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Washington Post

'Billy Elliot' at Broadway's Imperial Theatre
Billy's gotta dance. And you gotta see him do it.

Washington City Paper

Chilly Reception
Reviewed: Frost/Nixon

Grey Gardens: Edie Disorder
Scaling down a Broadway musical has its perils

Potomac Stages

Review: Dublin Carol

Review: Frost/Nixon

Philadelphia City Paper

The Monster Within
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Philadelphia Weekly

Run Through
Anthony Lawton in The Government Inspector

All the Worlds
The 2008 theater season closes with something for everyone.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

'Goat' director prepares audiences for black comedy with touchy subject
The issue at the heart of the family battle royal in Edward Albee's "The Goat" is shocking -- funny, sure, but intentionally upsetting and even disgusting.

'Interesting Times' is interesting enough
Not only is there substance and interest in "Interesting Times," Jerry Starr's story of a young man finding his way amid the clashing ideals of 1963 America, there's significant (if intermittent) skill in its dramatization.

In the Wings: Pre-turkeyday jump in show openings

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

'The Goat' tests audience's comfort levelsEdward Albee's "The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?" concerns a successful, married, 50-year-old New York architect with a deep secret. This is not a play for everybody. The subject matter is likely to offend or trouble lots of people.

Boston Phoenix

Rock n' Roll moves Huntington
Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll at the Huntington; McPherson's The Seafarer at SpeakEasy

Providence Journal

New director of Trinity’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ promises ‘an explosion of Christmas’
One thing Liesl Tommy recalls from taking part in a Trinity Rep production of A Christmas Carol a decade ago was looking out in the audience and seeing an elderly man dabbing his eyes with a handkerchief as miserly old Ebenezer Scrooge awoke on Christmas morning to realize it was not too late to change his ways

2nd Story’s Miracle Worker is about the broad ideals of two people
The plot’s not the point. It’s merely the messenger: to enlightenment.

Author Carol de Giere to talk at Providence Place
First-time author Carol de Giere will be at Borders Books in the Providence Place mall tonight to talk about her new book, Defying Gravity, which provides readers with a behind-the-scenes look at the creative life of Stephen Schwartz, composer of such Broadway hits as Godspell and Wicked

Providence Phoenix

Review: The Women of Lockerbie
Lockerbie overdoes the melodrama

Review: Oklahoma! deserves the exclamation

Portland Phoenix

Council sinks pier deal, floats arts TIF

Five Women use the power of booze for good
In Five Women Wearing the Same Dress

Orlando Sentinel

Mad Cow's 'Molly Sweeney' brings Irish hamlet alive

Miami Herald Drama Queen Blog

The Carbonell conversation continues
Monday's abrupt announcement by the Carbonell Awards board of directors that it was suspending judging of productions that open in 2009 brought a firestorm of reaction, most of it negative. For a sampling, read and ponder the comments that follow...

Sarasota Herald Tribune

A seasonal treat for the entire family
The holiday arts season is officially under way with this weekend's performances of Gian Carlo Menotti's American opera classic, "Amahl and the Night Visitors," today through Sunday at Manatee Community College

Creative Loafing - Atlanta

Theatrical Outfit takes on the death penalty in A Lesson Before Dying

Creative Loafing - Charlotte

Rabbit Hole takes grieving to an alternate universe (ours)