Now 20 years old, the play, which opened Monday at Second Stage Theatre, still resonates as a witty, acerbic and compact (90 minutes) examination of why men do what they do, particularly whe…
Alec Mapa relives the rocky path he's trodden as a gay thespian and teen in "I Remember Mapa" and "Drama!"
Peter DeFaria and Randy Steinmeyer in “A Steady Rain.” Officer Denny’s the hot-headed one. When stabbed in the leg with a sharpened broom handle while on duty, he pours rub…
Even if you are exhausted after the recent never-ending presidential campaign - which seemed to have had a longer run than "Cats" - you will find yourself drawn into "Farragut North," Beau W…
"Mame" has a confidence, a sense of self that few of today's musicals possess. It's a comfortable show that remains just that in this revival - comfortable if not exactly transporting.
The most surprising omission on such a lengthy list has to be Brian D'arcy James, who plays the title role in "Shrek."
After years of pretending to "honor excellence in the theater," Tony officials are finally coming clean about their true calling: making money for the backers of big musicals—and trying, however ineptly, to jack up ratings for CBS. How else to interpret the decision to eliminate from Sunday's Tony telecast a bunch of what are patronizingly called "creative awards" and put in their place musical numbers from touring productions of Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia!, and—here's a good reason to switch channels—Legally Blonde? Tony officials announced this week that the awards for things such as lighting, sets and costumes—all insignificant components of a Broadway show, as anyone who works in the theater can attest—will not make the broadcast. And that's not all.
Could the unexpected Tony Awards victory of "Avenue Q," which actively if playfully wooed voters, mean more creative politicking for Broadway's highest honors next year?
Reading the rhapsodic reviews of August: Osage County by various critics over the past week put me in mind of the woman at the table next to the supposedly aroused Meg Ryan in the film When Harry Met Sally: I wanted to have what they were having. So after the first wave of rave notices, I went eagerly to the Imperial Theatre, expecting the promised catharses at every turn. Well, talk about fake orgasms!
Is it too early to start thinking about the 2003 Tony Award nominations?
You shouldn't miss "You Shouldn't Have Told" at African Globe TheatreWorks in Newark.
This talky, four-character drama, which closes the Signature Theatre Company's season-long salute to Wilson, is set specifically on July 15, 1945, in Los Alamos, N.M., as testing of the bomb…
Welcome to "Bug," Tracy Letts' thoroughly outrageous and thoroughly entertaining play, a blue-collar thriller that requires suspension not only of disbelief but good taste as well.