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Friday, September 5, 2008 at midnight (Broadway Time)
Selective listings from theater critics of The New York Times.
McNally's insistence that humankind's only hope lies in compassion and confession is certainly moving, but he makes his point too many times.
Toss Weimar cabaret, David Lynch, Bob Fosse and the Cure into a cauldron, and you have the flavor of this show.
The second sortie for "Ace" has hit the target.
The first production staged by the Reprise Theater Company with Jason Alexander and Susan Dietz at the helm of the troupe is generally successful, an entertaining evening with moments of undeniable power.
A Reprise Theatre Company revival featuring pop singer Ledisi brings out the musical's strengths.
And if a few moments go splat, at its best this peppy and eminently likable show still brings Memphis' Beale Street scene to life in all its rough-and-ready luster. (Graceland it ain't.)
Chad Kimball and Montego Glover give passionate performances in this exuberant musical about the early days of rock 'n' roll.
... one of the most energetic, thrilling, and exciting musicals that never delivers either thrills or excitement.
But, oh, that energy.
What it lacks in structure and concision "Fela!" makes up for in heat, energy and sensuality.
Bill T. Jones' exuberant choreography is the main reason to see this bio-musical about Afrobeat founder Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
If any musician were to warrant a jukebox musical right now, it would be the one with the moxie to release an album called "Black President" and the chops to back it up.
Dance-driven musical presents bold portrait of Nigerian activist
"Fela!" is the pulse-racing new show about the Nigerian musician and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
Playwright Caryl Churchill turns 70 this week, and still has new things to say about women, war and the world. Mark Ravenhill talks to fellow writers about her powerful influence
What's the point of not letting critics in during the first 3/4 of a show's run?
There are all sorts of clips from plays and musicals online, but the internet is a help not a hindrance to the stage. Isn't it?
Theater is the ephemeral art -- except, that is, when it's bootlegged on YouTube.
A selective guide to rehearsal spaces all over Manhattan.
Broadway performers Natascia Diaz and Doug Kreeger talk about the Paul Scott Goodman musical Rooms: A Rock Romance, which opened to raves at MetroStage in Arlington, VA and which NY producers are flocking to se…
It's the Housewives! in Sherman Oaks, Yellowjackets in Berkeley, Romeo and Juliet in Washington D.C., and Poetic License in Long Branch, NJ.
Photos of "Shrek the Musical," which is set to open on Broadway in December.
Sara Krulwich, a staff photographer for The Times, narrates a look at her early photos of the musical "Rent."
Meet Allan Larson, the father - and one of the keepers of the flame - of late Rent writer Jonathan Larson.
The Stars Come Out For Obama at New York's Metropolitan Room
As investors retreat in a shaky economy, funding worries grow.
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