New York TimesAgain, for the First TimeThe Tony-nominated revivals of “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific,” “Gypsy” and “Sunday in the Park With George” are on this critic’s list of all-time favorite literary masterpieces.
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A Season of RevivalsBen Brantley narrates a look at “Gypsy,” “South Pacific” and “Sunday in the Park With George.”
The Big Cast, Bigger Canvas, of BroadwayThe popularity of “August: Osage County” reveals a continuing hunger on the part of audiences for drama on a grand scale.
Critics’ PicksThe Times’s theater critics make their picks in selected categories for the 2008 Tony Awards.
Roads to Recognition That Were Really ShortOn each of the four shows nominated for a Tony Award for best musical, at least one major creative player is doing this whole professional theater thing for the first time.
Imported Plays? Small WorldThe most exciting new imports of the Off Broadway season were by Irish writers.
Mikel Murfi talks about directing 'The Walworth Farce' (
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Character/ActorAmy Arbus talks about photographing Tony Award winners for her book, “The Fourth Wall.”
Shakespeare With Broad ShouldersThe Chicago Shakespeare Theater, one of the city’s premier cultural institutions, will be honored with the 2008 Tony Award for an outstanding regional theater.
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Classics on the PierA look at the work of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
Broadway, Before It Was Their JobSeveral Tony Award winners recall the first Broadway show they ever saw and describe the impact it had on them.
And in Every Town, a TrophyEverywhere actors and audiences gather, it seems, awards are handed out. And the fallout, much like that after the Tonys, is not always pretty.
Making Noise Behind the ScenesThis year, for the first time, sound designers will compete in two Tony categories: best sound design of a play and best sound design of a musical.
Scott Lehrer talks about designing the sound for 'South Pacific' (
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A Season's Indelible Moments‘South Pacific’By ROBERT SIMONSON
The defining moment of Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific” comes before the show has actually begun.
‘Young Frankenstein’By MATTHEW GUREWITSCH
Sutton Foster’s turn in “Roll in the Hay” was a tour de force, but there was also something about those horses pulling the wagon.
‘August: Osage County’ and ‘Macbeth’By ROBERT SIMONSON
It’s a tough call this season about what constituted the worse invitation: dinner at the Westons’ or at the Macbeths’.
‘Passing Strange’By MARK BLANKENSHIP
Sometimes during “Keys,” a climactic number in the first act of “Passing Strange,” Stew thrusts a microphone into the audience so his listeners can sing along.
‘Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!’By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
A case could be made that the best show on Broadway this past season was not on Broadway at all, but in Justice Helen E. Freedman’s courtroom at the State Supreme Court in Manhattan.
‘Come Back, Little Sheba’By BEN BRANTLEY
In the revival of “Come Back, Little Sheba,” S. Epatha Merkerson, as Lola, filled the stage with a silence that I can still hear.
‘Black Watch’By CELIA McGEE
A lightning series of costume changes told the 300-year history of the Royal Highland Regiment in “Black Watch.”
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'The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Any More':
She’s in a Battle to the Very End'The Will Rogers Follies':
Years on, Will Rogers Still Hits the MarkNY1Review:
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A circus without the big top on BroadwayThe producer of “Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy,” opening on Broadway this month, emphasizes the differences between his troupe and the better-known Cirque du Soleil.
