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 | Live Out Loud 7Th Annual Young Trailblazers Gala <= new
Actor Cheyenne Jackson, star of the hit Broadway musical Xanadu, hosted the LIVE OUT LOUD's 7th Young Trailblazers Benefit Gala on Monday, April 28th, by Barry Gordin, TheaterLife.com on May 9 |
 | Drama Desk Nominations Party <= new
The 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards Nominations party was held at Arte and was announced at the Friars Club in NYC., by Barry Gordin, TheaterLife.com on May 9 |
Broadway:Musicals
 | A Catered Affair
Musical adaptation of Chayefsky teleplay, with Faith Prince, Tom Wopat & Harvey Fierstein, attempts something different, by Victor Gluck on Apr. 29 |
 | Cry- Baby
Wickedly satirical everything: plot, dancing, characters, costumes, sets, dialogue, songs. Except Cry-Baby himself. Who should be., by Eugene Paul on Apr. 27 |
 | Gypsy
LuPone growls, barks & unashamedly feasts on the scenery through her big numbers while writer/director Laurents brings new depth and intensity, by Jeannie Lieberman on Apr. 13 |
 | South Pacific
For sure, this is the best of all enchanted evenings Broadway is going to get this season, by Simon Saltzman on Apr. 6 |
 | Passing Strange
A superb company of performers and musicians bring to life composer/writer/star Stew’s youthful journey into his inner self, by Eugene Paul on Mar. 27 |
 | In The Heights
This brightly colored, multicultural, infectiously joyous musical is here to stay!, by Jeannie Lieberman on Mar. 18 |
Broadway:Plays
 | Les Liaisons Dangereuses <= new
It is possible that some may find the play a trifle repellent, but it is, nevertheless, irresistibly seductive., by Simon Saltzman on May 1 |
 | The Country Girl
…a sadly misguided production that makes you wonder what in the world was the lauded and respected director Mike Nichols thinking., by Simon Saltzman on Apr. 27 |
 | Macbeth
Exciting and riveting revival starring Patrick Stewart at the same time has an often confusing and inconsistent concept, by Victor Gluck on Apr. 23 |
 | The Homecoming
Fortieth Anniversary production of Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming emphasizes the comic rather than the sinister, by Victor Gluck on Dec. 27 |
Broadway:Solo Performance
 | Thurgood <= new
Every once in a while the appropriate actor meets the right historical personage in a one person show and theater magic is made. , by Victor Gluck on May 3 |
Off-Broadway:Musicals
 | Paris
World premiere of Cole Porter’s second book musical, circa 1928, in original version with seven songs restored, by Victor Gluck on Apr. 20 |
 | Half A Sixpence
Rare revival of bouncy, bright rags-to-riches musical based on H.G. Wells' novel, Kipps, proves to be delightful fun, by Victor Gluck on Apr. 7 |
 | What’S The Point!
Winning cast delightfully jibes at everything: dating singles, doting parents, American politics to American Idol, by Rob Lester on Mar. 11 |
Off-Broadway:Plays
 | Eccentri
cities Of A Nightingale <= new
Revival of Tennessee Williams’s 1951 play well done, its delicate music will hover in your heart, by Diedre Donovan on May 7 |
 | Substitution <= new
Renowned actor Jan Maxwell delivers a soul-wrenching portrait of a mother grieving over the death of her teenage son in Anton Dudley’s new play, by Diedre Donovan on May 4 |
 | The New Century
Hysterically funny plays, marvelously funny performances delivering the last word –as if – on gay life in America., by Eugene Paul on Apr. 21 |
 | Fire Island
If you think “falling in love” is for the birds, Charles Mee’s multi-media play might make you less cynical., by Deirdre Donovan on Apr. 20 |
 | Umbrella
Frank, hulking, inhibited, rescues unconscious Helen and takes her to his roof top, to talk, maybe be nice with each other. Other things happen., by Eugene Paul on Apr. 20 |
 | Vita And Virginia
Kathleen Chalfant and Patricia Elliott bring English writers Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West vibrantly to life, by Victor Gluck on Apr. 20 |
 | The Four Of Us
Just how strong is a friendship that finds itself challenged by success? And is success measured in more than money?, by Eugene Paul on Apr. 14 |
 | Dirt
An Iraqi, here illegally, reveals his liking for us at the same time he is telling us that he is a liar. How are we to react to him?, by Eugene Paul on Apr. 12 |
 | The Little Flower Of East Orange
The idea that we can achieve grace through forgiveness and salvation through sacrifice is heady philosophical stuff, by Simon Saltzman on Apr. 10 |
 | Almost An Evening
Academy Award winning co-writer/producer of Fargo and No Country for Old Men makes his Off Broadway debut as playwright, by Victor Gluck on Apr. 9 |
 | The American Dream & The Sandbox
Edward Albee, dean of living American playwrights, directs a double bill of two of his earliest and most famous one acts, by Victor Gluck on Apr. 8 |
 | Antony And Cleopatra
Shakespeare’s historic tragedy of mature passion & power politics is reset in 1884 with a British conquest of Egypt, by Victor Gluck on Apr. 6 |
 | Something You Did
Taut and provocative new play explores dissent and patriotism in a post 9/11 world in an absorbingly acted production , by Victor Gluck on Apr. 4 |
 | The Fifth Column
Hemingway’s only play finally has American professional premiere in the form he wrote it, courtesy of Mint Theater, by Victor Gluck on Mar. 31 |
 | Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?
