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"DOUBT" FREE
The name of the play is Doubt for a reason. It isn’t about certainty, though the subject would seem unequivocal: Child sexual abuse in a religious…
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"JELLY'S LAST JAM:" Sweet Substitute
The superlative revival of Jelly’s Last Jam that recently closed at Encores! (and urgently deserves to reopen soon on Broadway) was something I never…
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"ONCE UPON A MATTRESS" & "DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES:" Mother and Son
I first met Mary Rodgers 26 years ago this month in the conference room at some theatrically-connected law firm where we’d assembled to hash out…
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Steppin' Out at THE LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE
We lose landmarks all the time in this city. I don’t mean lose them to the jackhammers only — though, lord knows, way too many get torn down. I mean…
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"HERE WE ARE" Unwrapped
I finally caught Stephen Sondheim’s posthumous “final” musical, Here We Are, during its closing weeks at The Shed recently. I then went back for a look…
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"THE GARDENS OF ANUNCIA:" A Choreographer Sings
I rather like the idea of musicals about choreographers’ lives. Why not get to know the mover behind the moves? Why not sing and dance their story? Bob…
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BACK TO "ARCADIA"
Seeing Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia in London at the National Theater in the Spring of 1993 may have changed me forever. Or not at all. The essence of the…
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