COLLATERAL DAMAGE by JOHN LAHR

David Hare on the march to war in Iraq.

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LIARS AND CHEATS by HILTON ALS

“The Day Emily Married” and “Fiction.”

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TALKERS AND TOGAS by HILTON ALS

Revivals by Arthur Miller and Nathan Lane.

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MUCH ADO IN MESSINA by HILTON ALS

Star turns in a Shakespeare comedy.

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PROFILES

Words and Music by Margaret Case Harriman
This Profile, by Margaret Case Harriman, appeared in The New Yorker in 1940, not long after Porter suffered a debilitating horse-riding accident.

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A CRITIC AT LARGE

KING COLE by JOHN LAHR
The not so merry soul of Cole Porter.

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BATTLE OF THE EXES by JOHN LAHR

An artist in search of his muse in “Sight Unseen.”

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DOWN AND OUT by JOHN LAHR

Twenty-seven characters in search of a play.
Boy and Light Raise the Roof.

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TROUBLE IN MIND by HILTON ALS

Insanity and insects in “Guinea Pig Solo” and “Bug.”

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PUFFY AND FLUFFY by JOHN LAHR

"A Raisin in the Sun" and a Bollywood lemon.

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STALKERS AND TALKERS by JOHN LAHR

Sondheim and Stoppard on Broadway.

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UNNATURAL HISTORY by JOHN LAHR

Studies in psychology and slickness.
Initmate Apparel, Match.

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SCREWBALLS & ODDBALLS by JOHN LAHR

Comedy and collapse in “Twentieth Century” and “Well.”

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STUCK by HILTON ALS

“Frozen” and “Embedded.”

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KING FOR A DAY by HILTON ALS

Two leaders dethroned at Lincoln Center.

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BITTERSWEET by JOHN LAHR

“Fiddler on the Roof” and “Bridge and Tunnel.”

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SWAN SONGS by JOHN LAHR

A death-wish trifecta.

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THE TALK OF THE TOWN

LONDON POSTCARD: DARK MATERIAL by Louis Menand

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INNOCENCE ABROAD by JOHN LAHR

Adam Guettel’s Italian romance.

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THE BIG ROUNDUP by HILTON ALS

Richard Foreman takes on the ghosts of imperialism.

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TAKING STEPS by JOAN ACOCELLA

Savion Glover at the Joyce Theatre.

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THE TALK OF THE TOWN: STILL HAPPENING

Adam Green meets the last of the great press agents.

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ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT by HILTON ALS

Wallace Shawn’s "Aunt Dan and Lemon."

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BLACKOUT by HILTON ALS

Tracey Scott Wilson on race, ambition, and journalistic ethics.

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DANCE-OFF by HILTON ALS

Love and tap in “Never Gonna Dance.”

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