http://dir.salon.com/topics/theater/?source=rss&aim=theater en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT By Sarah Hepola Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/06/13/tonys_love/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/06/13/tonys_love/index.html?source=rss But those big-belting dames and over-the-top dance numbers bring out my inner theater geek -- and give my heart a wedgie. By Mark Schone Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/06/12/musical_videos/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/06/12/musical_videos/index.html?source=rss Forget Zac Efron and his singing, dancing friends. These real, live high-school musical videos deserve a standing ovation. By James Hannaham Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/06/11/stew/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/06/11/stew/index.html?source=rss 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. Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/28/tribeca1/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/28/tribeca1/index.html?source=rss "Man on Wire" and its daredevil star thrill Tribeca, but Mamet's "Redbelt" is a jiu-jitsu pratfall. Plus: Is Brecht still relevant? By Cary Tennis Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/07/standup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/07/standup/index.html?source=rss 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 David Marchese Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/06/11/tonys/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/06/11/tonys/index.html?source=rss While you were watching "The Sopranos," Broadway threw itself a big party ... well, maybe not that big. By David Cote Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/06/07/political_theater/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/06/07/political_theater/index.html?source=rss The Broadway season was surprisingly rich in idea-driven, civic-minded plays, but don't call it a rebirth of political theater. Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/06/virtual_dolls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/06/virtual_dolls/index.html?source=rss Girls are tossing their Barbie dolls aside, in favor of dressing up virtual dolls. By Dashka Slater Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/03/26/fun/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/03/26/fun/index.html?source=rss 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? Carol Lloyd Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/08/hoohaa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/08/hoohaa/index.html?source=rss Florida playhouse scrubs "vagina" from its marquee after a passerby complains. By Valarie Kaur Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/05/28/harvard_abu_ghraib_play/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/05/28/harvard_abu_ghraib_play/index.html?source=rss 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 Michelle Goldberg Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2003/10/29/president/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2003/10/29/president/index.html?source=rss 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 Liesl Schillinger Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2003/03/04/theater_lives/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2003/03/04/theater_lives/index.html?source=rss 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 Michelle Goldberg Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2002/06/04/moby/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2002/06/04/moby/index.html?source=rss 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 Brent Gregston Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/11/30/wilde/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/11/30/wilde/index.html?source=rss The plays may have been more scandalous than the author's sex life, but visitors still plant sexy kisses on his grave. By Joe Mader Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2000/11/21/shepard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2000/11/21/shepard/index.html?source=rss 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 Nan Goldberg Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/11/01/smith/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/11/01/smith/index.html?source=rss Anna Deavere Smith talks about empathizing with Rodney King, the LAPD and President Clinton. By Amy Goldwasser Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/20/exonerated/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/20/exonerated/index.html?source=rss Wrongly convicted, they sat on death row for years. Extraordinary legal measures saved their lives. A new play confronts us with their nightmares. By William Shakespeare Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/shakespeare_midsummer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/shakespeare_midsummer/index.html?source=rss "A Midsummer's Night Dream" By Sander Hicks Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/hicks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/hicks/index.html?source=rss "The Breaking Manager" By Gregg Kilday Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/07/10/fullmonty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/07/10/fullmonty/index.html?source=rss 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 Eric Bogosian Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/06/09/bogosian_7/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/06/09/bogosian_7/index.html?source=rss All of a sudden this guy with long hair, long as a girl's, is walking toward me, and I knew what was going to happen. By Eric Bogosian Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/06/07/bogosian_5/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/06/07/bogosian_5/index.html?source=rss I don't know what you call what I am. By Eric Bogosian Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/06/06/bogosian_4/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/06/06/bogosian_4/index.html?source=rss Her skin and her hair were like something you could eat. By Eric Bogosian Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/06/05/bogosian_intro/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/06/05/bogosian_intro/index.html?source=rss A series of stories about sex.