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Jennifer Ashley Tepper's story however, is just as interesting as those brought to life on film, and itself makes for an inspiring coming of age tale about a girl who sets her mind on a drea…
The major problems facing the arts today are not the lack of great artists but the dearth of sophisticated planning, marketing, fundraising and board development skills.
Four busboys are hustling non-stop at Frederick's Madison, an Upper East Side Manhattan restaurant, when Elizabeth Irwin's My Manana Comes -- ultimately an ironic title -- begins with veloci…
On the set, empty for the most part, are two upstage pianos. Music director Greg Jarrett and Roberto Sinha play them, both wearing straw hats and other Bromelmeier-supplied speakeasy garb. T…
Anyone who cares about the arts must be happy that this great institution will open its new season this month. But did the remarkable firestorm surrounding these negotiations do enough to st…
If you tend to think of playwright Naomi Wallace as compulsively pretentious--I do--be advised that And I and Silence, the title...
Generally, it's not a good idea for playwrights to direct their own work--or maybe anyone else's, for that matter. ...
This is my last week as President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It has been a remarkable honor to serve in this position for well over 13 years. I have had incredibl…
Summer might be winding down, but don't whip out your scarves and riding boots just yet -- unless they accentuate your disco dancing moves.
Cabaret is alive and not quite yet reduced to gasping for breath in New York City.
Love feels almost witnessed rather than created, immersing us in one particular story by reflecting how we all interact daily, the casual intimacies and the deep, frustrations large and smal…
This time of year, things are so beehive-hectic in these parts that it's easy to drive around on a single Saturday and see, say, The Visit at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and the compac…
Whenever a show makes this big move it is a cause for celebration. It suggests that the producing theaters created something of value, something that for-profit producers believe will be of …
At the start of Poor Behavior, Theresa Rebeck--who may be the most overrated contemporary American playwright by virtue...
Is it clear by now that there's no call to throw your good money after their good money gone bad for something that might only be comprehensible to the citizens of Iceland -- something that …
Helpful word has reached me about the musical longwindedly called Revolution in the Elbow of Ragnar Agnarsson...
Let me tell you, none of the new comedies this summer are as good as Playing House.
It is easy to get depressed about the future of the arts in America when one reads countless stories of arts...
After opens like a horror story. An ominous undertow pervades its early frames, giving us the feeling we are watching a scary movie that will tighten its screws and escalate our dread until …
John Lithgow in the Shakespeare in the Park production of King Lear. Photo credit: Joan Marcus
Put Daniel Sullivan (director...
Working with so many arts organizations that are facing financial challenges, I often hear board and staff discussion about the need for a mega-gift. "If only we had an angel" is a…
Giving up turned out to be the most liberating thing Uzo Aduba ever did.
The actress skyrocketed to fame last year for playing fan favorite Crazy Eyes on "Orange Is The New Black," but th…
I love musicals. And I know how hard it is to get them off the ground. I recently wrote a New York Times story about a show...
The baffling pleasures of Piece of My Heart and the problem with today's musicals.
New Yorkers have a rare chance, through August 10, to see a full-cast production of David Edgar's intriguing Pentecost.
