December 27

Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
James and the Giant Peach

Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Mezzulah, 1946

December 23

Regional Reviews: Seattle
The Color Purple

December 21

Off Broadway Reviews
The Cripple of Inishmaan

Regional Reviews: Connecticut
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
Smokey Joe's Cafe

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Cupid and Psyche
Christmas Show Round-up
A Year With Frog and Toad

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Craig Jessup Sings Noel Coward
Long Story Short
Mame

December 19

Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
1,000 Homosexuals
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridge)

The Siegel Column
Pal Joey, Catch-22 and Back Back Back

December 18

Broadway Reviews
Pal Joey

Regional Reviews: Chicago
The Seafarer

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Les Miserables

December 17

Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
25 Questions For a Jewish Mother

December 15

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
Little Women, the Musical

The Siegel Column
Liza's At the Palace, Road Show and Shrek

Sound Advice
Norm Lewis, Natalie Toro and Marieann Meringolo

December 14

Broadway Reviews
Shrek

Regional Reviews: Chicago
The Brothers Karamazov

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Blackbird
Next to Normal

December 11

Regional Reviews: Connecticut
Legally Blonde

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Arabian Nights
Ben Franklin in Paris
Dame Edna Live and Intimate in her First Last Tour

Regional Reviews: Seattle
Fruitcake with Jennifer Holliday
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
You Can't Take It With You

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Twelfth Night

Sound Advice
Carols For a Cure, Picture Incomplete and Broadway Unplugged 4

December 10

Off Broadway Reviews
Too Much Memory

Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Gutenburg! The Musical!
Slueth

December 9

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
Die! Mommie! Die!

Off Broadway Reviews
A Prayer For My Enemy

December 8

Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
It's a Wonderful Life! A Live Radio Play

December 7

Regional Reviews: Connecticut
A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration

Off Broadway Reviews
Home

December 6

Regional Reviews: Chicago
Grey Gardens

Regional Reviews: Connecticut
The Seafarer

Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
Frost/Nixon

December 5

Sound Advice
Liza Minnelli, 13, Zorro and Laura Wolfe

December 4

Broadway Reviews
Liza's at the Palace

December 3

Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
The Night Before Christmas

Regional Reviews: San Diego
Xanadu

December 2

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
As Bees In Honey Drown
Here's to the Ladies
The Seafarer

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Peter Pan

December 1

Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant

Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

November 30

Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
A Raisin in the Sun

November 29

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Southern Comforts

Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
The Lady With All the Answers

November 26

On the Scene
Road Show Opening Night

Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
Gem of the Ocean

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Mauritius
The Seafare

The Two of Clubs
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Chita Rivera and Steve Tyrell

November 25

Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Regional Reviews: Ft. Worth
A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant

Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
dark plays or stories for boys

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Evie's Waltz
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Rita Moreno

Regional Interviews: Seattle
Interview with Jennifer Holliday

November 24

Off Broadway Reviews
Geometry of Fire

Regional Reviews: Chicago
Dublin Carol
Porgy and Bess

The Siegel Column
White Christmas, On the Town and My Vaudeville Man

November 23

Broadway Reviews
White Christmas

Off Broadway Reviews
Taking Over

November 21

Off Broadway Reviews
On the Town

Sound Advice
Patti LuPone, Philip Chaffin, The Marvelous Wonderettes and KU Jazz

November 20

Broadway Reviews
Dividing the Estate

November 19

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Heartbreak House

Regional Reviews: Seattle
Beauty and the Beast

November 18

Off Broadway Reviews
Back Back Back
Road Show

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
A Perfect Ganesh

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Grey Gardens

What's New on the Rialto
Interview with Alma Cuervo

November 17

Broadway Reviews
American Buffalo

Off Broadway Reviews
My Vaudeville Man
Wintuk

Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
Miracle on 34th Street

Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
Hairspray
Rock Doves

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
100 Years of Queer Theatre
The Devil's Disciple
Stephen Schwartz and Friends

