Theater articles

Feature articles

(alphabetical by subject/surname)

• “The Actor as Object of Desire” (1990)
• Adelaide Festival in Australia (1984)
• AIDS Onstage (1987)
• Edward Albee (1992)
• Edward Albee — review of biography by Mel Gussow (1999)
• Edward Albee’s “The Lady from Dubuque” (2007)
• Anne Bogart and “Spring Awakening” (1984)
• “Anything Goes” — 1988 Lincoln Center revival
• “Assassins” — 2004 Broadway revival
• BAM Next Wave Festival (1997)
• BAM Next Wave Festival at 20 (2002)
• Michael Bennett — New York Times interview (1983)
• Black-Eyed Susan (1986)
• Walter Bobbie (1998)
• Philip Bosco (1987)
• Mark Brokaw (1997)
• Robert Brustein (1987)  JUST ADDED!
• Charles Busch and “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife” (2000)
• Liviu Ciulei (1986)
• Kia Corthron and “Force Continuum” (2001)
• Michael Cristofer (1982)
• Willem Dafoe (1987)
• Colleen Dewhurst and “A Seagull” (1985)
• Tom Donaghy and “Boys and Girls” (2002)
• The Drama Dept. (1997)
• Rinde Eckert and “And God Created Great Whales” (2000)
• Scott Elliott (1996)
• Ensemble Studio Theatre (1987)
• Harvey Fierstein (1978) for The Advocate; complete transcript of interview here.
  
• Richard Foreman (1983)
• Richard Foreman on directing Suzan-Lori Parks’ “Venus” (1996)
• Sutton Foster, star of “Thoroughly Modern Millie” (2002)
• Morgan Freeman (1987)
• John Glines (1976)
• Spalding Gray and “India & After (America)” (1980)
• Spalding Gray and “Seven Shots from a Family Album” (1980)
• Spalding Gray and “Swimming to Cambodia” (1984)
• Spalding Gray and “Terrors of Pleasure” (1986)
• Spalding Gray for “Caught in the Act” (1986)
• David Greenspan (2003)
• Ulu Grosbard (1982)
• Jessica Hagedorn and “Dogeaters” (2001)
• Gregory Hines (1986)
• Jack Hofsiss (2000)
  
