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...have one world-class performing troupe. New York has dozens, including the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic, the American Ballet Theater, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and the Manhattan Theater Club. As a showcase for theater, Broadway has few rivals -- unless they are the city's own off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions. Its collection of museums is a gallery in itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Decline Of New York | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

CAMILLE. Charles Ludlam died of AIDS in 1987, but his plays' nutty mix of drag-queen melodrama, camp slapstick and sly deconstruction lives on. His longtime companion and collaborator, Everett Quinton, restages and stars in yet another of them at off-Broadway's Ridiculous Theatrical Company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Sep. 10, 1990 | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

...FANTASTICKS. Three decades after it opened off-Broadway (for 12,000-plus performances and still counting), the boy-meets-girl charmer starts a national tour at Wolf Trap, just outside Washington, in a spruced-up version starring Robert Goulet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Sep. 3, 1990 | 9/3/1990 | See Source »

FOREVER PLAID. Even if you don't remember the bland, white, close-harmony pop groups, the Ed Sullivan Show variety acts and the '50s squeaky-cleanness being sent up in this off-Broadway review, the daffy humor and deft musicianship should prove charming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Jul. 23, 1990 | 7/23/1990 | See Source »

...produced under the plan. To slash costs, Alliance members will work for less money. Actors, for example, will accept a 25% reduction in minimum salaries and receive a share of any profits. The Alliance hopes the markdowns will bring back theater enthusiasts who have been forced to turn to off-Broadway houses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ENTERTAINMENT: Selling Drama At a Discount | 7/16/1990 | See Source »

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