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It's just days before for the curtain rises on the Helen Hayes Awards -Washington's Tony Awards - on April 13th, andmany of its nominees are featured in these mini-interviews:. Broadway's Christianne Noll, Scot…

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Seth Rudetsky's 30 Deconstructions in 30 Days: Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner

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Stoppardian Banter Meets William Gibson Mindfuck in A New Theory of Vision By Garrett Eisler

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Chinese Government-Condemned The Bus Stop at Sanford Meisner Theatre By Alexis Soloski

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Jailbait Evokes a More Human Neil LaBute By Rob Weinert-Kendt

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CSC Tries to Pull Off An Oresteia By Alexis Soloski

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Too Briefly, Finian's Rainbow Brought Back Old Joys; Hair and West Side Story Still Offer Some By Michael Feingold

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A HAIR-raising revival by OSCAR E MOORE

The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical has got to be the best revival of a Broadway musical this season.Or any season.Period.

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Culture Monster: Review: 'Late Nite Catechism 3' at Laguna Playhouse by Charles McNulty

Though I chuckled a fair amount in the show's first half (believe it or not, this loosey-goosey cabaret comedy has two acts), in the cool glare of the weekday morning sun, I couldn't help feeling guilty and imp…

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The Wizard of Oz at Madison Square Garden by Matt Windman

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Slide Show: Small, but Mighty

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A Chance for Some Theatrical Gems to Shine By MATT WOLF, International Herald Tribune

Worthy productions like "Parlous Song" and "Saturday Night" can be lost in the maze of theater offerings in London, but shouldn't be.

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Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them
Review by Adam Feldman

Many of the satirical darts in Christopher Durang's Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them hit their targets, but even when they don't, the show has a backup arsenal: the low-comic darting of Kristine Nielsen's eyes.

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Why Torture Is Wrong, Public Theatre, New York By Brendan Lemon (****)

Souls parched for humour find refreshment here.

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Psycho Dad, Porno Priest Rant for Laughs in 'Torture': Review by John Simon

Happy news from Christopher Durang, whose "Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them" at New York's Public Theater is his funniest play in years. Along with other good things, it establishes Laura Bena…

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Openin-night party: Why Torture Is Wrong by David Cote

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PHOTO CALL: Durang's Why Torture Is Wrong... Opens Off-Broadway

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Audio Slide Show: Politics and Laughs

Laura Benanti talks about performing in the play "Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them."

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Laura Benanti of 'Why Torture Is Wrong': The Not-Crazy Person in a Crazy World By Erik Piepenburg

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'Rock of Ages' tours the music of the '80s By PETER SANTILLI

"Rock of Ages" should satisfy nostalgists with a penchant for '80s kitsch, but its lack of depth makes it unlikely to impress a wider audience.

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'Rock of Ages' makes it hard to hold on to the feeling By Elysa Gardner (*1/2 out of four)

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'Rock' sinks like a stone BY ROBERT FELDBERG

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HIT PARADE'S NOT ROCK-SOLID By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI (** 1/2)

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"Rock" gives '80s hair-band songs their day By Frank Scheck (Hollywood Reporter)

This cheesy exercise in rock nostalgia has already been a hit in Los Angeles and Off Broadway, and this transfer to the rialto should prove an equally critic-proof success.

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Rock of Ages
Review By DAVID ROONEY

It's safe to say nostalgists won't feel cheated by "Rock of Ages," and that it won't be stealing audiences from "South Pacific." But by the time the ensemble unites on Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'," even non…

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