By Laura Hedli | Apr 30 11:42 pm ET
“If only everyone could afford therapy, the whole world would be healed,” announces Jonathan Groff, who plays an actor-caterer soon-to-be-father, and also plays a closeted homosexual in Craig Lucas’ The Singing Forest. The befuddling three-hour epic transports us from Y2K New York to Nazi-occupied Vienna and back again, but we’re going to need a little more than psychobabble and subtext to support grandiose claims and switches in time.
By Liz Lucero, Lily Cedarbaum, Laura Hedli, and and Kelicia Hollis | Apr 26 11:56 pm ET
In conjunction with Spectator’s “Mind Matters” series, several A&E reporters explored the manner in which mental illness is depicted and examined in entertainment. Famous artists are not exempt from mental illness, and many have recently used their art as not only a means of catharsis, but also as a forum for discussing their illnesses. In the past few months alone, theater and television have addressed depression, bipolar disorder, suicide, ADHD, and the role mental health plays in our society.
By Laura Hedli | Apr 12 10:28 pm ET
The story is a classic, but the distinction is in its telling.
With the use of a single whitewashed door on wheels, Paul Scott Goodman’s Rooms: A Rock Romance cleverly orchestrates each entrance and exit in the lives of two young Scots. The duo comes to New York in search of romance and rock ’n’ roll, and learns a little something about the transience of success and the permanence of love along the way.
By Laura Hedli | Mar 27 12:21 am ET
In the next 830 words, I face an innumerable challenge: holding your attention. My competition: your Blackberry, gchat, YouTube, something cute that just walked by, or maybe the circa ’88 photo of one Barnard alum, Cynthia Nixon. (I never said I was above name dropping.)
By Laura Hedli | Feb 24 09:59 pm ET
“Ogres are like onions,” proclaims Shrek, played by Brian d’Arcy James, “We both have layers.” Not unlike the big green hero, this same depth of character applies to Barnard alumna Jeanine Tesori, BC ’83, composer of the mega-musical that parallels the DreamWorks blockbuster.
By Laura Hedli | Feb 9 11:50 pm ET
“What else does a man live behind besides his name and the stories he tells?” It’s a profound statement indeed for Primary Stages’ otherwise juvenile production, save for the last half hour.
By Laura Hedli | Jan 26 01:25 am ET
Covering her naked body with a loose dressing gown and letting her long, tight braid serpentine down her back, Mary-Louise Parker’s Hedda Gabler is at once a petulant child, a hedonistic bride, and a
By Ruthie Fierberg, Maddy Kloss, Laura Hedli, and Dani Dornfeld | Jan 3 11:31 am ET
Though we have just greeted the New Year, New York theater is starting off 2009 with goodbyes rather than hellos.
By Shane Ferro, Laura Hedli, Kevin Ciok, Julia Halperin, Jennie Rose Halperin, Hillary Busis, and Elizabeth Simins | Dec 8 03:35 am ET
From highbrow art to tacky Christmases to ridiculous press releases, this year's outgoing A&E editors share their top 10 lists of 2008.
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By Laura Hedli | Dec 4 03:21 am ET
“Morningside Heights,” he chuckled. “Is that what they’re calling it in the school brochures?”