November 15

Off Broadway Reviews
2008 Radio City Christmas Spectacular

November 14

Sound Advice
Barbara Cook, Teri Ralston and Helen Marcovicci

November 13

Broadway Reviews
Billy Elliot: The Musical

Off Broadway Reviews
Twelfth Night

Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
The Wizard of Oz

Regional Reviews: Minneapolis
1001
Animal Farm
Shadowlands
Wicked

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
High School Musical
It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues

November 12

Off Broadway Reviews
Farragut North
Shogun Macbeth

Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
Long Story Short

Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Big River

November 11

Off Broadway Reviews
Sleepwalk With Me
Streamers

Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Blackbird

November 10

Off Broadway Reviews
Saturn Returns

Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
Long Story Short

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
The Little Dog Laughed
Oleanna

November 9

Off Broadway Reviews
Mindgame

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Girl Crazy
Russian on the Side
The Quality of Life

Regional Reviews: Seattle
The Drowsy Chaperone

November 7

On the Scene
Opening Night at If You See Something Say Something

Regional Reviews: Connecticut
Happy Now?

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
The Summer House

Regional Reviews: San Diego
A Class Act

Sound Advice
Marguerite, Frankenstein and The Hatpin

November 6

Off Broadway Reviews
Mouth to Mouth

On the Scene
Opening Night at All My Sons
Opening Night at The Seagull

November 5

Regional Reviews: Chicago
The Thugs

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
You Miss Them When They're Not Around

Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Dirty Business
Zero Hour

November 4

Off Broadway Reviews
Missa Solemnis or The Play About Henry

November 3

Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
Spring Awakening

November 2

Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
Once On This Island

Regional Reviews: Connecticut
Resurrection

Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
Unusual Acts of Devotion

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Andrea Marcovicci
The Rocky Horror Show
Russ Lorenson

What's New on the Rialto
Interview with Carolyn McCormick of Equus

October 30

Regional Reviews: Seattle
Becky's New Car
The Three Musketeers

October 29

Off Broadway Reviews
The Grand Inquisitor
The Language of Trees

Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Defiance

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Apple
Talley's Folly

October 28

Off Broadway Reviews
Romantic Poetry

October 27

Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
Hairspray

October 26

Off Broadway Reviews
Love Child

Regional Reviews: Seattle
Annie Warbucks

October 25

Regional Reviews: Chicago
Dirty Dancing

October 24

Off Broadway Reviews
Illyria

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
K of D: an urban legend
Radio Golf
Vera Wilde

Sound Advice
Fred & Ethel, Laura Wolfe, Mister Rogers Swings!

The Two of Clubs
Lynda Carter, Jeff Harnar, Yvonne Constant

October 23

Broadway Reviews
Speed-the-Plow

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Romeo and Juliet

Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
Gee's Bend

Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Makeover

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
1 Henry IV

October 22

Off Broadway
Capture Now

Regional Reviews: Minneapolis
The Caretaker
Macbeth
Twelfth Night

October 20

Off Broadway Reviews
Boy's Life

October 19

Off Broadway Reviews
The Fourposter

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
A Laughing Matter

October 17

Sound Advice
Michael Feinstein's Sinatra Project and A.J. Teshin's Kurt Weill Project

October 16

Broadway Reviews
All My Sons

Off Broadway Reviews
Rock of Ages

On the Scene
A Man For All Seasons

Regional Reviews: Connecticut
Hughie

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Fair and Decent

Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
Radio Golf

October 15

Off Broadway Reviews
Clay

On the Scene
Pal Joey
White Christmas

Regional Reviews: Chicago
Amelia Earhart: Jungle Princess

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
The Way of the World

October 14

Broadway Reviews
To Be Or Not o Be

Off Broadway Reviews
A Body of Water

Regional Reviews: Connecticut
Of Mice and Men

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Rising Water
The Toxic Avenger

