Early Burnett, Unburnished by Linda Winer

'Hollywood' memories play out flat and fuzzy

A Latent Love of the Game by Blake Green

A playwright comes to a 'passionate commitment' with a baseball play

The Story That Was Untold by Lavina Melwani

Muslim playwright tackles post-Sept. 11 misconceptions in 'Barriers'

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More Musicals Rockin' Their Way to the Stage by Gordon Cox

Bergman Gives Queens the Royal Treatment by Linda Winer

Free to Be . . . Charming But Also a Little Listless by Gordon Cox

Rhyme, Reason and Rage by Linda Winer

Simmons' 'Def Poetry' delivers uptown/downtown to midtown

Top Secret? Get Out of Town! by Linda Winer

More than a week has passed since I blithely returned from a European trip without a thought on my beach brain about the way Broadway develops shows. And it has been more than a week since a…

Unions Vie for Turf on New Broadway Fronts by GORDON COX

With the recent openings of the rock-ballet "Movin' Out" and the spoken word anthology "Def Poetry Jam," not to mention the upcoming and unprecedented appearance of an opera ("La Boheme") on the Great White Way, the definition of a Broadway show keeps loosening and expanding. That means, of course, that there have been a few growing pains.
Includes an interview with Corin Redgrave.

Oh God, It's George! by Linda Winer

"Say Goodnight, Gracie," which opened Thursday night at the Helen Hayes Theater, is a surprisingly pleasant, even poignant stroll through the life and times of the late comedian and late-in-…

Finally, the 'Sound' Is Heard by Gordon Cox

A long-lost Noel Coward play, set on Long Island, debuts with uneven wit

Walking Through Walls Is the Easy Part by Blake Green

'Amour' lead says remembering his lines is tougher
Malcolm Gets.

The Ho-Hum Tony Show by Linda Winer

A week after the 2001-02 Broadway season officially ended on national TV, I'm still thinking - marveling? festering? - about last Sunday's Tony Awards. These days, it appears we seek closure…

An Unpretentious Musical of Some Importance by Linda Winer

Don't believe a word in the title, "A Man of No Importance," which slipped in under the seasonal hype last night to kill us softly at Lincoln Center Theater's underground Mitzi E. Newhouse.

Don't Ask, Do Tell: Navy Tale Sinks by Linda Winer

For reasons we are incapable of guessing, a clumsy military soaper called "Burning Blue" attracted attention at a fringe theater in London in 1995, then had a respectable run on the West End.

An Emphasis on Color In an Elegant 'Othello' by Michael Bracken

Tapping a Connection of Hat and Soul by Blake Green

Regina Taylor reaches within in adapting 'Crowns' for the stage

Couple Has Words, Courtesy of Mamet by Linda Winer

For a while there, it seemed that David Mamet had lost his sense of play.

A Match That Misfires by Gordon Cox

Star power but no combustion in 'Burn This'

Making a Case for Compassion by Gordon Cox

'The Exonerated" provokes more than one shocked, outraged gasp from its audience.

PLAY BY PLAY: Lips Tight on Lake's Rumored 'Cabaret' Gig by Gordon Cox

She's a One-Actress Band by Blake Green

Growing up in a small town not far from Pittsburgh, Michele Pawk played the piano. But in recent years, the career of the actress with the beet-colored hair and sea-green eyes has required mastery of more esoteric instruments.
Thanks to... um... one of Michele's HOLLYWOOD ARMS co-stars for letting us know about this article!

'Our Town' Is Newman's Own by Malcolm Johnson

'Goat' Star Gets to See His Heroes by Robert Kahn

Never mind winning the Tony for best play. The coolest thing about starring in a Broadway hit is meeting the people who visit your dressing room after the show, says Jeffrey Carlson, who pla…

A Different Drummer by Blake Green

David Henry Hwang says he's created the 'Flower Drum Song' that Oscar Hammerstein would've written had he been an Asian-American

Ibsen's 'Ghosts' Soar at Speed of Light by Gordon Cox

Concision is rarely a virtue of Lanford Wilson's work. But the third of his works to be produced this fall, his translation of Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts," makes for a sharp contrast: It's econo…

B'way Remembers 9/11 by Gordon Cox

Some theaters to go dark, while others plan memorials

PLAY BY PLAY: 'Tuesdays at 7,' an Idea Whose Time Is Near by Gordon Cox

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Tonys Have a New Interpretation of a 'Classic' by GORDON COX

One Step at a Time by Leonard Post

Rockettes OK contract; but future auditions part of deal

SBW: Solitary Black Writer by Gordon Cox

We learn early on in "The Dark Kalamazoo" that SBW stands for "Strong Black Woman."