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Still captivated by the harpy's fury BY LINDA WINER

Anthony Page, the playwright's specialist in London, has directed a solid, straightforward, intelligent production of this articulate three-hour monster of a drama.

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When a life could hinge on a name by CARL MACGOWAN

Jeffrey Sweet's drama about naming names features two big names from theater and television.

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A wee Python primer BY DIANE WERTS

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Boogie knights on Broadway BY GORDON COX

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A lover of art and men, as channeled by Ruehl BY LINDA WINER

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A lover of art - and artists BY BLAKE GREEN

Mercedes Ruehl portrays Peggy Guggenheim, a 'Donna Juan' and key 20th century figure

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A diva who really struts his stuff BY GORDON COX

It's a good thing he has the talent to warrant our undivided attention. With his good-humored flamboyance and his big, powerful voice, he stops the show more often than can reasonably be exp…

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Those 'Scoundrels' have pulled it off BY LINDA WINER

It has been a long time coming, but the 2004-05 season finally has a big new musical that Broadway can feel unashamed - heck, thrilled - to call its own.

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Christ's betrayer gets day in court BY GORDON COX

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Dogma of dehumanization BY LINDA WINER

"The Controversy of Valladolid."

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A boy band that raises its voices in praise BY GORDON COX

The show, which chronicles the final New York City concert of the Boyz' "Raise the Praise" tour, is only as funny as its songs.
Thank the Lord, then, that many of those songs are very funny indeed.

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Flagrantly foul, and so much fun BY LINDA WINER

The script is arguably the most skillfully constructed farce since Michael Frayn's "Noises Off."

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Snared in a tragic duet of rap and rape BY LINDA WINER

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Life's songs go on without the singer BY GORDON COX

A dead icon of Seattle rock casts a shadow over the characters in "On the Mountain," the latest play from Christopher Shinn.

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Busy Bob Balaban BY GORDON COX

If the actor seems to be ubiquitous, it's because he is

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Is this town big enough for both? BY BLAKE GREEN

'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' opens amid the buzz for 'Spamalot.' Could it be 'Full Monty' vs. 'Producers' deja vu?

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From the big house to the upper house BY LINDA WINER

No matter how many times a character gushes that McReele "makes people believe again," however, "McReele" does not.

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Eerie fun? Try some corn on the macabre BY LINDA WINER

This is family entertainment for families that find togetherness in "Edward Scissorhands" and Edward Gorey drawings.

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Usually vibrant director stages a Bard for the bored BY LINDA WINER

"Coriolanus," which the still-homeless TFNA opened Thursday at the theater at John Jay College, is a flatliner: three hours of conscientious declamations and recycled expressionist images th…

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