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An American Farce Do American theatre companies and audiences understand farce?...
"Home," at last "The Orphans' Home Cycle, Part 1" and "In the Next Room or the vibrator play" reviewed....
Big Bang On a missed opportunity to make the audience run for cover...
Little girl, you've had a busy day "My Wonderful Day," "On the Town," and "Ragtime" reviewed....
Ah, the French! What they make of ballet in Frederick Wiseman's "La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet"...
Never too late On seeing "Children of Paradise" for the first time in middle age....
Still crazy after all these millennia Goodspeed's "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and the off-Broadway "Avenue Q" reviewed....
Male = Mass Appeal When you're perceived as a niche even though you're the majority, good luck breaking into the mainstream....
Recipe For Success? What the Brits seem to think they need to do to make it on Broadway...
Audience, Please Exit Now What happens when there's no curtain call....
It's Not In The PI Journalism fails as art...
Should Playwrights Direct Their Own Plays? Three playwrights muse on a timeless question...
All the way home "The Understudy" and "Nightingale" reviewed....
Abrupt Mood Changes On the challenges of going from comedy to tragedy and visa versa on stage...
Dance Of The Seven Whales If only Salome were a "park and bark" role...
Big hippo love Can you stage the internet? Well, yes you can...
It's funny, but is it art? "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and "Finian's Rainbow" reviewed....
Spooky shows from Bill T. Jones and Joe Goode on the West Coast work the nerves...
Thin ice in the tropics "The Emperor Jones," "Memphis," and "After Miss Julie" reviewed....
Cultural Critique: Sam Sifton, New Restaurant Critic, Trashes "Bye Bye Birdie" After blowing his cover, he found pricey Marea to be "as welcoming as a luxe clubhouse" and better than "Birdie."...
Throw Rotten Veggies at the Actors Night Down with clapping. Up with hurling cabbages....
Quality Control Classical music is permeated with judgment making ... The greatest risk is in the making of music itself...
I Love You, "Birdie"! (no matter what the critics say) UPDATED They trashed my show. CultureGrrl to the rescue! (Do I need a theater-reviewer's license?) Put on a Happy Face!...
They can't sing (don't ask them) "Bye Bye Birdie," "Oleanna," and "Let Me Down Easy" reviewed....
Good Grief Crying on stage or screen is one thing; doing it so we genuinely connect with a character's grief is another...