• Richard Hoover, Broadway set designer (1999)
• Barnard Hughes (1986)
• William Hurt (1986)
• David Henry Hwang and “M. Butterfly” (1988)
• Judith Ivey (1985)
• Karen Kandel and “Peter and Wendy” (2002)
• John Kelly (1999)
• Larry L. King and “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” (1979)
• Harry Kondoleon — Village Voice feature (1982)
• Harry Kondoleon — New York Times feature (2000)
• Arthur Kopit (1984)
• Tony Kushner and “Angels in America” (1993)
• Michael John LaChiusa and “Little Fish” (2003)
• “The Laramie Project” Denver premiere (2000)
• “The Laramie Project” for American Theatre (2000)
• “The Laramie Project” and its ongoing life in schools (2002)
• Robert Lepage, Peter Gabriel, and “Zulu Time” (2001)
• John Lithgow (1986)
• John Lone (1983)
• The Los Angeles Festival 1990 (1990)
• Charles Ludlam (1978)
• Charles Ludlam (1986)
• Baz Luhrmann and “La Boheme” (2002)
• Mabou Mines and “Hajj” (1983)
• Mabou Mines for American Theatre (1984)
• Mabou Mines and “Ecco Porco” (2002)
• David Mamet and “Edmond” (1982)
• Elaine May (1983)
• Michael Mayer (1998)
• Ma-Yi Theater Company (2001)
• Jefferson Mays and “I Am My Own Wife” (2003)
• Des McAnuff (1981)
• Des McAnuff (1985)
• Marion McClinton and “King Hedley II” (2001)
• Mary McDonnell (1983)
• John Cameron Mitchell and “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” (1999)
• “My One and Only” (1983)
• Needcompany and “Morning Song” (1999)
• Needcompany and “King Lear” (2001)
• Michael O’Keefe (1986)
• Jerry Orbach (1986)
• Joseph Papp and the Public Theater (1990)
• Suzan-Lori Parks and “Topdog/Underdog” (2001)
• Robert Patrick (1979)
• Lucian Pintilie‘s production of The Seagull at the Guthrie (1984)
• Playwrights Horizons (1983)
• Amanda Plummer (1983)
• Parker Posey and “Fifth of July” (2003)
• David Rabe (1980)
• David Rasche (1986)
• Corin Redgrave (2002)
• Christopher Reeve (1986)
• Carl Hancock Rux and “Talk” (2002)
• Roy Scheider (1986)
• Paul Schmidt (1995)
• Sarah Schulman and Carson McCullers (2002)
• Second Stage Theater (1982)
• Peter Sellars and “The Inspector General” (1980)
• Peter Sellars (1985)
• Peter Sellars (1991)
• Wallace Shawn’s The Hotel Play (1981)
• Wallace Shawn (1983)
• Wallace Shawn (2008)
• Sam Shepard and the true story of “True West” (1982)
• Sam Shepard interview for American Theater (2004)
• Sam Shepard and The God of Hell (2004)
• Sam Shepard and the Signature Theater season 1996-97 (1997)
• Sam Shepard and theater as biography (1985)
• Sam Shepard conference in Brussels (1994)
• Martin Sherman and “Rose” (2000)
• Squat Theater (1987)
• Steppenwolf Theater Company and “The Caretaker” (1986)
• Patrick Stewart and “The Caretaker” (2003)
• Julie Taymor and “Juan Darien” (1989)
• Twyla Tharp and “Movin’ Out” (2002) feature version
• Twyla Tharp and “Movin’ Out” (2002) Q&A
• Kathleen Tolan and “The Wax” (2001)
• Tommy Tune (1980)
• John Turturro (1986)
• Alfred Uhry and “Last Night at Ballyhoo” (1997)
• Village Voice Playing Around column: Kate Valk and Brace Up!, Martha Clarke and Endangered Species (2/12/91)
• The Vineyard Theatre (1997)
• Christopher Walken (1986)
• George C. White and the O’Neill Playwrights Conference (1982)
• Isiah Whitlock, Jr. and “Four” (2002)
• Oscar Wilde (1996)
• Treat Williams (1986)
• Williamstown Theatre Festival (1996)
• Doric Wilson (1977)
• Lanford Wilson (1982)
• George C. Wolfe — New York magazine profile (1997)
• Robert Woodruff (1986)
• The Wooster Group and “Frank Dell’s The Temptation of St. Anthony” (1990)
• The Wooster Group and “L.S.D.” (1983)
• The Wooster Group and “Route 1 & 9” (1981)
• The Wooster Group and “The Hairy Ape” (1997)
• Jack Wrangler in “T-Shirts” (1980)
• Garland Wright (1987)
• Chay Yew (1999)
• David Zinn (2009)

Reviews

(alphabetical by title)

