to her guest in "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" the first full-length play by Edward Albee, which has proven once again to be the opposite of a fl…
Undesirable Elements” Turns 20 Ping Chong, the theatre artist who created the documentary theatre series Undesirable Elements, knew what it felt like to be an outsider even before he w…
5 minutes of the singer chatting and crooning at Barclays Center The beginning of Stephen Holden’s New York Times review of the concert: “Those words sung by Barbra Streis…
TICKET GIVEAWAY TO EDWARD ALBEE’S WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF: Win two tickets to see "Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf" starring Steppenwolf Theatre members Tracy Letts (…
October 1 The Weirdness of Rebecca, an account of the odd saga, with link to video of two of the musical’s songs and several updates  2 Hands on a Hardbody will open March 21, 20…
The opening skit of Saturday Night Live featured the first Presidential debate. In this version, President Obama is daydreaming, mostly his wedding anniversary, not paying attention to what …
There were reasons to have faith in "Grace," a play about the downside of faith and the mystery of grace. Its stellar four-member cast includes Paul Rudd and Ed Asner, two performers w…
TICKET GIVEAWAY TO THE HEIRESS: Win two tickets to see “The Heiress” marking the Broadway debuts of Jessica Chastain (Academy Award nominee for The Help) and Dan StevensÂ�…
There were reasons to have faith in "Grace," a play about the downside of faith and the mystery of grace. Its stellar four-member cast includes Paul Rudd and Ed Asner, two performers w…
Here is the part of the transcript of the first 2012 presidential debate that concerns Big Bird. Debate moderator Jim Lehrer had asked: “What are the differences between the two of you…
Lilla Crawford, a veteran of Cool Whip commercial and Billie Elliot on Broadway, is the new Annie. She’s an old pro, which is clear from her interviews.Asked what she wants to do after…
Johnny Rabe will play Ralphie in A Christmas Story , The Musical, based on the 1983 movie, which is scheduled to play at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater on Broadway  from November Â�…
Rebecca will not open on Broadway this fall, its producers Ben Sprecher and Louise Forlenza announced yesterday. The bottom line reason: a lack of financing. But as I tweeted yesterday: �…
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September 18 Details of that invitation-only Marvin Hamlisch memorial tonight with Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin and Liza Minnelli ‪ Soshana Greenberg (@Vmarshmellow) I sang in the…
There were 39 TV season premieres this week, seven of them series premieres. A surprising number of these TV shows featured performers who established or embellished their reputations on Bro…
Should audiences applaud celebrities at the beginning of a show? I was struck recently at the response at two different plays, when a handful of people started to applaud David Schwimmer (in…
A day before the opening on Broadway of "An Enemy of the People," which is a play about the efforts to silence a difficult man, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange lashed out at Obama in a vide…
The last three plays that I have reviewed have been about suffering, or at least about falling apart: Most directly (and, in my view, least successfuly), Job, an adaptation of the Bibl…
Julia Roberts made her Broadway debut in "Three Days of Rain," Daniel Craig in "A Steady Rain," and now Jake Gyllenhaal is making his U.S. stage debut in a play that begins in a steady downp…
