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• Win Tickets to the Holiday Classic Hansel and Gretel at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City

  Engelbert Humperdinck's holiday classic returns to the Met. Win a pair of tickets!

  News by Jon Sobel — on Nov 29, 2009

• Theater Review (NYC): In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play by Sarah Ruhl

  Just a century ago some basic bodily functions were understood very, very, very differently.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Nov 27, 2009

• From the Green Room: Speaking Like Brits

  Why Cockney? An actor's complaint.

  Opinion by Jack Goodstein — on Nov 26, 2009

• Theater Review (NYC): Ragtime

  Triumphant return of a classic American musical, now at the Neil Simon Theatre.

  Review by CindyC — on Nov 26, 2009

• Spotlight on Katherine M. Carter, Director of The Secret Theatre's Upcoming A Midsummer Night's Dream

  The director shares her thoughts on the Queens Company's upcoming production of the Shakespeare favorite.

  Interview by Hannah Marie Ellison — on Nov 23, 2009

• Theater Review (Stratford, CT): The Right Kind of People

  "Everyone's a little bit racist" on this co-op board trying to surround themselves with The Right Kind of People

  Review by CindyC — on Nov 23, 2009

• Theatre Review (LA): Mary Poppins at the Ahmanson Theatre

  The tour of the hit Disney musical comes to town and is thoroughly enchanting.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Nov 21, 2009

• Theatre Review (LA): How The Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss and Jack O'Brien at the Pantages Theatre

  The musical adaptation of Dr. Seuss' classic book steals its way into Los Angelenos' hearts in this delightful production.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Nov 21, 2009

• Theater Review (NYC): THIS by Melissa James Gibson at Playwrights Horizons

  The "annoying" gay friend – hardly the sitcom stereotype.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Nov 18, 2009

• Theatre Review (LA): Fade Out - Fade In by Jule Styne and Comden and Green at the Alex Theatre

  A less-than-great show gets a worthy revival, though no one can be Carol Burnett.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Nov 18, 2009

• Theater Review (NYC): The Importance of Being Earnest at The Counting Squares Theatre - A Beguiling Wilde

  Born in a handbag in Grand Central Station.

  Review by Kate Shea Kennon — on Nov 17, 2009

• Theater Review (Queens, NY): Cyrano de Bergerac

  Daniel Wolfe delivers a tour-de-force performance as the swashbuckling poet in Rostand's masterwork.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Nov 16, 2009

• Theater Review (Queens, NY): Cyrano de Bergerac

  There's little to recommend in The Queens Players' latest production, a disappointingly sluggish revival of Cyrano de Bergerac.

  Review by Hannah Marie Ellison — on Nov 14, 2009

• Theater Review (NYC): Wolves at the Window by Toby Davies (after Saki)

  A malevolent core hums at the center of everything in Saki's ironic, sometimes eerie tales, cleverly adapted here for the stage.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Nov 13, 2009

• Theater Review (Queens, NY): Much Ado About Nothing

  William Shakespeare's comedy classic staged as a reality television show – and it works!

  Review by Kikstad — on Nov 09, 2009

• From the Green Room: Marley and Me

  A Christmas Carol returns and Marley haunts again – played by me, again.

  Opinion by Jack Goodstein — on Nov 09, 2009

• Theater Review (NYC): The Lesser Seductions of History

  The 1960s, A to Z, in one night.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Nov 09, 2009

• Theatre Review (Queens, NY): The Pillowman at the Astoria Performing Arts Center

  It isn't a crime to write a story.

  Review by Kate Shea Kennon — on Nov 09, 2009

• Theater Review (Queens, NY): Much Ado About Nothing

  Reality television invades the world of Shakespeare in Queens Shakespeare's take on the comedy.

  Review by Hannah Marie Ellison — on Nov 07, 2009

• Theatre Review (Ventura, CA): Daddy Long Legs at the Rubicon Theatre

  A new musical by John Caird and Paul Gordon, based on the classic tale, gets a respectable production but has plot and music problems.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Nov 05, 2009