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Explain Peter? Albee Damned. Why psychoanalyze Zoo Story's Peter? He's better served as a self-effacing mystery man...
He said, she did Reviews of "Oleanna" in Los Angeles and "Restoration" in La Jolla....
"Coraline" (the show, not the novel or the animated film) An admirer of Stephin Merritt follows him into a child's alternate universe....
Up in the air (I) A traveling drama critic hits the summer festival circuit....
Share the Guilt Women shouldn't be the only ones feeling culpable for female playwrights' woes -- or examining their own track records....
Heart transplant Writers' Theatre's "A Minister's Wife" reviewed....
Wild Thing Kirov guest star Diana Vishneva in ABT's "Swan Lake"...
Spring Awakening: Feels Like the First Time 10 thoughts for the 10 people who wanted to know what I thought about this touring production...
The Meek Won't Inherit the Stage To get the attention they deserve, female playwrights have to make more noise. Shouldn't the famously liberal theater be receptive to that?...
Women, Don't Beware Women Blaming any single group for the scarcity of plays by women is absurd -- not to mention unsupported by the research....
Ready, steady, Racine Helen Mirren's Phèdre is coming to a big screen near you. Are we good to go?...
Long Wharf Isn't Cutting Scores of Jobs Some unclear writing has managed to suggest the number is 10 times higher than it really is....
Show me the money Will a money-back guarantee help audiences grow? Or just a cheap stunt?...
The Future Of Dinner Theatre Going Dutch has never tasted so good...
Improving on perfection Hartford Stage's "Dividing the Estate" (with Lois Smith) and "The Wiz" reviewed....
Big break Big news: Kate Whoriskey, the director of "Ruined," is taking over Seattle's Intiman Theatre....
Pig Iron Forges Ahead The Obie-winning Philly theater company previews its new Live Arts Festival production Welcome to Yuba City. Grab a trucker cap and hop in the cab....
Netrebko's Violetta: Not Consumptive Enough An off-night for the great Russian-Austrian soprano...
Playing With Conviction Shakespeare entertains and provokes at San Quentin State Prison...
Not in front of the children Peter Pan is a kids' classic - but is it suitable for sensitive adults?...
Is It Opera? Is It Musical? It's Theatre Porgy and Bess defies the usual categorizations...
Next to "Norman" Why isn't "The Norman Conquests" available on DVD?...
Hugo Boss Hamlet Jude Law's prince: power play or fashion statement?...
'Seven Jewish Children' Performed in Tel Aviv Caryl Churchill's controversial play about the Gaza Strip has its Israeli premiere....
Listening to Lincoln The Irish Rep's "The Rivalry" and Theresa Rebeck's "Our House" reviewed....