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
History Boys
Frankie and Johnny
Shining City

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
Emma

Regional Reviews: St. Paul
Tyrone and Ralph

Talkin' Broadway Theatre 2008 Festival Citations

October 13

Off Broadway Reviews
Kindness

October 12

Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Broadway's Legendary Ladies
The Chairs
Killer Joe

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Altar Boyz
Citizen Josh

October 11

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Art

October 8

Book Review
What We Do: Working in the Theatre

Regional Reviews: San Diego
Tobacco Road

Regional Reviews: Seattle
The Night Watcher

October 7

Broadway Reviews
A Man For All Seasons

October 6

Regional Reviews: Chicago
Turn of the Century

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
The Lost World
War of the Worlds

The Siegel Column
13 and The Seagull

October 5

Broadway Reviews
13 The Musical

On the Scene
Opening Night at Equus

Regional Reviews: Dallas
The Color Purple

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Defying Gravity
Transit of Venus

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
A Bronx Tale
Irma La Douce
Rock 'n' Roll

Regional Reviews: San Diego
Nine

October 3

Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara
This Beautiful City

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
The Underpants

October 2

Broadway Reviews
The Seagull

Sound Advice
Christiane Noll, Lua Hadar and Oh, My Godmother!

October 1

Off Broadway Reviews
Fifty Words
Wig Out

Regional Reviews: Atlanta
Les Miserables
Big River

Regional Reviews: Connecticut & Vicinity
The Canterville Ghost

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
The Colored Museum

The Siegel Column
Fault Lines, The Marvelous Wonderettes

September 29

Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
The World Goes Round

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

September 28

Off Broadway Reviews: NYMF
Villa Diodati

September 27

Off Broadway Reviews: NYMF
The Bubble
To Paint the Earth
Twilight in Machego

September 25

Broadway Reviews
Equus

Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
The Sisters Rosensweig
A View From the Bridge

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Oklahoma!

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Much Ado About Nothing
Spring Awakening
Yellowjackets

The Siegel Column
Suspicious Package, Irena's Vow and
Hattie ... What I Need You to Know

September 24

Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul
A Life in the Theater
Madeline and the Gypsies

The Two of Clubs
Betty Buckley, Ashford & Simpson, Nikki Blonsky and Martin Geiger

September 23

Off Broadway Reviews: NYMF
Bedbugs!!!
Max & The Truffle Pig

Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
Reefer Madness

Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
9 to 5

September 22

Off Broadway Reviews: NYMF
Bonnie & Clyde: A Folktale

Off Broadway Reviews
Small Craft Warnings

Regional Reviews: Chicago
Candide

Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
Candide

September 21

Off Broadway Reviews: NYMF
About Face
The Hatpin
Heaven In Your Pocket
Love Jerry

Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
The Full Monty

September 19

The Siegel Column
Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab
A Number
A Tale of Two Cities

Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
Grey Gardens

Regional Reviews: Minneapolis
Old Wicked Songs
Peter Pan
Vinegar Tom

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
A Streetcar Named Desire
Poetic License

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
The Best Man
The Foreigner
More Stories by Tobias Wolff

Sound Advice
Jessica Molaskey, John Pizzarelli and John-Eric Booth

September 18

Broadway Reviews
A Tale of Two Cities

Off Broadway Reviews
Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab
The Tempest

September 17

Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
An Italian Straw Hat: A Vaudeville

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
Hair

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Romeo and Juliet

September 16

Off Broadway Reviews
Three Changes

Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
State Fair

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Dr. Cook's Garden

September 15

Off Broadway Reviews
Beast

Regional Reviews: Dallas
West Side Story

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Herringbone

The Siegel Column
Lady and What's That Smell: The Music of Jacob Sterling

September 14

Off Broadway Review
The Marvelous Wonderettes

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
The Music Man

September 13

Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
Vanities

September 12

Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
Anthony Rapp's Without You

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Friends are Forever
I Feel a Thong Coming On!
The Will Rogers Follies