• The Angel Project (2003)
• Aida (2000)
• All’s Well That Ends Well in Central Park (2011)
• Almost Famous (Bruce Vilanch) (2000)
• The Altruists (2000)
• The Angel Project (2003)
• Angels in America (1991)
• Angels in America (2010)
• An Iliad (2012)
• Arcadia (2011)
• Arias with a Twist (2008)
• Assassins (2004)
• August Moon Festival (1981)
• Baby Universe (2010)
• Bash’d (2008)
• Beebo Brinker Chronicles (2008)
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1979)
• Betrayal (1978)
• Betty’s Summer Vacation (1999)
• Black Girl (1995)
• Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (2010)
• Blue Window (1996)
• Bob (1998)
• The Book of Mormon (2011)
• The Boy from Oz (2003)
• The Brides aka Disrobing the Brides (1981)
• Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk (1996)
• Brooklyn — The Musical (2004)
• Burning (2011)
• Burning Blue (2002)
• Cabaret (1998)
• The Capeman (1998)
• Carson McCullers Talks About Love (2011)
• Charles Busch – A Theatrical Party (1980)
• The Children of Herakles (2003)
• Chinglish (2011)
• A Chorus Line (1979)
• Chris Durang & Dawne (1989)
• The Cider House Rules (1999)
• Closer (1999)
• Company (2007)
• Coriolanus at the Old Globe and the NY Shakespeare Festival (1989)
• Corpus Christi (1998)
• Correct Me If I’m Wrong (Kate Clinton) (1999)
• Culture of Desire (1998)
• Dance of Death (2001)
• Dark Ride (1996)
• The Deer House (2010)
• Design for Living (2001)
• The Diary of a Madman (2010)
• Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land (1979)
• Dispatches (1979)
• The Divine Sister (2010)
• Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth (1979)
• Doonesbury (1983)
• Dream Analysis (1998)
• The Drowsy Chaperone (2006)
• The Dying Gaul (1998)
• Early Plays (2012)
• Edward II (2007)
• End of the World Party (2001)
• Endgame in Boston (1978)
• An Epidog (1996)
• Equus (1975)
• Equus (2008)
• The Eros Trilogy (1999)
• An Evening with Quentin Crisp (1979)
• A Fair Country (1996)
• Fiddler on the Roof (2005)
• Five Flights (2004)
• The Floating Electric Light Bulb (1981)
• Floating Rhoda and the Glue Man (1995)
• Flower Drum Song (2002)
• Floyd Collins (1996)
• Follies (2011)
• for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf (1977)
• The Forest (1988)
• Forever After (1980)
• Four (2001)
• 4000 Miles (2012)
• Frank Dell’s The Temptation of St. Antony (1988 & 1989)
• A Free Man of Color (2010)
• The Full Monty (2000)
• Fully Committed (2000)
• Funnyhouse of a Negro (1995)
• The Garden of Earthly Delights (1984)
• Gatz (2010)
• The Glass Menagerie (2005)
• Glengarry Glen Ross (1984)
• The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (2002)
• Go Back to Where You Are (2011)
• Gob Squad’s Kitchen (You Never Had it So Good) (2012)
• The Great American Backstage Musical (1979)
• Grey Gardens (2006)
• Gypsy (2003)
• Hair (2008)
• Hairspray (2002)
• Hand to God (2012)
• Hazelwood Jr. High (1998)
• Heartless (2012)
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch (1998)
• Henry IV Part I (1981)
• Henry IV Part I at the Kennedy Center (1985)
• The History Boys (2006)
• Homebody/Kabul (2002)
• Hot Keys (1996)
• A House in Bali (2010)
• House/Lights (1999)
• The House of Blue Leaves (2011)
• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1994)
• I Am My Own Wife (2003)
• L’Illusion (1988)
• The Illusion (2011)
• In a Pig’s Valise (1988)
• Insh’allah (Sandra Bernhard) (2002)
• The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures (2011)
• In the Wake (2010)
• Invasion! (2011)
• James Joyce’s “The Dead” (1999)
• Jersey Boys (2006)
• Jerusalem (2011)
• John Gabriel Borkman (2011)
• The Judas Kiss (1998)
• Kilt (2002)
• Kiss Me Kate (1999)
• Knuckle (1981)
• La Bete (2010)
• Landscape of the Body (1977)
• The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1978)
• The Last Session (1998)
• The Last Sunday in June (2003)
• Laugh Whore (2004)
• Legally Blonde (2007)
• LGNY columns with Sarah Schulman (1995)
• A Life in the Theatre (2010)
• The Light in the Piazza (2005)
• Limbo Tales (1980)
• Lips (1999)
• The Little Dog Laughed (2006)
• The Little Foxes (2010)
• Little Ham (2002)
• The Little Mermaid (2008)
• Little Shop of Horrors (2003)
• Lovecraft Festival (2011)
