Shakespeare in the Park opens with The Comedy of Errors
At the opening night of Douglas Carter Beane's The Nance--with Nathan Lane as a gay Republican who does swishy stage acts in 1937--Jesse Tyler Ferguson of Modern Family fame happened to sit next to me. (Lucky him.) So I nanced him up for this week's column. You'll see what Jesse had to say about th ... More >>
"One Night Stand: Creating a Broadway Musical In A Day is a really good documentary about the making of the 24-Hour Musicals, an annual event where an eclectic assortment of theater folk have one day to whip up short shows that are mounted for an audience the very next night. Just because they can. ... More >>
We will never own one of these. Whee, the 62nd Annual (Primetime!) Emmys have been announced. There aren't that many surprises: As usual, HBO rocks, as does Mad Men, True Blood, 30 Rock, Glee, Neil Patrick Harris, and Tina Fey. Losties may get another chance to see the objects of their affect ... More >>
The Public stages two Shakespeare plays in rep
Like many of the words its characters spell, Spelling Bee seems to have no particular use
Shinn explores American loneliness and longing pre9-11
Two Shows About New Yorkers in Groups Suggest They Might Be Happier Left Alone
Good, Bad, and Recycled, Musicals Are Whats Going On
