With The Overwhelming, J. T. Rogers has written a political thriller, all too real about Rwanda, circa 1994. Can some horrors be so incomprehensible as to defy human understanding? Sadly, the answer seems to be yes.

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Tony Martin graced the stage at Feinstein's at Loew's Regency and gave a performance ( two, really), that younger performers could only envy. Not bad for a 95-year old.

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Doris Day may respectfully decline to appear in public. But the 83-year old legend has a wonderful substitute in the celebrated cabaret star Mary Cleere Haran. She's paying homage at Feinstein's at Loew's Regency

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The Ritz may be dated, The Ritz may be old news, but The Ritz is still very funny.

Margaret Cho is never one to do things half-way. Her new show, The Sensuous Woman is uproariously funny-guaranteed to offend all those who need to be offended. 'Nuff said.

This is not your father's Misanthrope nor even yours, unless you have a strong grounding in the Moliere classic. If you do, you'll appreciate what director Ivo Van Hove's provocative style has done with the classic.

Who knew stamp collecting could be so exciting? Theresa Rebeck's Mauritius finds several people extremely interested in possessing some stamps from a faraway place

25 years ago, when A.R. Gurney wrote The Dining Room, the customs he portrayed were bordering on quaint. Today, those customs are positively antiquated.

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25 years on, Gerard Alessandrini 's Forbidden Broadway-this version called Rude Awakening- is still popping the bubbles of musicals on the Great White Way. If this incarnation is somewhat tamer, put the blame (for the most part), on the musicals being skewered

Kate Foydor's 100 Saints You Should Know is a well-made, but ultimately,forgettable, drama. That said, there is a moment of theater, that is truly cathartic.