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There was abundant talent in Idina Menzel?s performance, but no sign of the kind of oversight that might snap it into focus.

The influence of rap and rock is being felt in a new crop of original cast albums.

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GREAT dance companies essentially remain the same, even as the dancers change. Look no further than New York City Ballet, where George Balanchine’s “Prodigal Son” has been in the repertory since 1950. For the past few years, the title role was…

IN the world of classical bal let, swans and sleeping princesses are common but tigers are not. Yet there one was - a stuffed tiger, carried on a stick - in the first act of Marius Petipa’s masterpiece “La Bayadere,” given its season premiere by…

IS this perfect casting or what? Tony winner Bebe Neuwirth will play Morticia in the upcom ing Broadway musical “The Addams Family.” And the role of Gomez has been offered to . . . Nathan Lane. He hasn’t officially accepted yet, but the buzz…

A new version of ?For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf? is coming to Circle in the Square Theater.

Those familiar with Manhattan gay culture may not find a lot of new ground in ?Bash?d!? But such an audience should be impressed by the passion of the show?s convictions.

Three scalding monologues make up Judith Thompson?s ?Palace of the End,? and three pitch-perfect performers deliver them.

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Minneapolis?s inventive Théâtre de la Jeune Lune is closing its theater and selling off its building to pay off a $1 million debt.

This year?s telecast seemed desperate to erase distinctions between the nominated shows and the (often justly) overlooked, between seasons present and past.