Christopher Durang

In a Bumper Year, Four New American Plays Won Obies; Eight More Were Strong Contenders

The plays are the thing

Tom Hanks Tells Me What People Do To Him On The Subway

Here's all the chatter from Broadway's nominees

Vanya and Mound Builders Defy Categorization

Puzzle pieces

Vanya And Sonia And... My Review

Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is a comic tour de force about a bunch of Chekhovian characters full of yearning, who are simply waiting for the blue heron to appear to give them some peace. David Hyde Pierce and Kristine Nielsen are siblings (by adoption) living in their l ... More >>

All About Sigourney Weaver's New Star Turn

"It's a 'What if?' play," said playwright Christopher Durang at yesterday's meet-and-greet for his comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which is moving to Broadway. "I thought, 'What if I had lived all my life [in a country home] with my sister and we were just miserable?" As a result, the ... More >>

The Night I Dressed Like A Lobster

Some time in the weightless '80s, I had a birthday bash at a St. Marks Place boite named Bananas. And it was bananas all right. The zany crowd consisted of drag queens, singer Margaret Whiting, ex porn star Jack Wrangler, new personality Ricki Lake, actress Bridget Fonda, playwright Christopher Du ... More >>

Ethan Hawke Tackles Ivanov, Christopher Durang Tries a Comic Remix With Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Welcome to Chekhov Town

Fall Arts Guide 2012: Theater

OBIES 2012: What Off-Broadway Needs Now

We asked Off- and Off-Off theatermakers what they feel the scene is missing

"Summer Shorts" Exposes Its Briefs

It's Program B of the one-act mini-fest at 59E59 Theaters

Aftermath and Domestic Crusaders Examine the Muslim Experience

Durang's Torture Gets Laughs, LaBute's Reasons Brews Anger, Howe's Manet Equals Wordplay

This Week in the Voice

The American military presence in Afghanistan costs about $16 billion a month. What are we getting for the money? "Afghaniscrewed: How I Spent My Fall Vacation" by P.J. Tobia. When Alan Hevesi was the city's, then the state's comptroller, Jack Chartier and Hank Morris were his "two loyal gatekeepe ... More >>

Playwright Christopher Durang Braves a Voice Inquisition

SUSPICIOUS MINDS

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Sam Shepard and Christopher Durang Stage Competing Visions of Deathville, USA

In a new play and a classic, corpses make the best sight gags

Director and Playwright Elyse Singer Discovers Two Unusual Inventors

Dig the New Breed

King Me

The civil rights martyr gets an operetta

Musicals in Transit

In the Heights or Adrift in Macao, new musicals are fun—but not too much else

Delirious New York

Revisiting Ed Koch, Sally Jessy Raphael and 1980s Manhattan

Come All Ye Unfaithful

Untraditional yuletide offerings

Now Hear Disc

A Blizzard of CDs Puts Some New Spins on Show Music Style

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Nancy Marchand, 1928–2000

One Woman in Her Time Played Many Parts

The Production Line

It's Boom Time at the Columbia, Juilliard, and NYU Playwriting Programs

The Vice Man Cometh

New York's Art War Archives

Pure Pop for Now People

The Today Show: From 'Retail Sluts' to Backstreet Boys, Hyperhipster Marc Spitz Uses the Farce

NY Mirror

On HBO, Falcon talks about his burgeoning drama career. Kidding— he talks about his penis.

Heady Amusements

Simply Irresistible