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Review: Not Quite Hollywood

A peek into Australia's seedy cinematic underbelly
Not Quite Hollywood is about the empowerment of a people — through exuberant if excruciatingly cheesy movies.
By BETSY SHERMAN | August 19, 2009

Play by play: April 17, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Theater around town
By CAROLYN CLAY | April 14, 2009

Play by Play: April 10, 2009

Plays A to Z
Plays around town
By CAROLYN CLAY | April 08, 2009

Interview: Dame Edna

Edna sounds off
"People like the fact that I'm not needy. I think it's a very unappealing thing in the theater."
By JIM SULLIVAN | April 08, 2009

Play by play: February 13, 2009

Plays A to Z
A compilation of theater productions in and around Boston
By CAROLYN CLAY | February 11, 2009

Play by Play: February 6, 2009

Plays A through Z
A compilation of theater productions in and around Boston
By CAROLYN CLAY | February 09, 2009

SpeakEasy's The New Century, Cabaret at New Rep

Gay apparel
The New Century , a quartet of related short plays by Paul Rudnick, takes its name from the discount department store Century 21.
By CAROLYN CLAY | January 26, 2009

Year in Theater: Staged right

Changing of the local guard
It's been a Buckingham Palace season on the local rialto.
By CAROLYN CLAY | December 22, 2008

Still crazy after all these years

The Force is with Carrie Fisher in her one-woman show Wishful Drinking
Since Dorothy Parker died, in 1967, Carrie Fisher is probably the most hilarious screwed-up person alive.
By CAROLYN CLAY | October 22, 2008

It's out of this world

The ART hosts Elections & Erections; Trinity does Blithe Spirit
Uys’s new show takes its title from two things that were illegal when the now-63-year-old gay white man was growing up in South Africa: democracy and sex.
By CAROLYN CLAY | April 08, 2008

Farewell to John Hackett

Proof positive that a crusty conservative can be pals with proud liberals
Yes, John Hackett and his generally right-wing, white, and male editorial cohorts at the ’80s-vintage Urinal were regular punching bags at Casa Diablo.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | May 23, 2007

The 100 unsexiest men 2007: 10-1

These guys couldn't turn on a radio
These guys couldn't turn on a radio
By | April 14, 2007

The importance of being Ridiculus

Oscar Wilde at the ART
You wouldn’t think that an effective way into the heart of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest would be to play down the comedy’s slapstick farce, stentorian wit, fast pacing, or romantic heterosexuality.
By ED SIEGEL | January 02, 2007