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Two gal pals identify with friendship, creativity and celebrity as Damon and Affleck in the comic hit 'Matt & Ben.'
The thing about these men is that the farce isn't with them
As David Letterman celebrates his 10th year on CBS, he might be thinking of moving on
While I would be sad to see David Letterman gone, would it open up the Ed Sullivan Theater for legit purposes?
Alec Baldwin will emcee, and the cast of "Movin' Out" will perform Monday as part of "A U.S. Open Salute to New York," the live opening-night telecast of the two- week-long, Queens-based ten…
For reasons too convoluted to belabor, I recently found myself in the audience of an international theater panel of senior scholars. For different but comparably unlikely reasons, I also wen…
"Travesties" was a sensation on Broadway in 1975, with John Wood as Carr and Tim Curry as Tzara. I daresay it could be again.
It would seem churlish to be too hard on "A Stoop on Orchard Street."
Behind the puppets in 'Aveue Q' are some talented performers
Hines helped a dance legacy avoid oblivion
Julie Andrews' 1954 musical becomes her directing vehicle
As one of the moving forces behind the HBO run of "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry," producer Deborah Pointer is keenly aware of the convergences of hip-hop, spoken-word performance (a l…
The work of composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb has been part of the theatrical atmosphere almost since the moment they teamed up in the mid-'60s. So, of course, Brent Barrett, a stal…
"On The Town," with Adam Wylie ("Into The Woods").
Inquiring actress finds America has a lot to say
Julie Andrews takes on another show-biz job
Surely, the London theater community never dreamed it would be thanking heaven and - what the heck? - hell for an American trailer-trash talkmeister named Jerry Springer this summer.
New artistic director Nicholas Hytner has lowered prices to bring more people to London's National Theatre - and his risky productions have kept them there
In 'Milk Wood,' Thomas strips the mask of humanity
The rude yet benign, wicked yet sweet musical, which opened last night at the Golden Theatre, is virtually the same clean little raunchy puppet show that already captured the downtown hearts…
I am now in possession of a BE A THEATER CRITIC survey card from Zagat, the enterprising people responsible for the helpful restaurant guide on my bookshelf.
While "The Summer of the Swans," the latest free summer offering from Theatreworks/USA, mostly centers on the awkward adolescence of one young girl, the production is most notable for its sa…
At a distance, a musical partially for and by the deaf could be a punch line for one of Max Bialystock's creatively suicidal schemes in "The Producers."
At the Roundabout Theatre Company's 42nd Street theater, however, the idea transforms a ho-hum show from 1985 into a charming, often beautiful visual and musical event. We are speaking about the pleasant revival of "Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," which introduced members of a tiny but potent Los Angeles company called Deaf West Theatre.
