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"The Soapranos: Tony Soaprano's Comedy Retirement Party" has been touring the dinner-theater circuit from mid-Island to the Midwest.
Placing the country's deadliest volcanic eruption at the climax of a stage production is a gutsy choice. Gordon Cox's "Phenomenon" strews affable, underdeveloped characters and partially exp…
The medium is the message in Jeffrey Sweet's beguiling but unsettling romantic comedy "Bluff."
The Frank Loesser musical, which was chosen partly for its interesting mix of quasi-operatic arias and Broadway-style numbers, was the inspiration for an opening gala for 700, held last nigh…
The new 90-minute piece, based on Federico García Lorca's "The House of Bernarda Alba," has been handsomely, but predictably, directed and choreographed by Graciela Daniele.
'Grey Gardens' explores the lives of Jackie O's loopy Hamptons relatives
Whatever the disappointments, Blanchett is never less than mesmerizing.
Note to anyone tempted to leave "The Lieutenant of Inishmore" at intermission: Big mistake.
Shanley used to strike us as a prolific playwright without an authentic identity. He certainly has one now.
Plays such as 'Casino' are winning over audiences outside of the black community
Kathleen Marshall's botched revival, which the Roundabout Theatre Company opened last night, manages to be both busy and bland.
Michael McKean has played this "Game" before - as a teenager growing up in Sea Cliff.
Harry Connick Jr. has played himself but not a different role: Now he will - on Broadway
Why is it that we can still see D.W. Griffith's 1915 racist epic, "Birth of a Nation," but "Amos 'n' Andy" remains banned after 50 years?
Virtue may be its own reward, but it's devilishly hard to play. Case in point: Helena, the unremittingly decent heroine of Shakespeare's "All's Well That Ends Well"...
"Doubt," which won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize, the Tony Award and every critics' award within thrilling distance, remains as satisfying as it was 15 months ago when Manhattan Theatre Club unvei…
The new romantic musical comedy "I Love You Because," which opened on Valentine's Day, charms and repels with equal force, like Godiva chocolates filled with strained peas.
