Tony Kushner’s Paradise Lost by Arthur Lubow

This article on Kushner, by Arthur Lubow, appeared in The New Yorker in November, 1992, shortly before "Angels in America" opened in New York.

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AMERICA, LOST AND FOUND by NANCY FRANKLIN

Mike Nichols and an all-star cast tackle Tony Kushner’s masterwork.

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UNDERWATER BLUES by JOHN LAHR

There are moments in the history of theatre when stagecraft takes a new turn. I like to think that this happened for the American musical last week, when "Caroline, or Change" bushwhacked a …

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SHOW AND TELL by JOHN LAHR

Seducing the citizens and the señoritas.
Henry IV, Anna in the Tropics.

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BABY, REMEMBER MY NAME by HILTON ALS

How to become a star, nineteen-eighties style.
"Taboo" and "Fame."

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THE BOARDS: CLOSED by Jeffrey Frank

Fawcett has tried to be staunch, but it is clear that the early death of “Bobbi Boland” is a torment.

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SONS AND LOVERS by HILTON ALS

Love triangles by Harold Pinter and Richard Greenberg.

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BITCHES AND WITCHES by JOHN LAHR

Ulterior motives in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and “Wicked.”

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THE TIES THAT BLIND by JOHN LAHR

A marriage dissolves in “The Retreat from Moscow.”

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DOWN UNDERDOG by HILTON ALS

The life and times of Australia’s pluckiest son.

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HE SAID, SHE SAID by HILTON ALS

One-acts by Edward Albee and Samuel Beckett.

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CULTURAL GAS by JOHN LAHR

The discreet harm of the bourgeoisie.
?Omnium Gatherum?; ?The Harlequin Studies.?

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ME AND MY SHADOW by JOHN LAHR

Michael Frayn on the betrayal of Willy Brandt.

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THE HOLLYWOOD ONE by HILTON ALS

An intellectual in screenwriter’s clothing.

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THE TALK OF THE TOWN: THE BOARDS

DEATH BY CRAB by Liesl Schillinger
“President Harding Is a Rock Star.”

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TIME TRIALS by JOHN LAHR

Kingship and kinship in "Henry V" and "Flesh and Blood."

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LOCAL STORIES by JOHN LAHR

Two new plays at the Royal National Theatre.
"His Girl Friday" and "Elmina's Kitchen."

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BLACK AND WHITE BALL by HILTON ALS

Studs Terkel and David Schwimmer on the racial divide.

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BOYS WON’T BE BOYS by JOHN LAHR

Athol Fugard and Doug Wright make politics personal.

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THE TALK OF THE TOWN: REMEMBRANCE

THE AL HIRSCHFELD
Philip Hamburger on the late artist's legacy.

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LAUGHTER IN THE DARK by JOHN LAHR

Woody Allen on the killer instinct.

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FOGBOUND by JOHN LAHR

Eugene O’Neill on the ties that bind.
Plus "The Look of Love."

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THE FAMILY ACT by HILTON ALS

Bernadette Peters as the ultimate stage mother.

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MR. EXCITEMENT by JOHN LAHR

Two kings of charisma.
"Nine" and "The Jackie Wilson Story."

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LOST IN LANGUAGE by JOHN LAHR

Two British masters and their talking cures.
"Joe Egg" and "Talking Heads."

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