• Love Masters (2011)
• Lypsinka! As I Lay Lip-Synching (2003)
• Macbeth (1998)
• Mamma Mia! (2001)
• A Man of No Importance (2002)
• The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000)
• The Man Who Ate Michael Rockefeller (2010)
• March of the Falsettos (1981)
• Marie and Bruce (2011)
• The Marriage of Maria Braun (2010)
• Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me (2006)
• Master of Ecstasy (1978)
• Me Myself and I (2010)
• Measure for Measure in Central Park (2011)
• The Merchant of Venice (2010)
• Mr. Charles, Currently of Palm Beach (1998)
• Mizlansky/Zilinsky, or schmucks (1998)
• The Model Apartment (1995)
• The Monogamist (1995)
• A Moon for the Misbegotten (2000)
• The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told (1999)
• The Motherfucker with the Hat (2011)
• mouths: a daughter’s geography (1981)
• Mozart Operas at Summerfare directed by Peter Sellars (1989)
• My Left Breast (1995)
• The Mystery of Irma Vep (1998)
• Nayatt School (1979)
• The New Century (2008)
• New York Beat columns from 1984 — January, April 18, April 25
• Newyorkland (2012)
• New York Press columns with Sarah Schulman 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20, 20-27
• Next Time Now (1988)
• Night and Day (1978)
• No One Will Be Immune (one-acts by David Mamet) (1996)
• The Normal Heart (2011)
• North Atlantic (1989)
• Not About Nightingales (1999)
• November (2008)
• Olive and the Bitter Herbs (2011)
• Once (2012)
• Other Desert Cities (2011)
• Other Desert Cities on Broadway (2011)
• Our Lady of 121st Street (2003)
• Our Leading Lady (2007)
• Pacific Overtures (1984)
• The Paris Letter (2005)
• The Patsy and Jonas (2011)
• Patti Lupone on Broadway (1995)
• The Pee-Wee Herman Show (2010)
• Pericles (1983)
• The Play About the Baby (2001)
• Play Yourself (2002)
• Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (2011)
• The Producers (2001)
• Private Lives (2002)
• Puppetry of the Penis (2001)
• Quills (1995)
• Racing Demon (1995)
• Radiant Baby (2003)
• Radio Macbeth (2010)
• Ragtime (1998)
• Raoul (2010)
• Reckless (1988)
• Reckless (2004)
• Rent (1996)
• Reverse Psychology (1980)
• The Ritz (2007)
• The Rocky Horror Show (2000)
• Romance (2005)
• Saved — the Musical (2008)
• The Screens (1989)
• The Seagull directed by Andrei Serban (1980)
• A Second Hand Memory (2004)
• The Select (The Sun Also Rises) (2011)
• Self Torture and Strenuous Exercise (1980)
• 70 Scenes of Halloween (1980)
• Shakespeare’s R&J (1998)
• Shanghai Moon (2003)
• Shopping and Fucking (1998)
• Jack Smith at the Times Square Show (1980)
• Side Show (1997)
• Sleep Deprivation Chamber (1996)
• Sleep No More (2011)
• Small Craft Warnings (2000)
• Snakebit (1999)
• The Sound of Music (1998)
• South Pacific directed by Anne Bogart (1984)
• Spamalot (2005)
• Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark (2011)
• Spinning into Butter (2000)
• Spring Awakening (2006)
• The Stendhal Syndrome (2004)
• Stories from Here (1988)
• Stranger (2000)
• Stupid Kids (1998)
• Suddenly Last Summer in Hartford (1994)
• Summer Shorts (2011)
• Sunspot (1989)
• Sweeney Todd (1989)
• The Summer in Gossensass (1998)
• Take Me Out (2002)
• Teeth ‘n’ Smiles (1979)
• The Tennis Game (1978)
• The Tempest (1995)
• Ten Unknowns (2001)
• Thief River (2001)
• The Time of the Cuckoo (2000)
• Time Stands Still (2010)
• [title of show] (2006)
• Trolls (2005)
• True West (1980)
• T-Shirts (1980)
• Twelfth Night (1998)
• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2005)
• Uncle Bob (2001)
• Uncle Vanya (2012)
• The Uneasy Chair (1998)
• Untitled Feminist Show (2012)
• Valhalla (2004)
• Venus in Fur (2011)
• Vieux Carre (2011)
• The View from a Bridge (1998)
• The Visions of Simone Machard (1983)
• The Threepenny Opera (2006)
• Waiting in the Wings (2000)
• The Walk Across America for Mother Earth (2010)
• War Horse (2011)
• Way of Snow (1980)
• “A Weekend Near Boston” — Boston theater (1983)
• The West Street Gang (1977)
• Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2005)
• Wicked (2003)
• Wit (1998)
• Wit (2012)
• The Women (2001)
• Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (2010)
• World Without End (1989)
• Xanadu (2007)
• Young Frankenstein (2007)
• Zulu Time (2002)