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Theatrical Plays

  • Theater

    December 5, 2006

    Delayed Transmission

    Václav Havel finally collects his Obies

  • Theater

    November 21, 2006

    Married to Moliére

    A Would-Be Wife's Wit Triumphs

  • Theater

    November 14, 2006

    The Daily Show

    Neither rain nor sleet nor writer's block kept Suzan-Lori Parks from her play a day

  • NYC Life

    August 29, 2006

    Early RSVP

    Wedding bells are ringing for Rudnick and his glittery cast

  • Theater

    July 25, 2006

    Infertile Ground

    A comedy pregnant with possibilities but no substance or slammable doors

  • Theater

    July 11, 2006

    Free Willy

    Summer means outdoor classical theater—and it's not just Shakespeare in the Park

  • Theater

    May 30, 2006

    Short-Form Filing

    Marathon display of the ancient art and variegated pleasures of the one-act

  • NYC Life

    May 16, 2006

    Theater

    Marathon display of the ancient art and variegated pleasures of the one-act

  • Theater

    March 14, 2006

    Half Nelson

    Natives are restless in feverish follow-up

  • NYC Life

    February 28, 2006

    Faust Things First

    A mammoth production of the epic verse gets a stateside staging

  • Theater

    November 1, 2005

    A Public Display of Direction

    Sunrise dawns on a new day at a downtown institution

  • Specials

    October 18, 2005

    Stage Beauty

    Downtown theater and the 'Voice' grow up together.

  • Theater

    August 23, 2005

    Imperfect Ibsenites

    Poet or proselytizer: Will the real Henrik please stand up?

  • Theater

    May 10, 2005

    Now Plus 50

    What comes next for Off-Broadway? The last 50 years may offer a few clues.

  • Theater

    May 10, 2005

    Remembrance of Obies Past

    Judges from the last five decades pay homage to the productions and artists they'll never forget

  • Theater

    May 3, 2005

    Watering the Off-Broadway Garden

    The founder of the 'Village Voice' Obies recalls what led to their inception 50 years ago

  • Theater

    April 12, 2005

    Misuses of Enchantment

    Bad-boy playwrights McDonagh and LaBute dish it out, and critics can't get enough

  • Theater

    March 15, 2005

    Altared Stages

    From Shanley's Doubt to Guirgis's Judas Iscariot, the Catholic Church undergoes intense theatrical scrutiny

  • Theater

    February 8, 2005

    Arthur Miller

    1915-2005

  • Theater

    November 9, 2004

    Ethnic Blending

    Still hopeful, Shanley keeps romancing the blarney stone

  • Theater

    September 28, 2004

    Operation: Quagmire

    A chilling dramatization of the ongoing U.S. military fiascos

  • Theater

    August 10, 2004

    Unwarranted Intrusion

    A celebrity drops in on a budding playwright, but is that something to write plays about?

  • Theater

    June 8, 2004

    Moliere in the Dark

    When a comic genius sheds light on sickness, fraud, and greed, why turn the light off?

  • Theater

    May 11, 2004

    Season Your Admiration

    In the midst of global dimming, the theater could offer a few bright spots

  • Theater

    May 11, 2004

    Writers' Bloc

    A fearless new generation of Off-Broadway playwrights establishes downtown beachheads

  • NYC Life

    May 4, 2004

    Theater

    A fearless new generation of Off-Broadway playwrights establishes downtown beachheads

  • NYC Life

    February 24, 2004

    Getting Gilbert Unmarried

    The famous librettist, sans Sullivan, is most engaging with a play that's so old it's new again

  • News

    February 17, 2004

    Succeeding at the Public

    Papp's restive ghost haunts the search for Wolfe's replacement

  • NYC Life

    December 30, 2003

    The Great Race

    A lesson from post-apartheid South Africa

  • Theater

    December 2, 2003

    Lifetime Portraits

    I am women, hear me roar my most personal confessions

  • 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

    July 29, 2003

    Off Directing (Part I)

    Cost-Cutting Tip for Theaters: Delete the Art That's Lost Its Meaning

  • Theater

    May 20, 2003

    The Plays What They Wrote

    The Best Scripts Not Yet Mounted on a New York Stage

  • Theater

    April 22, 2003

    The Beautiful Noise

    The Expanding Role of Theater Sound Design

  • Theater

    February 4, 2003

    Thames the Breaks

    London's Winter of Theatrical Discontent

  • Theater

    November 19, 2002

    The Young Man and the Sea

    After a String of Royal Court Premieres, Christopher Shinn Goes Stateside

  • NYC Life

    September 3, 2002

    Rallying the Troupes

    Young Directors Take Charge

  • Theater

    July 9, 2002

    Don DeLillo's Chile Dish

    The Rude Mechanicals Travel the 'Most Modern Journey'

  • Theater

    July 2, 2002

    Theater

    The Rude Mechanicals Travel the 'Most Modern Journey'

  • Theater

    March 19, 2002

    Theater

    The Rude Mechanicals Travel the 'Most Modern Journey'

  • NYC Life

    March 5, 2002

    Goat of Hope

    When It Comes to Playwright Edward Albee, It's Feast or Famine

  • Theater

    January 22, 2002

    Tom Murphy’s Eire Force

    Drinking and Thinking Through the Dublin Theater Scene

  • News

    December 4, 2001

    The Afghan Road Show

    Globe-Trotting Declan Donnellan Directs Tony Kushner's 'Homebody/Kabul'

  • NYC Life

    May 29, 2001

    Theater

    Hot Tickets

  • Theater

    February 13, 2001

    Whomped by Wampum

    Black Theaters Cope With Cash Crunch

  • News

    October 31, 2000

    Sontag in Wonderland

    Auteur Director Ivo van Hove Brings Some Radical Will to ‘Alice in Bed’

  • Theater

    October 10, 2000

    Anything in Your Shorts?

    Auteur Director Ivo van Hove Brings Some Radical Will to ‘Alice in Bed’

  • Theater

    October 3, 2000

    The Disorient Express

    Playwright Tom Donaghy Returns to the Atlantic Theater

  • News

    September 5, 2000

    First-String Players

    Puppet Theater Takes Manhattan

  • Theater

    August 15, 2000

    Orderly Anarchisms

    Puppet Theater Takes Manhattan

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