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'Strike Up the Band' Concert Serves Up Gorgeous Gershwin

Musicals Tonight! has fielded a respectable bare-bones rendering of “Strike Up the Band,” with the Gershwin score faring better than George S. Kaufman’s satirical anti-war script.

New York Artios Awards Names 2012 Host and Presenters

Victor Garber will host and Nina Arianda, Cheyenne Jackson, and Cristin Milioti are among the presenters at the CSA’s 28th annual Artios Awards ceremony Oct. 29 in New York City.

'Coney' Is a Welcome Theatrical Tonic

David Johnston’s “Coney,” a lovingly sunny ode to life along the boardwalk and beach of Coney Island, from Blue Coyote Theater Group, casts an overall glow that charms.

Honorary Recipients Announced for 2012 NYIT Awards

Five Lesbian Brothers, the Theatre Development Fund, and Astoria Performing Arts Center will receive honorary awards at this year's New York Innovative Theatre Awards in September.

John Jiler’s Touching Memoir ‘Ripe’ Is Consistently Engaging

Though playwright-performer John Jiler deals provocatively with the subject of death in his one-man play “Ripe,” at Theater for the New City, the show is vibrant with life.

'Build' Focuses on Human Connections

Thomas Sadoski grunges up smartly in Michael Golamco’s predictable—if technologically intriguing—“Build,” a tale of friendship and priorities at the Geffen Playhouse.

Detective Story 'Bodega Bay' Pulls You in Quickly

Elisabeth Karlin’s “Bodega Bay,” at Abingdon Theatre Company, an involving dramedy about a young woman seeking her mother, proves an effective vehicle for Susan Louise O’Connor.

'Talley’s Folly' Dances a Delicate, Enthralling Waltz

The brilliant Danny Burstein and Sarah Paulson are entrancing in “Talley’s Folly,” Lanford Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize–winning 1979 play being revived by Roundabout Theatre Company.

Witty 'Grimly Handsome' Devolves Into Silliness

“Grimly Handsome,” writer-director Julia Jarcho’s elegant jumble of a play, from Incubator Arts Project, is not without its charms but fails to cohere, despite an exceptional cast.

Theresa Rebeck's 'Seminar' Is Unoriginal but Entertaining

In “Seminar,” from Center Theatre Group at the Ahmanson and starring Jeff Goldblum, Theresa Rebeck proves again that she can fashion clichés into an interesting, commercial story.