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For many comedians, laughter is a drug so grafitying and addictive that they’ll do almost anything to keep feeling it. But for standup comic Judy Gold–whose one-woman show 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother is in a long run at the Theatre at St. Luke’s–a sense of connection with an intent audience can be just […]

“People are a bit desperate in my plays–maybe more desperate than we’re used to seeing people be in plays,” admits Theresa Rebeck, whose current play at the Second Stage, The Scene, traces the steep descent of Charlie, a self-destructive, chronically unemployed actor. “I go to other plays and think, Where’s the desperation?” Rebeck is only […]

Allegedly during the 1970s in France there was a movie critic who never actually saw the films he reviewed. He waited until all his colleagues had written their reviews. Knowing their personalities, their tastes, and-this being France in the ’70s-their theories, he wrote a review based on what those who had seen it had said […]

“In every way with this show, we’re in some kind of hybrid territory,” Tom Hulce said, sitting in a balcony of the Eugene O’Neill Theatre a few weeks before the opening of Spring Awakening. “We’re definitely not Broadway as usual—we’re in some kind of exciting middle ground.” Hulce might as well be speaking about his […]

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It seems that Nilaja Sun’s work is never done. After spending many of her days as a teaching artist, bringing theatre arts to under-served public schools in the New York area, at night she goes to perform her self-penned solo show, No Child… And though the well-reviewed show keeps drawing enthusiastic audiences to the Barrow […]

When Bronx high school teacher Erica Vargas stood up as the final speaker at the June 2006 Open Doors graduation, she embodied the program’s mission in a very personal way, and brought tears to the eyes of all who knew her as one of Wendy Wasserstein’s first Open Doors students. In 1998, Erica was one […]

Wheelchair access for theatregoers with mobility loss has been on a fast track since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. But for the 30 million Americans who are deaf or hard of hearing, the “ramp” to full theatrical access has been open captioning. Using a text display to provide a […]

It ain’ t till it’s over, of course, so we’ll keep an eye out for announcements, closings and other updates. For now, ladies and gentleman, this is Broadway’s class of 2006-2007: old, new, borrowed, and blue.