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When Tony Kushner's "Homebody/Kabul" had its premiere at the New York Theatre Workshop in December 2001, the two-part Afghan journey was not just eerily timely. Strange as this sounds, the w…
A carefully drawn list reflects a thankfully busy Broadway season
The hush of a cloister envelops "The Mystery of the Charity of Joan of Arc."
"Maybe you have to learn to tolerate a certain amount of narcissism," says one wise character in "Where Do We Live." Maybe about an hour and 45 minutes' worth, if you're going to make it thr…
The play is a mess, but it's a big, ambitious mess - gushing with both awful and glorious poetic lyricism, bursting with the sort of overloaded sexual symbolism that threatens to flood the h…
Anna Paquin's fine, but she's grown up to blue-note roles
In "Guinea Pig Solo," the linoleum floor is white, the better to show off the blood that spills on it.
Doris Roberts, screen mother to many, including 'Raymond,' is meddling again
Kristen Chenoweth, who seems to discover a few more high notes every time she opens her mouth, was born to be Cunegonde. When the show was last on Broadway, in 1997, Harolyn Blackwell made h…
Andre De Sheilds stars as a gorilla in 'Prymate,' Mark Medoff's new work that challenges stereotype
You've probably heard Nicole Blackman's voice hundreds of times and never known it. Her day job is doing voiceovers in commercials for the likes of Chrysler, Cheerios and Turner Classic Movies.
"The Courtesan Tales" gives theatergoers a chance to hear that voice in far more intimate circumstances.
For reasons best known to the many investors listed above the title in the program, this spare and harrowing play opened last night at Circle in the Square, which is way too big and ungainly…
Melodies and dance hold 'Bombay Dreams' together
Brits export 'Jerry Springer' to Broadway by Gordon Cox
That blend of flavors and story lines that Bollywood film fans know and love comes to Broadway Thursday with the opening of 'Bombay Dreams'
Ayesha Dharker describes her career as a series of odd and happy happenstances, but she is definite about her image: She's a serious inde- pendent film actress, not a Bollywood musical creat…
This is brainy, but full of heart. For all Stoppard's showing off, the effect is giddy with the joy of emotional and intellectual gymnastics.
Combs is better than OK. He has presence playing someone besides his own formidable self. He projects. He allows himself to show a touching vulnerability as a man trapped in black America an…
Sean Combs stars in a Broadway revival and is one in a string of hip-hop and R&B artists on New York stages
