Gerry Goodstein

In Romulus Linney's “Tennessee,” Kristen Lowman and Scott Sowers explore timeless Appalachia, at Ensemble Studio Theater.

Theater Review | Marathon 2011: Series A

From Elegiac Appalachian Hollers to New Terrain

By DAVID ROONEY

This assortment of four new one-acts and one revival features the playwrights Romulus Linney, Ben Rosenthal, J. Holtham, Billy Aronson and Qui Nguyen.

Theater Review | 'I Married Wyatt Earp'

She’s Married to a Gunman and Willing to Sing About It

By KEN JAWOROWSKI

At 59E59 Theaters, a musical about the woman who became the wife of Wyatt Earp.

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Chekhov's Villain Gives an Audience Someone to Root For

By MATT WOLF

"The Cherry Orchard" at the National Theatre in London is deliberately jarring, and a young playwright ventures on "The Acid Test.''

City College to Support New Theater Uptown

By FELICIA R. LEE

Hopes are high that the New Haarlem Arts Theater will boost the school’s theater education program and draw more audiences uptown.

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Stage Resuscitation for Career-Challenged Celebrities

By BEN BRANTLEY

There are plenty of stage roles tailor-made for stars with particular skills and images who are in search of redemption.

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A Return to Acting That’s From the Heart

By PATRICK HEALY

Joe Mantello, a two-time Tony winner for directing, returned to acting for the role that resonates the most with him, Ned Weeks in “The Normal Heart.”

A Hard-Hitting Role That’s Close to Home

By DAVID ROONEY

Bobby Cannavale, who is nominated for a Tony for playing a recovering addict in “The ___________ With the Hat,” brings an unstinting physical, intellectual and emotional commitment to his roles.

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Photos of some of the actor’s past performances in New York.

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News, photos, analysis and more on the nominees for the 65th annual Tony Awards.

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Theater Review | 'As It Is in Heaven'

A Striking, Gentle Portrait of a Shaker Community

By ANITA GATES

The 3 Graces Theater Company offers a rendition of Arlene Hutton’s play, “As It Is in Heaven.”

Music Review

American Songbook as Fountain of Youth

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

At Feinstein’s at Loews Regency, the singer Marilyn Maye, 83, delighted in her long love affair with her audience.

Theater Review | 'Cut'

Cut The play, at Under St. Marks, features Joe Varca and Nicole Beerman, foreground, and Megan Hill.

Behind the Scenes, Action and Angst

By ANDY WEBSTER

The crew behind a reality show try to control their own harried lives in the play “Cut.”

Theater Review | 'The Best Is Yet to Come'

The Best Is Yet to Come Lillias White and Billy Stritch are among the Broadway veterans in this revue celebrating the music of Cy Coleman at the 59E59 Theaters.

Brassy and Bawdy, With Fingers Snapping

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

“The Best Is Yet to Come” is a revue tribute to Cy Coleman, whose songwriting career does not make for easy anthologizing.

Theater Review | 'WTC View'

WTC View, by Brian Sloan, with Nick Lewis, left, and Patrick Edward O'Brien, at 59E59 Theaters.

After 9/11, Changes in a View and in a Life

By ERIC GRODE

In “WTC View,” a Manhattan man’s roommate search is disrupted by history: the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Theater Review | 'Cradle and All'

Greg Keller and Maria Dizzia in the Manhattan Theater Club production of “Cradle and All.”

A Clock Ticking to Incessant Wailing

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

Parenthood is considered from both the hypothetical and actual perspectives in “Cradle and All,” a slight but mostly satisfying comedy by Daniel Goldfarb.

Kids: Life-Changing and Play-Inspiring

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The actress Nina Arianda poses along the East River waterfront on Thursday in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where she lives.

A Storybook Ascent for One Actress

By PATRICIA COHEN

Nina Arianda, nominated for a best actress Tony for “Born Yesterday,” has screeched, pouted and purred her way to roles in film and on Broadway.

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David Mamet Explains His Shift to the Right

By ANDREW GOLDMAN

“I’ve been alienating my public since I was 20 years old.”

The playwright and director Arthur Laurents in 2007.

Laurents Left Book, Play and Plan for ‘Gypsy’ Film

By PATRICK HEALY

Before his death this month, Arthur Laurents gave his blessing to a new film version of “Gypsy,” possibly starring Barbra Streisand, and finished a full-length play and his third memoir.

Many of these shows are currently in previews.