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Clifford Odets' Depression-era masterpiece has returned to the theatre of its original glory in director Bartlett Sher's captivating and heart-tugging revival

Lisa Kron's 'solo show with other people in it' explores the sickness that can inflict both people and communities

A charming and funny musical revue that promises straight people will get the jokes

With Jonathan Pryce's new take on the starring role, <I>Dirty Rotten Scoundrels</I> makes a sharp 180 degree turn into the highbrow lane

Rufus Norris' visually stunning production nearly makes up for David Eldridge's underwritten text

Encores! takes a chance with a Kander and Ebb musical about shoplifting senior citizens

Karoline Leach's new play matches an Edwardian pick-up artist and a dazzled spinster

You can wear out a dozen loofahs exfoliating the layers of satire Sandra Bernhard uses to play her audience

Amy Irving plays American poet Elizabeth Bishop in Marta Góes' solo play

Stephen Sondheim follows his famous 'Songs I Wish I'd Written' with a look back at the songs he would have been happier without

They're witches! They wear bikinis! They sing and dance! What more could you ask for?

Becca Ayers is featured as plain(?) Sarah in a revival of the touching and funny family musical based on Patricia MacLachlan's book

It's difficult to figure out exactly what audience <i>Ring of Fire</i> is meant to attract. New York hasn't had a country music radio station in more than a decade and I have a hunch that lovers of the genre may be turned off by the ineffectual interpretations of the material

He's referred to nowadays as 'The King of Ragtime', composer of classic American works such as 'Maple Leaf Rag' and 'The Entertainer', but if Scott Joplin had his way, he'd be most remembered for his rarely performed opera, <I>Treemonisha</I>

Conductor/Artistic Director Sung Jin Hong offers his perspective on <i>Rhapsody in Blue</i>, <i>An American in Paris</i> and <i>West Side Story</i>

Playgoers looking for a perfect nightcap to an evening on Broadway and late-nighters wanting to start their fun with a blast of energy are well-advised to head for Danny's Skylight Room the next two Saturday nights, where Mary Bond Davis delivers the kind of big, beautiful performance that'll send you into Sunday morning with a smile on your face

Paper Mill's Carnival is given a dark and interesting interpretation by Erica Schmidt

Sherry Glaser uses a lot of Borscht Belt humor in playing five members of a Jewish family

In David Grimm's Restoration style comedy, Michael Stuhlbar and Euan Morton are strong contenders for the title of cutest couple of the theatre season

Christine Ebersole is sublime in the most perfectly matched starring role of her career