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Coast to coast to coast (I) Looking for theater in Palm Beach and Coral Gables....
The luck of the Irish Steppenwolf's "Seafarer" and the Atlantic Theater Company's "Cripple of Inishmaan" reviewed....
Project Macway Out with the old and in with the new: Macbeth and Project Runway collide on stage in Berkeley...
Groundhog Week First Shakespeare Santa Cruz, now the Magic Theatre...
A year on the road My picks for the best theater of 2008, in and out of New York....
No man's land How real was Pinter's London?...
Snapshot... The finale from "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol."...
So you want to get reviewed Getting your regional theater company into The Wall Street Journal's drama column....
Saved More than 2,000 individual donors help to save Shakespeare Santa Cruz from the axe...
Stuck with "Shrek" "Shrek the Musical," "Pal Joey," and Hartford Stage's "A Christmas Carol" reviewed....
Whitewashing August Wilson Can a white director stage a black play? Should he?...
Don't make me laugh Serious writing about flippant comedy...
Safety In Numbers One way in which small theatre companies are weathering the economic storm...
When You're Tryin' to Love Two How two one-person shows--Tony Braithwaite's and Judy gold's--are not created equal, even when they have a lot in common....
Confessions of an ageist What makes a Broadway show unsuitable for children? And who are children, anyway?...
The Final Word The absolutely last thing I'm going to say about Les Freres Corbusier's Dance Dance Revolution...
Accept no substitutes Is Hamlet with the understudy a different show? And does it matter?...
Sentimental Decembers Jake Heggie's opera captures the hormonal end-of-year spirit...
Touched with fire "A Touch of the Poet" and "Prayer for My Enemy" reviewed....
Acting, Theatricality and Me A belated response to a reader who complained about my supposed aversion to theater and theatricality....
Children's Theater Grows Up How family theater is finally starting to inspire the entire family...
Confirming Your Suspicions What do Claus von Bulow and Ben Brantley have in common?...
Life in black and white Is British theatre still in thrall to the 1950s?...
Prop 8 The Musical Hooray for Mark Shaiman's new musical about Proposition 8...
Get thee to New Jersey "The Winter's Tale" and "My Vaudeville Man!" reviewed....