Wall Street Journal
What's Next for Broadway
Broadway celebrates itself Sunday night with the Tony Awards. Here's a look at shows from the current season and selected productions opening soon.
• Interview: "Gypsy" Director Arthur Laurents
• Video: Previewing the 2008 awards
Bloomberg.com
Comic Hoffman Hails Florent, Mocks Hedge-Fund `Dudes' in Gentrified N.Y.
Clad in a beaded, raspberry-colored dress, black leggings and kitten-heeled shoes, comic actress Jackie Hoffman climbed onto the bar at Florent to deliver a tirade against the forces of greed and gentrification that have conspired to drive a beloved restaurant from the map of New York.
Variety
Theater stumbles as dollar tumbles
Despite flocking tourists, production costs up
UCLA Live rolls on with more risks
Theater festival aims for greater influence
Broadway event helps Fight AIDS
Fundraiser gets down to bare necessities
Back Stage
Single Black Female reviwed by Jerry Portwood
Lisa B. Thompson's Single Black Female seems perfectly suited for the post-Sex and the City woman and owns up to that fact early on.
A Dangerous Personality reviewed by Sam Thielman
It's almost impossible to take the play seriously on its own terms -- a little like watching theatre by someone who still thinks the earth is flat.
Patriotic Bitch reviewed by Ron Cohen
Alanna Ubach is a highly watchable actor, and she gives full rein to her considerable skills for characterization in her one-woman show Patriotic Bitch.
A Doll's House reviewed by Marc Miller
In laboring for universality, this Doll's House merely achieves randomness.
Four Women & a Waitress reviewed by Christopher Murray
Each of the brief one-acts -- some more successful than others -- on this double bill features a pair of women engaged in conflict.
Reuters
Kevin Spacey to teach at Oxford
Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey has accepted a year-long position as a theater professor at Oxford University, the institution said in a posting on its Web site on Friday.
Associated Press
Whoopi Goldberg is set to keep Tonys on track
Whoopi Goldberg is a woman who can focus.
John Waters swears off the word 'hon' and Honfest
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