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‘Collision’ Runs Into Its Own Brick Wall

Lyle Kessler’s new play “Collision,” from the Amoralists at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, starts strongly as a black comedy about American rage but devolves into dank melodrama.

‘Manilow on Broadway’ Brings Vegas to the Great White Way

“Manilow on Broadway,” Barry Manilow’s return to the Main Stem after nearly 25 years, is a Las Vegas–style concert in which the pop star gives his audience exactly what it wants.

'Fuddy Meers' Just Isn't Funny

Long Beach Playhouse has a disaster on its hands with David Lindsay-Abaire’s first play, “Fuddy Meers,” a Christopher Durang–like comedy that stubbornly refuses to come to life.

Alzheimer’s Drama ‘The Outgoing Tide’ Is Affectionately Affecting

Bruce Graham’s “The Outgoing Tide” is a poignant family drama, given an estimable if imperfect production with Michael Learned and Peter Strauss as a long-married couple facing Alzheimer’s.

How to Raise Money for Your School’s Theater Program

Sara Fousekis, the USC School of Dramatic Arts’ new director of development, shares her secrets of successful fundraising.

Cole Porter's ‘Red, Hot and Blue’ Is 'De-Lovely' Until the Music Stops

Musicals Tonight!’s production of an old Cole Porter gem reveals a pristine score sadly saddled with a wordy, witless book. A game cast mines whatever humor can be extracted.

'Ruff' Is a Freewheeling Cabaret of Confessions

Peggy Shaw’s “Ruff,” about her 2011 stroke, part of P.S. 122’s Coil Festival, is playful and moving, a surprising, multidimensional exploration of a uniquely human burden, the mind.

LA Stage Alliance Readies a Community Center

The LA Stage Alliance, a non-profit arts group, is close to fully funding a community center that includes storage space, a lounge with free coffee, and Wi-Fi.

'The Assembled Parties' Weaves a Web of Complicated Relationships

Richard Greenberg’s touching familial comedy-drama “The Assembled Parties,” from Manhattan Theatre Club, starring Judith Light and Jessica Hecht, is written with boundless affection.

Sony Makes Deal to Bring Studio's Movies to Broadway

Sony Pictures inks a new deal to bring its movies, like "Tootsie," to the stage. Can the film industry giant match its own critical and commercial success on Broadway?