Twelve Freshest Faces of 2008

Three Dozen Outstanding Performances of 2008

The Year's Twelve Best

Post No Bills
photo: Sandra Coudert Two down-and-out middle-aged men beg for a living in the city along a wall called the Post No Bills, so named for its one painted sign, in Mando Alvarado’s formulaic but absorbing play currently at Rattlestick. As soon as the more shut-down of the two, a on

In The Next Room, or the vibrator play
photo: Joan Marcus Set in the 1880s, Sarah Ruhl’s new play (her first on Broadway, thanks to Lincoln Center) centers on the then-accepted medical practice of using vibrators to cure hysteria. We can’t help a chuckle or two as we watch Dr. Givings (Michael Cerveris)

Quick Q&A: “Love Child”
Love Child is a labor of love for its co-writers and performers Daniel Jenkins and Robert Stanton. —- DANIEL JENKINS How did you and Robert meet and decide to collaborate? It’s a very long friendship of 16 plus years that started a

Giving Thanks
For the last few weeks I’ve been compiling a feature asking some performers what they’re thankful for this Thanksgiving season. It posted this morning at Theatermania. I’d like to give my thanks to everyone who contributed: Kate Baldwin, Kelli Barrett, James Carpinello, Gavin Creel, Hunter Foster, Sutton Foster, Montego Glover, Jason Butler Harner, Marin Ireland, Greg Jbara, Marc Kudisch, Antoinette LaVecchia, Priscilla Lopez, and Julia Stiles.

Ragtime
photo: Joan Marcus Uninspired and unmoving, the new Broadway revival of Ragtime arrives too soon after the original not to invite damning comparisons at nearly every turn. I’ve seen pared-down regional productions of this show that were effective in the interim – even a staged concert