Linda Winer
Winer is chief theater critic and arts columnist for Newsday, which she joined in 1987.
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Theater 5/11/12 Megan Hilty in 'Gentleman Prefer Blondes'
She is not Marilyn, but she plays one on TV. At least, she will play ... Read more »
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Linda Winer 5/10/12 Hear, hear! Incidental music in plays
'A melody is heard, played upon a flute. It is small and fine, telling of ... Read more »
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Celebrities 5/10/12 Tom Hanks plans Broadway debut
Tom Hanks may soon be sleepless in Manhattan. The star is in negotiations to make ... Read more »
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News 5/9/12 From Jonathan Pryce to 'Superman'
'THE CARETAKER' ... Read more »
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Theater 5/7/12 'Sons of the Prophet,' 'Once' win awards
"The Sons of the Prophet," Stephen Karam's dark comedy about a Lebanese-American family, has won ... Read more »
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Theater 5/6/12 Pryce magisterial in Pinter's 'Caretaker'
'The Caretaker" was Harold Pinter's first smash -- the 1960 breakthrough that first identified "Pinteresque" ... Read more »
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Linda Winer 5/3/12 These Tony nominators aren't starstruck
Let no one accuse the Tony nominating committee of being starstruck ratings-hounds. Although most producers ... Read more »
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News 5/2/12 Neurotic romance, Prohibition and 'Fire'
'LONELY, I'M NOT' ... Read more »
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Theater 4/30/12 David Rabe's 'Fire' goes back to the '60s
For much of the '70s and early '80s, New York regularly had a new play ... Read more »
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Theater 4/29/12 Sensual, ingenious 'Midsummer' enchants
The end of the Broadway season came galumphing to a disappointing close in the last ... Read more »
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Theater 4/26/12 'Leap of Faith' requires a major one
Sociocultural theses may be written about the season when Broadway got dead serious about Christianity. ... Read more »
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Theater 4/26/12 'Don't Dress for Dinner': A low farce
If we really must have a resurgence of low farce on Broadway -- and, alas, ... Read more »
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Theater 4/25/12 Superb John Lithgow in 'The Columnist'
There was a time, not so long ago, when reporters pounded on Underwood typewriters, when ... Read more »
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Theater 4/24/12 It is 'Nice Work If You Can Get It'
Call it a Franken-musical, stitched together out of body parts from different shows. But "Nice ... Read more »
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Theater 4/23/12 'Ghost' needs more emotion, not illusions
The ads for "Ghost: The Musical" proclaim "You've never felt anything like this . . ... Read more »
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Theater 4/23/12 Linda Lavin stars in dark family comedy
When "The Lyons" opened at the tiny Vineyard Theatre in the fall, the mystery of ... Read more »
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Theater 4/22/12 Latest 'Streetcar' solid, aggressive effort
Of all the plays currently not begging to be revived in New York, the oft-seen ... Read more »
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Theater 4/19/12 'Clybourne Park': An edgy look at race
If the walls in the modest bungalow in this ever-changing Chicago neighborhood could talk, they ... Read more »
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Theater 4/18/12 'One Man, Two Guvnors' is pure slapstick
There are two directors -- one just for physical comedy -- in "One Man, Two ... Read more »
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Theater 4/15/12 'Peter and the Starcatcher'? Not hooked
The surprise hit Off-Broadway last spring was "Peter and the Starcatcher." At least its success ... Read more »
