Linda Winer
Winer is chief theater critic and arts columnist for Newsday, which she joined in 1987.
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Linda Winer 6/14/13 Is it curtains for the stage curtain?
After all the humble winners, brave losers and exclamations of theater love at last Sunday's ... Read more »
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Theater 6/11/13 '3 Kinds of Exile' review: John Guare
After all these decades, we still never know where John Guare and his restless, altogether ... Read more »
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Theater 6/11/13 'Reasons to Be Happy': A different LaBute
When Neil LaBute names a play "Reasons to Be Happy," one has to ask, "Hey, ... Read more »
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Theater 6/10/13 '3 Kinds of Exile': Intriguing Guare
After all these decades, we still never know where John Guare and his restless, altogether ... Read more »
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Theater 6/7/13 Why is it hard making Tony Award choices?
I just finished filling out my ballot for Sunday's 67th Tony Awards. This was really ... Read more »
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Theater 6/6/13 'Somewhere Fun': Not so much
In 2008, Jenny Schwartz arrived, as if fully formed, on the must-see list of gifted ... Read more »
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Travel 6/6/13 NYC Weekend Picks: Shakespeare in the Park, more
Our picks for things to do in the city this weekend. ... Read more »
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Theater 6/5/13 'Songtag Reborn": Philosopher grows
It is strange and a little thrilling to think about Susan Sontag as a 15-year-old ... Read more »
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Theater 6/3/13 'Far From Heaven': Far from great
So many people do so much serious work in "Far From Heaven," the much-anticipated musical ... Read more »
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Theater 5/31/13 Why did stars lack luster this season?
The Broadway League announced this week that attendance went down 6.2 percent this season, to ... Read more »
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Theater 5/31/13 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle': Ah, Christopher Lloyd
'Terrible is the temptation to do good," softly growls the mysterious narrator played by the ... Read more »
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Travel 5/30/13 NYC Weekend Picks: Brooklyn Film Fest opens
The opening-night movie of the Brooklyn Film Festival, "Hairbrained," stars Brendan Fraser and Alex Wolff ... Read more »
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Theater 5/24/13 Summer theater preview: 14 shows to see
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (in previews, opens Thursday). The increasingly essential Classic Stage Company, 136 ... Read more »
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Theater 5/20/13 'Master Builder': Turturro an uneasy match
The last time John Turturro came to play in Brooklyn, he was at his most ... Read more »
