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June 26, 2006
Long Story Short

A once-banned play about oversexed teens gets a Duncan Sheik makeover.

June 19, 2006
Returning Royalty: Alvin Epstein

Still hard at work at 81, Alvin Epstein—one of the great classical actors of his generation—moved back to New York last year, after decades on the regional-theater circuit. Since then, he’s drawn praise for supporting roles in Chekhov and Beckett, and this week, the Boston Actors Theater’s King Lear transfers here.

June 12, 2006
Samuel Beckett, at 100, deserves better than he gets.

The only truly fitting tribute would be to stage Beckett constantly. As Edward Albee once said, “I am not interested in living in a city where there isn’t a production of Samuel Beckett running.”

June 12, 2006
A Fix-It Manual

This Sunday, CBS airs the 60th annual edition of the perennially ratings-challenged Tony Awards. A few ideas for how to get people to watch the damn thing.

June 12, 2006
Straight Player: Eric McCormack

Q&A with the Will & Grace star on his new life Off Broadway.

June 5, 2006
Sleeper Hit Man

The unlikely star of ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ has a thing for cool cell phones—but no other bad-celebrity traits.

May 22, 2006
Beware the Undulating Curve of (Tony Season) Shifting Expectations!

Our Tony Season buzz and backlash report.

May 22, 2006
Brían F. O’Byrne and the non-luck of the Irish

Brian O’Byrne, who’s just opened to impressive reviews in his first straight-to-Broadway premiere, Conor McPherson’s eerie Shining City, curses easily, but he won’t say the word career: “I think I got lucky.”

May 8, 2006
Seriously, Folks

David Schwimmer’s bid to make you forget about you-know-what.

May 8, 2006
Show and Tell: Margarita Cabrera

Goofy-looking though it may be, Margarita Cabrera’s life-size Hummer H2 is hardly more ridiculous than the vehicle that inspired it.

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