The Prisoner of Second Avenue -- Review By Ray Bennett

Neil Simon's play has not aged well, and a miscast Jeff Goldblum cannot rescue it.

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Thurgood -- Review By Laurence Vittes

For once, a great man provides a great role for a great actor.

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The Winter's Tale -- Review By Frank Scheck

A beautiful summer night will enhance one's appreciation of this good if not revelatory staging of the Bard's classic.

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The Merchant of Venice -- Review By Frank Scheck

Al Pacino's mesmerizing star turn as Shylock dominates this darkly tinged production of Shakespeare's problematic play.

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Race -- Review By Frank Scheck

Thanks to its terrific new cast, David Mamet's problematic legal drama is well worth a second look.

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Meryl Streep to play Margaret Thatcher - THR EXCLUSIVE By Borys Kit

Meryl Streep is in talks to reteam with her "Mamma Mia!" director Phyllida Lloyd for "Thatcher," a biopic of the controversial and long-governing former British prime minister.

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The Bridge Project: As You Like It, The Tempest -- Review By Ray Bennett

Laudable Shakespeare productions that lack a certain spark.

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Kinks' 'Schoolboys' to become film musical By Stuart Kemp

Bobcat Goldthwait wrote, will direct movie based on album

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In the Heights -- Review By Laurence Vittes

"West Side Story" caliber thrills and pathos, but no knives or guns. So, not exactly edgy.

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The Grand Manner -- Review By Frank Scheck

Thin backstage memory play featuring legendary actress Katharine Cornell as a central character.

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'Red,' 'Memphis' top Tony Awards By David Rooney

Denzel Washington, Scarlett Johansson also among winners

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Emmy-worthy guest performers deliver under pressure by Christopher Lisotta

For Chenoweth, one of the challenges of being a guest star is remembering the week on set is a marathon, not a sprint.

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Success iffy for West End/Broadway transfers By David Rooney

Same language, different cultures. It's the conclusion Broadway producers often have reached when hit plays have been shipped from London to New York, either intact or in recast incarnations…

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The Metal Children -- Review By Frank Scheck

This uneven satire of the culture wars is notable mainly for the terrific starring performance by Billy Crudup.

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Dusk Rings a Bell -- Review By Frank Scheck

Excellent performances and incisive character studies compensate for the contrived elements of this drama about two lonely souls reconnecting.

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This Wide Night -- Review By Frank Scheck

Superb performances by Edie Falco and Alison Pill enliven this static drama about the reunion of two former prison cellmates.

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying -- Review By Laurence Vittes

So retro you won't know what hit you.

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Why Newsweek need not apologize to GLAAD By Andrew Wallenstein

Commentary: Column on gay actors was tough but fair

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'Milk' scribe joins GLAAD against Newsweek By Jarrett Barrios and Dustin Lance Black

Commentary: Black, org urge apology over gay-actors piece

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Sweet Charity -- Review By Ray Bennett

The best efforts of an enthusiastic cast can't save a musical that has long passed its sell-by date.

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The Forest -- Review By Frank Scheck

Well-acted if stodgy revival of a little-known Russian classic.

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Family Week -- Review By Frank Scheck

Veteran filmmaker Jonathan Demme stumbles with his stage directorial debut.

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Reviewed by Frank Scheck

The departure of Megan Mullally from the planned Broadway revival of Lips Together, Teeth Apart has resulted in a big break for actress Sherie Rene Scott. Her autobiographical musical Everyday Rapture—presented last season to great acclaim at off-Broadway's Second Stage—has been brought in as a last-minute substitute to placate the Roundabout Theatre Company's many subscribers. But though it will certainly boost this talented performer's profile, not to mention giving her a good shot at winning a Tony, the new incarnation doesn't necessarily do her show any favors.

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Women Beware Women -- Review By Ray Bennett

Thomas Middleton's rich tale of decadent society in a rousing production at the National.

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Reviewed by Frank Scheck

It's easy to see why Donald Margulies' two-hander drama Collected Stories is receiving a Broadway revival with this third major production since its 1997 premiere featuring a pre-stardom Debra Messing. This literary variation on All About Eve contains two meaty roles for actresses in its portrait of the shifting relationship between a celebrated fiction writer and her young acolyte.

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