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The most intelligent and sophisticated reinterpretation of a song so far this cabaret year arrives in the middle of this tandem show that longtime mutual-admiration-society members Karen Oberlin and Miles Phill…

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MetroStar Talent Challenge (Finals) - Reviewed by DAVID FINKLE

Ladies and gentlemen, this reviewer's winner is Nesha Ward, though she didn't prevail with the judges.

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Andrea McArdle: You Don't Know Me - Reviewed by DAVID FINKLE

If you thought Andrea McArdle had a great voice when she unleashed it on the Martin Charnin-Charles Strouse "Tomorrow" in "Annie," you need to hear her today.

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Stephanie Nakasian and Hod O'Brien - Reviewed by DAVID FINKLE

Nakasian will sing a standard or two or three in the course of a set, but she wants to shake them up and takes pleasure splicing the evergreens with rarely done gems.

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Book reviews: 'Sherlock Holmes on the Stage'; 'Blood on the Stage' By Leslie S. Klinger

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Piaf

In Pam Gems' play Piaf at the Donmar Warehouse, Elena Roger again makes a part her own.

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'Over the River and Through ...' BY STEVE PARKS

As directed by Pat Zaback, known to Long Island theater patrons as co-founder of BroadHollow Theatre Company, Piscopo anchors this slight-to-middling Sunday-dinner saga with a convincing mix of connection and d…

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The Triumph and Pain of a Hollywood Trailblazer By Rachel Saltz

"Hattie ... What I Need You to Know" attempts to tackle what it meant that the first African-American to win an Academy Award did so playing a loyal slave.

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That Southern Belle of Detroit Is a Woman of Mystery By NEIL GENZLINGER

The melodrama is high, and so is the cliché count in "Noon Day Sun," an exploration of racial identity and related themes that is as seductive as a soap opera.

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In Conflict
Review By MARK FISHER

The verbatim theater staging is absorbing and humane, performed with a confidence beyond the actors' years, but it lacks the dramatic power that made "Black Watch" a revelation.

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ETCETERA: Did John Simon Give Hamlet 2 a Standing Ovation?

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Gay Anthems By Marianne Messina

Theatre Q's revue 'My Strange Nation' looks at America through a gay prism

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Nightlight Jesus - Reviewed by RONNI REICH

Arms and legs flailing, spoken-word artist Rich Ferguson gives a fervent but clichéd account of his love for Los Angeles.

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WOMEN, SEX & OEDIPUS WRECK By FRANK SCHECK (**)

ROMANCE novels and Greek tragedies get Fringe Festival spins in "The Boy in the Basement" and "Too Much Trouble," respectively. But while these takeoffs may intrigue aficionados, neither stands on its own as a …

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PHOTO CALL: ...Spelling Bee at North Shore

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PHOTO OP:Daniel Radcliffe Chats About Equus at Times Talks

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Actor Richard Griffiths horses around on Broadway By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

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Video Feature: A Summer's Tale By: Brian Scott Lipton, Edward Highfield, and Jordan Neuren

James Barbour, Aaron Lazar, Gregg Edelman, Brandi Burkhardt, and Natalie Toro preview the new Broadway musical A Tale of Two Cities.

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A Life in the Theatre: Tony Walton

Meet A Tale of Two Cities scenic designer Tony Walton.

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New Song of the South

Joe DiPietro's musical, Memphis, explores the racial tensions underneath the birth of rock 'n' roll.

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Gliding Into Glinda

Erin Mackey starts to make a 'Wicked' name for herself.

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Former Bergen Teacher Starts Theater Company by Peter Filichia

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PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Drew Hodges

SpotCo, the New York City ad agency, shook up the Broadway ad business a little more than a decade ago with contemporary, eye-catching campaigns for Chicago and Rent.

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