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Critic's Notebook: Wayward Waster by John Lahr

Jez Butterworth's "Jerusalem," the hit of London's summer theatre season-which just closed at the Royal Court and which will probably be coming soon to a repertory theatre near you-is except…

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Stormy Weather by Hilton Als

A new biography of Lena Horne.

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Mamma Mia by Michael Schulman

Meet the Gummers.

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The Talk of the Town: DEPT. OF EDUCATION<br> HOME RUN BY REBECCA MEAD

For Mary Albert, who recently appeared in a musical production of "Snoopy!!!" as Sally Brown, Charlie Brown's little sister, the challenge lay in embodying her character's notoriously ambiva…

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CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: Sense Memory by Hilton Als

Ariane Mnouchkine's Le ThéÃ¢tre du Soleil.

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Domestic Politics by Hilton Als

David Adjmi on household race relations.

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Panic Attack by John Lahr

"Waiting for Godot" back on Broadway.

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Critic's Notebook: A Man's World by Hilton Als

The all-male company Propeller makes Shakespeare new...

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No Place Like Home by Hilton Als

Eugene O'Neill on love triangles.

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TRANSIENTS<br> Looking Swell by Lauren Collins

Dolly Parton on New York City.

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Clowns of Catastrophe by John Lahr

Two shows pit silliness against suffering.

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Not So Free Love by Hilton Als

Breaking out and up in "Hair" and "Reasons to Be Pretty."

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Warmongers by Hilton Als

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Unlikely Stories by Alex Ross

"Il Trovatore" and "La Sonnambula," at the Met.

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Turf Wars by John Lahr

"West Side Story" and "God of Carnage" on Broadway.

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Time Travel by John Lahr

Moisés Kaufman and NoÃ«l Coward summon up the past.

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VIDEO: LAHR WITH MICHAEL BLAKEMORE

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Critic's Notebook: Pretty Perversity by John Lahr

"That Pretty Pretty; or, the Rape Play," at the Rattlestick, gives you plenty of rape and nothing pretty. I'm not sure what the play is about, but, then, it seems, neither is the author, She…

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