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"Red" may be all talk and no action -- but what talk! Scribe John Logan sends American abstract impressionist painter Mark Rothko into battle with his demons in this electrifying play of ide…
2010 lineup aimed to serve growing market
The tuner revival of "Promises, Promises" is showing promise at the box office.
There are plays more gainly and less sprawling, but few more provocative and more entertaining.
Kenny Finkle's Alive and Well is neither. The Old Globe world premiere, detailing a mismatched couple's romantic road trip across a Civil War battlefield, brings to mind the likes of The African Queen and It Happened One Night without much awareness on display of what makes their genre tick. The germ of a good idea—a Southerner and Northerner acting out America's attempt to transcend its blue state/red state differences—founders on the shoals of illogic and unlikability.
Music unit launches Masterworksbroadway.com
OBITUARY: Also appeared in Baz Lurhmann's 'La Boheme'
Sometimes credited as Bill McIntyre, he had a long career Off Broadway and on the Main Stem as well as in regional theater companies.
New report outlines habits of London theatergoers
The unceasingly creative force of nature called Twyla Tharp returns to town importuning audiences to "Come Fly Away," but her third Broadway dance revue only intermittently gets off the grou…
Opera has its ABCs ("Aida," "La Boheme," "Carmen), and the repertoire for classical ballet doesn't include many works beyond "Swan Lake," "Giselle" and "Sleeping Beauty." Broadway has develo…
Show is done few favors by helmer Gordon Edelstein's on-the-nose interpretation.
Stars spill stage secrets at fundraiser
Partners say timing right for controversial host's return
Though overlong and somewhat toothless, the show is a sure mirth-maker for natives.
Playwright Rebecca Gilman contemplates the role of art in depicting disasters in "The True History of the Johnstown Flood."
Venue founder Gil Cates receives honor at fundraiser
The nation's rolling spring break sked brought tourists back to Gotham last week -- and with them a nice boost to Broadway's box office.
Starry casts make for splashy tube presence
News that tuner licensing company Music Theater Intl. was in discussions to create a legit version of the buzzed-about show initially surface online, and were confirmed by MTI. But a rep for…
