So long, Peter Parker, red-and-blue Spider-Man suit

PHILADELPHIA - A new look and a new suit are in store for Ultimate Spider-Man, but the fate of Peter Parker - the...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 8:59pm on April 19, 2011☆⚑

Intentions hard to read in uneven 'Book of Grace' by [email protected] (daniel Gewertz)

Is it life or is it symbol? "Book of Grace," the topical, nightmarish play written by Suzan-Lori Parks, depends...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:49pm on April 18, 2011☆⚑

Gutsy 'Godspell' staging deserves an Amen by [email protected] (daniel Gewertz)

When "Godspell" premiered 40 years ago, it felt more like a communal celebration than a piece of commercial theater....

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:59pm on April 9, 2011☆⚑

Charlie Sheen disappoints with NYC show

NEW YORK - Not good enough, not bad enough. Too short (50 minutes, plus a seven-minute video). But also, come...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 1:27pm on April 9, 2011☆⚑

Charlie Sheen bombs on opening night of 20-city stage tour

DETROIT - Charlie Sheen and his "goddesses" took the stage to thunderous applause Saturday night for the first...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 4:45am on April 3, 2011☆⚑

David Mamet to debut a new play in London

NEW YORK - A new play by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Mamet will make its world debut in London this fall. Producers...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 1:50pm on April 1, 2011☆⚑

Colorful 'Merchant' casts shadow by [email protected] (daniel Gewertz)

At first, the modern elements of the Theatre for a New Audience's production of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 1:44am on March 31, 2011☆⚑

F. Murray Abraham relishes 'Merchant' role by [email protected] (daniel Gewertz)

During his 50 years on stage and screen, F. Murray Abraham has portrayed Al Capone, Joseph Stalin, Arnold Rothstein,...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 12:07am on March 27, 2011☆⚑

Zany musical 'The Book of Mormon' will convert you

NEW YORK - Many big Broadway musicals like to roll out a lush dream sequence at some point. Few feature Adolf Hitler,...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:20pm on March 26, 2011☆⚑

Daniel Radcliffe thanks Harry Potter

NEW YORK - As Daniel Radcliffe continues to break new ground as an actor, he hasn't forgotten who got him his start:...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 7:13am on March 25, 2011☆⚑

Lanford Wilson, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, dies at 73 by [email protected] (chris Jones)

CHICAGO - Playwright Lanford Wilson, a gentle writer from Missouri who wrote of urban desperation but most revealed...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 6:45am on March 25, 2011☆⚑

'Hair' revisits the age of aquarius by Jed Gottlieb

"Magical Mystery Tour," "The Graduate" and "Portnoy's Complaint" survive because they have the artistic endurance...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:57pm on March 24, 2011☆⚑

Machover's 'Death' is to die for

It's time to start believing robots can dance. To believe machines are poetic. And to stop thinking of opera as...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:50pm on March 19, 2011☆⚑

'Hair' net

What relevance could an antiquated, hippie-dippy musical such as "Hair" have these days? It's not like it's the...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:48pm on March 19, 2011☆⚑

Go back to school with spirited 'Rita'

Why revive "Educating Rita"? Willy Russell's two-character play - a sharp, lightly feminist revamp of the "Pygmalion"...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:43pm on March 18, 2011☆⚑

Drink in 'The Select' and you'll end up very sleepy by [email protected] (jim Sullivan)

It's truly a liquid affair in "The Select (The Sun Also Rises)," onstage at the Paramount Mainstage through Sunday. "Isn't...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 5:57am on March 17, 2011☆⚑

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Boston Herald: Devastating `Day' breaks new ground at Women on Top fest

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 12:00am on February 24, 2001☆⚑