Ten Greatest Male Solos
The art of the female solo is simple. 11:00. A bare stage. A soul bared. For the guys, it seems more difficult – for whatever reason. Maybe we don’t associate the medium with the guys, but there’s no denying that the composers this decade gave the […]
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52 of the Aughts: Top Ten(ish) Lists (Week 4)
January 31st, 2010 · No Comments
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52 of the Aughts: Top Ten(ish) Lists
January 6th, 2010 · No Comments
The 2000’s became the decade of shorthand. Texting replaced calling, blogging replaced journals and twitter was the rage. Top ten lists exploded everywhere as a convenient shorthand for what we loved and what we loathed. So here’s yet another way to celebrate the aughts with a collection of top ten lists, starting with….
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Goodbye Love: A Reminiscence
September 7th, 2008 · No Comments
With the history making Broadway run of Rent ending in just a few hours, a group of us answer some questions about its impact.
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Tom’s Ten: Ranking The Best from Stoppard
June 14th, 2008 · No Comments
Tom Stoppard is considered the finest British playwright currently working – a master of language and sheer intellect. Rock N’Roll is his thirteenth work to grace the Broadway stage and has given him his eighth Tony nomination for best play. In celebration of his work, I’ve recently ranked his ten best plays (and […]
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The Last Ten Great American Plays
June 4th, 2008 · No Comments
With August: Osage County, we’ve had critics shouting hosannas that Broadway has a new Great American Play. Of course, epic (aka – long) plays on a (giant) canvas that are successful on Broadway (it’s already earned back it’s capitalization) are rare. Now, to be fair, Off Broadway regularly produces great works that deserve […]
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