Regional Reviews: Seattle
Shrek: The Musical

September 11

Broadway Reviews Revisited
Spring Awakening

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Garden of Earthly Delights
Rabbit Hole

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
The Road to Mecca

Sound Advice
Gypsy and Shaynee Rainbolt

The Two of Clubs
John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey at the Cafe Carlyle and Jack Jones at the Oak Room

September 10

Off Broadway Reviews: Musicals in Mufti
Enter Laughing

Off Broadway Reviews
Southern Promises
What's That Smell?: The Music of Jacob Sterling

September 9

Regional Reviews: Dallas
The Who's Tommy

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
Frost/Nixon

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Wishful Drinking

September 8

Off Broadway Reviews
Lady

Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
Emma

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Ace

Regional Interviews: Seattle
John Tartaglia of Shrek

The Siegel Column
Fela!, The First Breeze of Summer

September 6

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Resurrection

September 5

Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
Once On This Island

Regional Reviews: Seattle
Intimate Exchanges
The Little Dog Laughed

September 4

Off Broadway Reviews
Fela!

The Siegel Column
Ain't Misbehavin', Elizabeth Rex, Noon Day Sun and more

September 3

Regional Reviews: Connecticut
No Child

The Two of Clubs
The Sinatra Project, Andrea McArdle and Tom Wopat

September 2

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
2Boys.tv
Grey Gardens
Little Shop of Horrors

September 1

Off Broadway Reviews: FringeNYC Encore Series
Monsters in the Wood
The Redheaded Man

August 31

Off Broadway Reviews: FringeNYC Encore Series
The Complete Performer
The Boy in the Basement

August 29

Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
As U2 Like It

August 27

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
Grace

Regional Reviews: St. Paul
Fences

August 26

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Maria/Stuart

August 25

Regional Reviews: Chicago
Love in the Middle Ages

The Siegel Column
Give 'Em Hell, Harry!, Dog Day Afternoon and Summer Shorts 2

August 24

On the Scene
All Singin' All Dancin' at Town Hall

August 23

Off Broadway Reviews: New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC
Paper Dolls
Reasonable Doubt

August 22

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Bad Habits
Idols in Concert
Uncle Vanya

August 21

Off Broadway Reviews
The First Breeze of Summer

August 20

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
King Lear

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Rabbit Hole

The Siegel Column
The Spiegeltent and The Fringe

August 19

Off Broadway Reviews: New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC
R U Prime?

August 18

Off Broadway Reviews: New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC
The Alice Complex
That Dorothy Parker

Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St.. Paul
Little House on the Prairie
Swing!

August 17

Off Broadway Reviews
Désir

Off Broadway Reviews: New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC
@lice in www.onderland:
The Grecian Formula
Green Eyes
Untitled Masterpiece

Regional Reviews: Connecticut
Half a Sixpence
Home

August 16

Off Broadway Reviews: New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC
Fluency
Johnny Law

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Private Lives

Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
West Side Story

August 15

Off Broadway Reviews New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC
The Naked Elephant in the Middle of the Room
Tim Gunn's Podcast

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Amadeus
Connie Champagne Sings the Dusty Springfield Songbook
The Pajama Game

August 14

The Two of Clubs
Hilary Kole, Scott Barbarino & the Bev-Naps

August 12

Off Broadway Reviews: New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC
On Insomnia and Midnight
We Three

August 11

Off Broadway Reviews: New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC
American 20XX
Becoming Britney
The Johnny
Perez Hilton Saves the Universe

The Siegel Column
Hair, Return to August: Osage County and
What to Do When You Hate All Your Friends

August 10

Off Broadway Reviews
Absinthe

Off Broadway Reviews: New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC
Gem! A Truly Outrageous Parody!
Love Is Dead: A NecRomantic Musical Comedy

