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Red Shirt Entertainment to Host Event for Rwandan Genocide Victims

Red Shirt Entertainment and Foundation Rwanda will host a benefit event on Monday, March 18, at Three Jewels in Manhattan's East Village.

Seattle’s ‘First Date’ Headed to B’way

Previews for the new musical, currently enjoying its world premiere in Seattle, are scheduled to start July 9, with an opening date of Aug. 4.

'The Real (Desperate) Housewives of Columbia County Musical' Delights

“The Real (Desperate) Housewives of Columbia County Musical,” a musical satire from Taconic Stage Company on Bravo’s popular reality shows, is a fun, fizzy, and fast cocktail.

Entertaining ‘Ann’ Brings Holland Taylor Back to Broadway After 30 Years

Author-actor Holland Taylor has found the role of her career in “Ann,” a solo show about former Texas governor Ann Richards, on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.

'Pocahontas, and/or America' Eventually Wears Out Its Welcome

“Pocahontas, and/or America,” at the Bushwick Starr, is a charming mess of a show that relies upon a homespun aesthetic to examine the role of Native Americans in popular culture.

Three L.A.-Area High School Students Headed to Broadway

Three finalists have been chosen to represent Southern California in the final rounds of the August Wilson Monologue Competition in New York in May.

Melodramatic 'Success Story' Hasn't Aged Well

Corporate greed is a vital topic, but ReGroup Theatre’s revival of John Howard Lawson’s creaky 1932 play “Success Story” doesn’t find relevance in an immoral businessman’s rise.

'Much Ado' Star Jonathan Cake on Shakespeare and Why Comedy Is Scary

Cake is winning again with his critically-lauded portrayal of Benedick in the Bard's famous battle of wits "Much Ado About Nothing" at Theatre For a New Audience.

‘The North Pool’ Challenges but Doesn’t Break Convention

Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph’s heated two-hander “The North Pool” explores our preconceptions of others in the Vineyard’s well-acted, generally well-paced production.

Matthew Maher Plays a Part Written For Him in Annie Baker's 'The Flick'

Maher is currently starring in the world premiere of Annie Baker's "The Flick" at Playwrights Horizons, which opens March 14, in a part she wrote for him—Sam, an employee at a movie theater in Worcester County, Massachusetts.