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Ben Brantley

The cast of 'Indecent' poses with Oprah Winfrey.

Paula Vogel’s ‘Indecent’ Isn’t Closing on Broadway This Weekend After All

Producer Daryl Roth said Paula Vogel's drama, which won two Tony Awards, will stay open for six weeks thanks to an outpouring of support.
By John Bonazzo
Paula Vogel at the Tony Awards. Her play 'Indecent' is getting a new lease on life.

Pulitzer Prize Winners Tweet: Bad Reviews from the NY Times Doom Female-Written Plays

Vogel tweeted that lukewarm reviews from Ben Brantley doomed her play Indecent and Lynn Nottage's Sweat, which are both closing June 25.
By John Bonazzo
Tom Melcher, founder and CEO of Show-Score.

Show-Score Is the Website Theater Fans Have Been Waiting For

With the Tony Awards on the horizon, Tom Melcher's site wants to be the Rotten Tomatoes of Broadway.
By John Bonazzo
A new study by neurologist Dr. Lucy Brown states that having one's heart broken has the same effect as trying to quit a drug.

Breakup Brain: Getting Over a Lost Lover is Like Quitting Drugs, Says Neuroscientist

By John Bonazzo
Billy Magnussen keeps his shirt on. (Photo by Joan Markus)

Going Beyond Ab Fab: Off-Broadway Dreamboat Billy Magnussen Shares His Sensitive Side

By Drew Grant

Ben Brantley Doesn’t Think ‘Little Bitch’ Qualifies as Libel

By Matthew Kassel

The Puns of 'Mormon': Reviewers Become Laugher-Day Saints

By Daniel D'Addario

Enron to Close Sunday

By Molly Fischer

Tony Nominees Announced, Greeted With Apathy

By Molly Fischer

Burstyn, Brantley to be Honored at Theatre Museum Awards

By Gillian Reagan

Brantley on Pygmalion: A ‘Misfired Revival’

By Gillian Reagan

The Good, the Bad and The Foot-in-Mouth

By John Heilpern

Drum Roll, Please … Announcing The 2002 Heilpern Awards

By John Heilpern

No Friction in Contact , Despite Sex on a Swing

By John Heilpern
Bernadette Peters, August 17, 2006 (Scott Rudd/ ©Patrick McMullan)

Bang-Bang! Annie Gets Her Critics!

By Andrew Goldman
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