August 9

Off Broadway Reviews: New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC
The "Gay No More" Telethon
Nudists in Love

August 8

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
The Drowsy Chaperone
A New Brain
What You Will

August 7

Off Broadway Reviews
Hair

Sound Advice
Pamela Luss, Yvonne Roome and Don Discenza

August 6

Regional Reviews: Dallas
Nine

August 5

Off Broadway Reviews
Buffalo Gal

Regional Reviews: Berkshire Theatre Festival
A Man For All Seasons

Regional Reviews: Seattle
Eartha Kitt

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
Rooms: A Rock Romance

August 4

Off Broadway Reviews
Animals Out of Paper

The Siegel Column
Damn Yankees, [title of show] and Kicking a Dead Horse

The Two of Clubs
Summertime in the City Clubs

August 2

Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
Annie Get Your Gun July 30

Regional Reviews: Dallas
Dream a Little Dream

July 29

On the Scene
Damn Yankees Opening Night

Off Broadway Reviews: Midtown Int'l Theatre Festival
Gerald's Method
Hillary and Monica: The Winter of Her Discontent
A Thousand Variations on a Lie Told Once

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Doubt
Thoroughly Modern Millie
The Winter's Tale

July 27

Off Broadway Reviews
Opa!

July 26

Regional Reviews: Dallas
Footloose the Musical

Regional Reviews: Massachusetts
The Violet Hour

July 25

Restaurant Revue
Benjamin Steak House and Toloache

July 24

Book Review
Messiahs of 1933: How American Yiddish Theatre Survived Adversity Through Satire

Off Broadway Reviews
The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks

Regional Reviews: Minneapolis
The Government Inspector
Hedwig & the Angry Inch

Regional Reviews: Seattle
A Streetcar Named Desire

Off Broadway Reviews
Some Americans Abroad

Sound Advice
Sheera Ben-David, Theo Bleckmann, Anna Maria Flechero

July 23

Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
The Miracle Worker

Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
The Titans

July 22

On the Scene
Hair Cast in Concert

Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Dream a Little Dream

July 21

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
Andrea McArdle
A Chorus Line
Roslyn Kind

July 20

Off Broadway Reviews
Around the World in 80 Days

Off Broadway Reviews: Midtown Int'l Theatre Festival
Couldn't Say
Kidnapping Laura Linney

July 19

Off Broadway Reviews
Exit Cuckoo

July 18

Sound Advice
Passing Strange, Craig Pomranz, Sylvia Bennett and BJ Crosby

July 17

Broadway Reviews
[title of show]

July 16

Off Broadway Reviews: Midtown Int'l Theatre Festival
Cherry Hill
Eighty-1

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage
The Little Hours

Regional Reviews: St. Louis
True West

July 15

Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Björn Again - The ABBA Experience
Midlife! The Crisis Musical

July 14

Off Broadway Reviews
Kicking a Dead Horse

Regional Reviews: The Berkshires
The Book Club Play

Regional Reviews: Cincinnati
Jerry Springer: The Opera

July 13

Off Broadway Reviews
The Marriage of Bette and Boo
The Strangerer

Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
Mame

July 10

Off Broadway Reviews
Damn Yankees
East 14

Regional Reviews: New Jersey
King Lear

Regional Reviews: Southern Florida
Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah!

Sound Advice
Songwriter Spotlight

July 9

Off Broadway Reviews
Life in a Marital Institution

July 7

Regional Reviews: Massachusetts
The Ladies Man

July 6

Regional Reviews: San Francisco
The Busy World in Hushed
Snapshots
Tuna Does Vegas

July 3

The Siegel Column
Cirque, Bash'd, Palace of the End and reasons to be pretty

Sound Advice
Annie, Anne and Andrew

July 2

Regional Reviews: Chicago
Superior Donuts

Regional Reviews: Connecticut
Rabbit Hole

Regional Reviews: Pittsburgh
Peter Pan