Unique 'Passing Strange' is Broadway at its best By Elysa Gardner (***1/2 out of four)

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Singer/songwriter Stew takes 'Strange' road to Broadway By Elysa Gardner

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Landmark TV performances illuminate 'Raisin in the Sun' By Robert Bianco

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Celeb Watch: In Vegas, a sure Bette By Will Keck

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'Sunday in the Park': A masterwork returns By Elysa Gardner (**** out of four)

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'Raisin' has a new day in the sun as ABC television movie By Harlan Jacobson

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Critic's Corner Wednesday By Robert Bianco

Still, if Company wasn't worth the money on Broadway, on TV the price is right.

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Walken gets Harvard Hasty Pudding award By Nancy Rabinowitz, Associated Press

Christopher Walken sang a song from Hairspray and spoofed a Saturday Night Live skit Friday night to earn Harvard's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year award.

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Off-Broadway shows offer quite a collection of quirky families By Elysa Gardner

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'American Gangster' star Ruby Dee is in the Oscar spotlight By William Keck

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'Spamalot' changes lyric reference from Spears to Spice

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In Oscar's spotlight: Hal Holbrook By William Keck

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'In Bruges' offers sharp, quirky story of two hit men on holiday By Claudia Puig

It is easily one of the best debut feature films in recent memory.

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Dude of 'Hazzard' John Schneider revs up career By Gary Strauss

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Merkerson shines in 'Sheba'; Coens' 'Evening' is easy fun

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In a first: TV film 'Raisin' in the Sundance spotlight By Harlan Jacobson

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Crowd-pleasing 'November' plays tame politics By Elysa Gardner (* * * out of four)

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'39 Steps': Hitchcock thriller morphs into a hilarious spoof By Elysa Gardner (* * * out of four)

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Nathan Lane is looking presidential in 'November' By Elysa Gardner

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Broadway's 'Little Mermaid' could have legs By Elysa Gardner (**1/2 out of four)

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'Mermaid' composer Alan Menken gets his sea legs on Broadway By Elysa Gardner

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Minnelli to perform again after collapse

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'Sweeney Todd' cuts a fine figure, thanks to costume designer By Donna Freydkin

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A standing ovation for new plays By Elysa Gardner

USA TODAY recalls the riches and the runts.

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'Sweeney Todd': A sharp adaptation with a comedic edge By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY (*** 1/2)

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