Theater

Everyone hates the Tonys Everyone hates the Tonys

But those big-belting dames and over-the-top dance numbers bring out my inner theater geek -- and give my heart a wedgie.
By Sarah Hepola Jun 13, 2008

  • The real high-school musical

    Forget Zac Efron and his singing, dancing friends. These real, live high-school musical videos deserve a standing ovation.
    By Mark Schone June 12, 2008

  • Strange but true

    Composer Stew bares all about his raucous Broadway hit "Passing Strange" -- and why his song "We Just Had Sex" won't be on TV on Tony night.
    By James Hannaham June 11, 2008

  • He conquered the World Trade Center

    "Man on Wire" and its daredevil star thrill Tribeca, but Mamet's "Redbelt" is a jiu-jitsu pratfall. Plus: Is Brecht still relevant?
    By Andrew O'Hehir April 28, 2008

  • I'm doing stand-up and it's working. Should I quit my job?

    I don't want to blow an opportunity, but I don't want to end up in the gutter either. What's my choice?
    By Cary Tennis February 7, 2008

  • Tales of the other Tony

    While you were watching "The Sopranos," Broadway threw itself a big party ... well, maybe not that big.
    By David Marchese June 11, 2007

  • Politics as unusual?

    The Broadway season was surprisingly rich in idea-driven, civic-minded plays, but don't call it a rebirth of political theater.
    By David Cote June 7, 2007

  • Is that laptop eating your daughter's brain?

    Girls are tossing their Barbie dolls aside, in favor of dressing up virtual dolls.
    By Tracy Clark-Flory June 6, 2007

  • It's all fun and games

    In the crazy, mixed-up lexicon of modern parenting, learning about table manners is "fun" but playing cops and robbers is "good for you." What's next?
    By Dashka Slater March 26, 2007

  • The "hoohaa" monologues

    Florida playhouse scrubs "vagina" from its marquee after a passerby complains.
    By Carol Lloyd February 8, 2007

  • Rush Limbaugh's tortured logic

    Rush accused me and other Harvard students of hating America because we put on a play about Abu Ghraib. Not only did he reveal his profound moral ignorance, he lost a man who used to be his biggest fan -- my dad.
    By Valarie Kaur May 28, 2005

  • Is this play illegal?

    The writer, director and actors of the hilarious New York play "I'm Going to Kill the President" are all anonymous, and getting in is like taking an espionage assignment in East Berlin.
    By Michelle Goldberg October 29, 2003

  • Back to the boards

    In an increasingly flat-screen world, stars like Al Pacino and Gwyneth Paltrow look to theater for a human connection. Will the rest of us follow?
    By Liesl Schillinger March 4, 2003

  • Can Moby save pop?

    Anointed by the desperate music media as pop's new king, Moby brings electronica to the masses with "18." (Now if only he would stop trying to sing.)
    By Michelle Goldberg June 4, 2002

  • The Oscar Wilde centenary

    The plays may have been more scandalous than the author's sex life, but visitors still plant sexy kisses on his grave.
    By Brent Gregston November 30, 2000

  • Shepard! Penn! Harrelson! Nolte!

    Our most famous chronicler of the desert of the male psyche returns to San Francisco with a new play and an all-star cast.
    By Joe Mader November 21, 2000

  • She, the people

    Anna Deavere Smith talks about empathizing with Rodney King, the LAPD and President Clinton.
    By Nan Goldberg November 1, 2000

  • The exonerated

    Wrongly convicted, they sat on death row for years. Extraordinary legal measures saved their lives. A new play confronts us with their nightmares.
    By Amy Goldwasser October 20, 2000

  • William Shakespeare

    "A Midsummer's Night Dream"
    By William Shakespeare October 5, 2000

  • Sander Hicks

    "The Breaking Manager"
    By Sander Hicks October 5, 2000

  • Nude boys on Broadway

    The musical is twice as expensive as the movie, and the cast has been relocated to Buffalo. Can "The Full Monty" still shake its stuff onstage?
    By Gregg Kilday July 10, 2000
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