New Caryl Churchill play dissecting American and British foreign affairs proves politics makes strange bedfellows, by Victor Gluck on Mar. 20 |
 | Boom
What happens when you’re the last man on earth and the last woman on earth doesn’t give a damn? And – who is manipulating whom?, by Eugene Paul on Mar. 19 |
 | Parlour Song
Chris Bauer, Jonathan Cake and British film star Emily Mortimer turn domestic triangle into acting tour de force, by Victor Gluck on Mar. 18 |
 | The Seagull
Dianne Wiest and Alan Cumming head cast of Chekhov revival which treats comedy of disillusion as farce , by Victor Gluck on Mar. 18 |
 | Conversations In Tusculum
Star-studded cast can’t breathe life into Richard Nelson’s low key, allegorical drama concerning Caesar’s abuse of power, by Victor Gluck on Mar. 12 |
Music:Cabaret
 | 2008 Mac Awards Winners <= new
25th MANHATTAN ASSOCIATION OFCABARET & CLUBS ANNUAL AWARDS, by Staff Writer on May 6 |
Regional:Musicals
 | Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On
Midler at her finest, with all the bells and whistles, uniting her show-stopping Broadway and pop music elements into the world of a Vegas spectacular, by Elliot Rush on Mar. 20 |
Regional:Solo Performance
 | Emergency <= new
As a performer Beaty is a master of transformation, as a writer an original voice with a singular passion for bringing people together, by Elliot Rush on May 6 |
Dance
 | Ballet Builders
The audience has an opportunity to see younger choreographers develop and to see the more experienced choreographers experiment., by R. Pikser on Apr. 27 |
 | Eliot Feld: Mandance Project
Six dancers in beautifully nuanced performances illuminated his sometimes difficult, often mesmerising choreography., by Joel Benjamin on Apr. 13 |
 | Kirov Ballet And Orchestra
Although most major western ballet troupes have incredibly high technical standards now it is wonderful to see the troupe which created them , by Joel Benjamin on Apr. 6 |
 | Electrolux
Laura Peterson has created a spirited piece about the inevitability of change to the music of Led Zeppelin, by Leslie deLeo on Mar. 29 |
Features & Interviews
 | Outer Critics Circle 58Th Annual Awards
Outer Critics Circle Award winners Sandy Duncan and Karen Ziemba presided over the announcement ceremony at Manhattan’s historic Algonquin Hotel. , by Staff Writer on Apr. 20 |
 | Bcefa 22Nd Annual Easter Bonnet Competition
companies of dozens of Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring shows contribute to their extraordinary fundraising success and entertainment., by Staff Writer on Apr. 20 |
Movies
 | The Caller
It is a joy to see Elliott Gould running on all eight cylinders., by Ted Faraone on Apr. 24 |
 | “Elite Squad” (Tropa De Elite)
A complicated story, with economical direction by Jose Padhila, and editing by Daniel Rezende make it comprehensible and suspenseful. , by Ted Faraone on Apr. 19 |
 | Chevolution
THE ENDURING POWER OF AN ICONIC IMAGE, by Ted Faraone on Apr. 17 |
 | Eden
Watching “Eden,” a feature by Irish helmer Declan Recks based on a play by Eugene O’Brian is like tripping into a pool of slime., by Ted Faraone on Apr. 17 |
 | Leatherheads
“Leatherheads” benefits from great dialogue by Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly delivered with charm. Clooney gets the lion’s share of good lines , by Ted Faraone on Apr. 1 |
 | Nim's Island
When the chips are down, Nim and Jack resort to the Mr. Wizardry that endeared the “MacGyver” TV show to a generation of kids. , by Ted Faraone on Apr. 3 |
 | Drillbit Taylor
Wilson as a modern day Robert Preston in “The Music Man,” the con-artist who accidentally makes good., by Ted Faraone on Mar. 31 |
 | 10,000 B.C
There is Less to This Than Meets the Eye (apologies to Tallulah Bankhead) , by Ted Faraone on Mar. 12 |
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