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April 30, 2012
My Tony Nomination Predictions!
I've seen almost everything this season except Magic/Bird--which to me sounds like a wildlife puppet show, and it's quite possible that's what it is--and I'm ready to tell you who will definitely maybe probably almost get Tony nominated tomorrow morning. Here goes: BEST PLAY *Clybourne Park *Othe ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess: Broadway, You Is My Venue Now
Trimmed and renamed, a great opera has shrunk to become a good show
Blogs
January 12, 2012
Porgy And Bess Has Arrived Amidst Controversy
This is not a review. I'll let far more erudite scholars than myself go into lengthy analyses about exactly what's been trimmed out of the new revisal being called DuBose Heyward's Porgy and Bess. (They're actually calling it The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, but I thought I'd give the co-author a li ... More >>
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October 5, 2011
Audra McDonald Remembers Some Crazy High Notes
Multiple Tony winner Audra McDonald can hit notes only Mariah Carey can hear, so I was surprised to learn she had to be coaxed to go even higher a couple of times. In her foreword to the new edition of funnyman/musician Seth Rudetsky's anecdote-filled book Broadway Nights, Audra -- who's Broadway-b ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
Tyne Daly As Maria Callas: My Review
Photo: Joan Marcus"No applause. We're here for work," says faded but still powerful opera diva Maria Callas at the outset of Master Class, silencing us as she enters for her day's business. Callas is there to instruct her students--and us--on how to get the most out of their work by trusting ... More >>
Theater
July 1, 2009
The Wiz at Encores! and Central Park's Twelfth Night Both Somehow Lack Vividness
Photo: Joan Marcus"No applause. We're here for work," says faded but still powerful opera diva Maria Callas at the outset of Master Class, silencing us as she enters for her day's business. Callas is there to instruct her students--and us--on how to get the most out of their work by trusting ... More >>
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February 9, 2009
Voice Critic Michael Feingold and Grammy Greatness
He didn't write the music or show up at the ceremony nine-months pregnant, but we're happy to note that our theater critic Michael Feingold has had a hand in a recording that won not one but two Grammys: Best Classical Album and Best Opera Recording. The EuroArts recording of the Los Angeles Ope ... More >>
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December 5, 2008
Voice Critic This Close To Grammy Victory!
He didn't write the music or show up at the ceremony nine-months pregnant, but we're happy to note that our theater critic Michael Feingold has had a hand in a recording that won not one but two Grammys: Best Classical Album and Best Opera Recording. The EuroArts recording of the Los Angeles Ope ... More >>
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January 1, 2008
Barbara Cook, Music and Lyrics
Silvery tones for a golden age of Broadway singing—past, pleasant, and future
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May 29, 2007
The Paradox Man
More than half a century after his death, composer Kurt Weill still provokes strong reactions
Theater
May 15, 2007
Partway to Paradise
The Texas plains look plainer when Audra's offstage; Stew tells an old story pleasantly
NYC Life
December 5, 2006
New Year's Eve Event Guide
The Texas plains look plainer when Audra's offstage; Stew tells an old story pleasantly
News
November 28, 2006
Reader: When's the New York Pot Party?
The Texas plains look plainer when Audra's offstage; Stew tells an old story pleasantly
Columns
November 14, 2006
NY Mirror
The Texas plains look plainer when Audra's offstage; Stew tells an old story pleasantly
NYC Life
April 26, 2005
Rock
The Texas plains look plainer when Audra's offstage; Stew tells an old story pleasantly
Columns
April 5, 2005
NY Mirror
The Texas plains look plainer when Audra's offstage; Stew tells an old story pleasantly
Theater
June 1, 2004
Stage Left
Tony Awards look to Off-Broadway for excellence.
Theater
April 20, 2004
Lorraine Hansberry's Raisin: Still Just as Fresh 45 Years Later
Tony Awards look to Off-Broadway for excellence.
Columns
April 20, 2004
NY Mirror
Tony Awards look to Off-Broadway for excellence.
Theater
November 25, 2003
Without Honor
Shakespeare knew how to write plays; if we believed that, we might know how to do them
NYC Life
September 9, 2003
Subway Series
We're Henry IV, We Are, We Are: The Plays, in Brooklyn and Manhattan, Are the Things
Theater
January 7, 2003
What's Opera Now, Doc?
While Broadway Lives the Puccinian Past, William Bolcom Gives the Met a New 'View'
Theater
August 7, 2001
Now Hear Disc
A Blizzard of CDs Puts Some New Spins on Show Music Style
NYC Life
May 29, 2001
Classical
Composing the Perfect Season
Music
May 23, 2000
Music
Composing the Perfect Season
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December 7, 1999
Women's Stresses
Composing the Perfect Season
Music
February 9, 1999
Jazz's New Wing
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December 15, 1998
Letters
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December 1, 1998
Consumer Guide
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November 3, 1998
A Diva's Desires
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November 3, 1998
NY Mirror
Footloose turns out to be like Stupid Kids without the irony, but not as bad as that sounds.
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October 13, 1998
NY Mirror
''In Rounders, John Malkovich chewed so much scenery that it's a wonder there were any card tables left.''
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June 23, 1998
NY Mirror
''In Rounders, John Malkovich chewed so much scenery that it's a wonder there were any card tables left.''
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May 26, 1998
NY Mirror
''In Rounders, John Malkovich chewed so much scenery that it's a wonder there were any card tables left.''

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