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  • Devil May Care

    By on January 21, 2010

    Like a cozy vintage clothing store manned by educated young thinkers, The American Century Theater offers a second chance for those less-often noticed American plays...

  • Solo Acts

    By on January 21, 2010

    ''You are teaching me a history I never knew I had.'' These are the words of the character Doug Wright as written by the playwright...

  • A Different World

    By on January 14, 2010

    A funny, provocative and emotionally compelling study of a family rock and what lies under it, Lydia R. Diamond's Stick Fly is engaging and entertaining...

  • Sister Speak

    By on January 14, 2010

    In 2008 Tarell Alvin McCraney's The Brothers Size stomped, beat and snarled its way across the Studio Theatre's stage. It was prose poem brought to...

  • Art and Industry

    By on January 14, 2010

    Ever seen an SUV in an art exhibit? ''He has encased it in hand-welded aluminum,'' says Craig Applebaum referring to Shlomo Harush's use of a...

  • Broken Bones

    By on January 14, 2010

    There's a sweetness to Alice Sebold's 2002 mega-bestseller The Lovely Bones that belies the story of a young girl's brutal rape and killing. That same...

  • Metric System

    By on January 7, 2010

    The year 2009 was pretty ho-hum as far as music went, especially in the mainstream. One overrated artist after another released albums that left us...

  • Hormonal Activity

    By on January 7, 2010

    The average (sex) teenaged boy thinks (sex) about sex (sex) every seven seconds (sex). While this might be an old wives' tale, you wouldn't know...

  • Sleuthing Around

    By on December 24, 2009

    ''Elementary, my dear Watson.'' If you just became indignant about the fact that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never wrote that famous line, you will likely...

  • Golden Girl

    By on December 23, 2009

    ''It's a very fun, fun show about my quest to get my own sitcom, about getting a gay family on TV,'' says comedian Judy Gold...

  • Singular Sensation

    By on December 23, 2009

    Five minutes into A Single Man, fashion designer Tom Ford's directorial debut, you realize you're seeing art. At first it seems to be that highly...

  • Monster Mashed

    By on December 23, 2009

    Grab your torches and sharpen your pitchforks -- a lumbering beast has been brought to life at the Kennedy Center and the sooner he's driven...

  • Gaga Reflex

    By on December 23, 2009

    ''I'm your biggest fan. I'll follow you until you love me,'' Lady Gaga sang on her hit, ''Paparazzi.'' ''I won't stop until that boy is...

  • Screwballing Around

    By on December 17, 2009

    Howard Teichmann and George S. Kaufman's The Solid Gold Cadillac is not a musical, despite that undeniable fact some may well leave Studio Theatre's production...

  • Fairy, Mary

    By on December 17, 2009

    ''Fairy tales never really applied to us,'' says director Jon Moran. ''With the exception of 'Rub-A-Dub-Dub,' didn't have a happily ever after.'' So Moran,...