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March 9, 1998 | Theater Review
In Brief: The Maiden's Prayer
March 9, 1998 | Theater Review
Schmucks and Queens

"Mizlansky/Zilinsky" is a fun and frisky ride over a lot of potholes.

March 2, 1998 | Theater Review
Super Freak

John Leguizamo's spiky new play is a madcap monologue masquerading as biography.

February 23, 1998 | Theater Review
Raze the Titanic

"Scotland Road" is a chilling mystery that ponders life on an iceberg.

February 23, 1998 | Theater Review
Rapid-Fire and Ice

"Gun-Shy" is a smoking comedy about life after a quirky divorce.

February 16, 1998 | Theater Review
Troubled Waters

In "The Capeman," Paul Simon proves he doesn’t know his salsa from his salsify; the only surprising thing about Mark Ravenhill's "Shopping & Fucking" is the title.

February 2, 1998 | Theater Review
Maple Leaf Rag

Toronto impresario Garth Drabinsky opens his new Broadway palace with "Ragtime" -- a musical based on a novel as American as jazz.

January 26, 1998 | Theater Review
In Brief:
"A Double-Bill" at the Signature Theatre Company
January 26, 1998 | Theater Review
Erotic Asphyxiation

"Goose-Pimples" is a maddening -- if not quite madcap -- sexual farce.

January 26, 1998 | Theater Review
In Brief:
"Benita Canova (Gnostic Eroticism)"