"Research that shows that the brain has to first accept a lie as true, only to analyze it, then refute it. Over time, the brain tires of that process and slowly starts to accept the lies as …
Salon talks to music director Alex Lacamoire about the shapes and sounds of Lin-Manuel Miranda's addictive musical
In an increasingly flat-screen world, stars like Al Pacino and Gwyneth Paltrow look to theater for a human connection. Will the rest of us follow?
As "Glee's" creator calls for a Newsweek boycott after a controversial article, we wonder: Could the mag be right?
Little people take a stand against the offensive word -- and a world that thinks it's OK to mock them
Fox's hysterical new comedy captures the countless absurdities of high school show choir -- and so much more.
If David Mamet didn't write the profane, wiretapped dialogue for the Illinois governor's attempt to sell Obama's Senate seat, he should have. A play in one act.
But those big-belting dames and over-the-top dance numbers bring out my inner theater geek -- and give my heart a wedgie.
The Broadway season was surprisingly rich in idea-driven, civic-minded plays, but don't call it a rebirth of political theater.
Christine Ebersole feels a deep spiritual connection to the women she portrays in Broadway's "Grey Gardens." Will the Tony gods smile on her?
Move over, Spamalot. The surreal, smart "Grey Gardens" is redefining Broadway.
The angry anthem at the heart of the musical has its very own cult following.
Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan star in an elegy for the starter marriage in this new musical film
We fact check the liberal cum right-wing ideologue's ponderous Newsweek essay -- and there's a whole mess of wrong
Written during Ronald Reagan's first presidential bid, Mamet's greedy men almost seem quaint in our impenitent era
With Julie Taymor no longer at the helm, the new director promises to strip the bloated production. So why see it?
It's a slow news day. 'Urinetown' was a lot of fun, and we abided by the political rules of never having the entire staff in the same place at once. Sort of like having the president and vice-president flying in separate planes (tho, at the risk of offending the Republican staff members (2), who really cares?). Anyway, the show has transferred very well from off-Bway, and it was a great performance, the audience loved it. Run, don't walk, to see 'Urinetown.'
Salon.com: Death of a theatre fan.
An all-star "The Seagull" in Central Park climaxes with a shooting each night. Last week, there was a body offstage as well. What if he was an unknown, badly reviewed writer whose self-involved mother was going out with a bestselling author half her age? And what if our dead man's ex-girlfriend had had an affair with his mother's boyfriend? And what if he had just gotten into a fight with this ex-girlfriend?