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A Man of Pinter ... Sings in a Wig

By PATRICK HEALY
Douglas Hodge in the new Broadway revival of “La Cage aux Folles.”
Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

Douglas Hodge in the new Broadway revival of “La Cage aux Folles.”

Douglas Hodge, the British actor known for his work in the dramas of Harold Pinter, plays the drag queen Albin in the new revival of the musical “La Cage aux Folles.”

Sarah Ruhl’s Sunday School Lessons

By CELIA McGEE

Sarah Ruhl’s “Passion Play” has found a New York home at a church in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

On Being an Island in a Sea of Laughs

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

The odd-man-out syndrome leaves its sufferers baffled by plays and movies that others seem to thoroughly enjoy.

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The current cast of 'God of Carnage,' which won the best play Tony last year: from left, Janet McTeer, Jeff Daniels, Lucy Liu and Dylan Baker.

Revisiting ‘Carnage’ and ‘39 Steps’ in New Incarnations

By BEN BRANTLEY

New casts make “God of Carnage” and “Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps” their own.

Theater Review | 'Bloodsong of Love'
Katrina Rose Dideriksen and Eric William Morris in Joe Iconis’s “Bloodsong of Love: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Spaghetti Western.”

Reach for the Song, You No-Good Lousy Varmint!

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

A new musical western by Joe Iconis is equal parts satire and homage to films by the likes of Peckinpah and Leone.

In the Region
Theater Review | New Jersey
PRE-ELVIS When Maia Nkenge Wilson, right, one of the nine performers in “Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller,” sings “Hound Dog,” some lyrics are unfamiliar, because they are the original ones.

A Hit Parade for a Pop-Hungry Set

By ANITA GATES

“Smokey Joe’s Café: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller” is at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn.

Theater Review | Connecticut

In ‘Tom Sawyer,’ Homage to Childhood

By ANITA GATES

A cast of 10 at the Hartford Stage manages to reconnect with the innocence and glory of youth.

Arts Beat

The Week in Culture Pictures, April 16

April 16, 2010

Another Casting Change for Patton Oswalt

April 16, 2010

Theater Prizes Are Awarded

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Drag and Drop Dead Gorgeous

Before and after photos of Douglas Hodge in costume for the Broadway revival of "La Cage aux Folles."

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Denzel Washington and Viola Davis

The actors, who star in the Broadway revival of August Wilson's "Fences," talk about the playwright's legacy and their early days as theater actors.

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Tony Shalhoub, left, and Justin Bartha in the Broadway revival of “Lend Me a Tenor.”

Theater Talkback: Odd-Man-Out Syndrome

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

Everyone's laughing. You're not. Charles Isherwood feels your pain.

Theater Listings: April 16 — 22

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Selective listings from theater critics of The New York Times.

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Theater Review | 'Limonade Tous les Jours'

A May-December Dalliance in Paris, Both Sweet and Tart

By ANITA GATES

“Limonade Tous les Jours” portrays a romantic encounter between a middle-aged man and a younger woman, set — where else? — in Paris.

Theater Review | 'Enjoy'
From left, Steven Boyer, Joseph Midyett (rear), Kira Sternbach and Jessica Almasy in “Enjoy.”

Like, We Are a Lost Generation, You Know

By JASON ZINOMAN

Toshiki Okada’s clever portrait of the employees of a cafe in Japan might as well be set among the hipsters of Williamsburg.

Theater Review | 'Havana Journal, 2004'
“Havana Journal, 2004”: Eduardo Machado’s one-act play, at Theater for the New City, features Juan Javier Cardenas and Crystal Field.

Complicated Emotions, Spurred by a Visit to Cuba

By DANIEL M. GOLD

In Eduardo Machado’s new play, an angry professor rages against the world.

Theater Review | 'Million Dollar Quartet'

Over at Sun Records, Whole Lotta Rock History Goin’ On

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

“Million Dollar Quartet” is a buoyant new jukebox musical about a hallowed day in the history of rock ’n’ roll.

Theater Review | 'The 101 Dalmations Musical'
“The 101 Dalmatians Musical”: Dogs real and otherwise flee the clutches of Cruella De Vil in this show at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.

Roll Over and Beg, Cruella, and Let the Fur Fly

By DAVID ROONEY

While Jerry Zaks’s production of “The 101 Dalmations Musical” is not short on garishly colorful design elements, the show thinks small.

Theater Review | New Jersey
A ROMP Rachel Dratch plays a part-poodle, part-Labrador retriever in “Sylvia,” by A. R. Gurney. She is joined by Kathleen McNenny and Boyd Gaines as her owners, Kate and Greg.

Off the Leash

By NAOMI SIEGEL

Rachel Dratch stars in a new staging of A. R. Gurney’s “Sylvia” at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick.

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Top Grossing Broadway Shows

Week Ending April 11
  1. Wicked, $1,678,013
  2. The Lion King, $1,530,532
  3. Billy Elliot, $1,261,412
  4. The Addams Family, $1,240,377
  5. Mary Poppins, $1,209,406
  6. The Phantom of the Opera, $1,098,352
  7. West Side Story, $1,066,638
  8. Mamma Mia!, $973,906
  9. A Little Night Music, $872,822
  10. Jersey Boys, $871,955
Source: The Broadway League

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