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  • Time Warp

    By on May 14, 2003

    Elliott Green needs his morning coffee breaks. Ritualistic, (''Sip, bite, read...something about Madonna '') they're all he likes about his job as an admin assistant...

  • Family Ties

    By on May 7, 2003

    Skillful direction and an able cast help elevate The F Word to a status it might not otherwise deserve Full disclosure: the day I attended...

  • Gay for Play

    By on April 30, 2003

    In 1948, eighteen-year-old Minnesota farmboys Gil and Ray are engaged in a passionate, secret love affair. But their relationship is exposed, and they face tough...

  • Wilde Kingdom

    By on April 16, 2003

    The young Synetic Theater over-tinkers with a biblical tale of depraved passion   Salomé Femme fatale: Irina Tsikurishvili (Photo by Stan Barouh) The buzz on Synetic...

  • Not to Bee

    By on April 16, 2003

    The preciousness quotient runs pretty high throughout a metaphor-laden tale of an invisible gay man  Odd couple: Lee and Jackson Photo: Edu. Bernadino The fanciful...

  • Third Time Around

    By on April 16, 2003

    Rick Hammerly ''And the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Resident Musical goes to...Rick Hammerly.'' If those words are spoken from the podium at...

  • Spooky Sondheim

    By on April 9, 2003

    At Signature, a ravishingly sad and dark world where past and present collide, and regret hangs thick in the air Time travelers: Gartshore, Olivera, MacLaughlin...

  • Questions We'd Never Ask a Real Lady

    By on April 9, 2003

    This Saturday, April 12, the sensational Varla Jean Merman will present her latest show, I've Got the Music in Me, at the Carnegie Institute, 1530...

  • Reality Bites

    By on April 2, 2003

    You can confront a troubling world, or make jubilant musical escapes from it -- all are fine options. He's the Man: Goodwin Playwright Edward Albee's...

  • Nifty History

    By on March 26, 2003

    A Revolutionary musical shines at Ford's -- a much better bet than WSC's disjointed Henry V Freedom fighters: GrahamRowat, Huddleston and ClealePhoto by Stan Barouh...

  • Career Move

    By on March 26, 2003

    The logic goes something like this: Gay men love theatre, and gay men love porn, so if you take gay-porn stars and put them on...

  • Nothing to Fear

    By on March 19, 2003

    Jim Grimsley's purported ''thriller'' doesn't -- you'll do better going for laughs while Busch's Tale is still in town Domestic disturbance:Glover and Gordon Photo: Trumpet...

  • Allergy Prone

    By on March 12, 2003

    Charles Busch's well-honed comedy of Manhattan socialites plays like a fine Jewish whine Actor-playwright Charles Busch -- sans his actor hat in this case --...

  • Get Happy

    By on March 12, 2003

    A New York setting of yesteryear makes for a welcome comedic escape Dames at Sea is a confection of a musical -- nothing more than...

  • Dual Disappointment

    By on March 5, 2003

    Neither Arena Stage nor Woolly Mammoth & Theater J can salvage new works that need more time on the drawing board Costumed crusader: Mudge (Photo...