It's a lucky number 13 nominations for In the Heights, the smash-hit musical about Washington Heights, including two nods for Lin-Manuel Miranda, the show’s 28-year-old creator and star, according to the New York Times. The 2007-2008 Tony Award nominations were announced today by Tony Award winners Sara Ramirez and David Hyde Pierce at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Other musicals competing for the top prize include Cry-Baby, Passing Strange and Xanadu. The 62nd Annual Tony Awards — hosted by Tony and Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg — will be presented on June 15 at Radio City Music Hall.  read more »

It’s a funny old job being a critic. Each week, I confidently—fairly confidently—offer a point of view about a show. Yet if someone asks me personally what show to see, I wish they wouldn’t.

I don’t want to feel responsible if they have a horrible time. Only recently some friends of mine from out of town were planning a Broadway treat for the family and asked what I thought about Spring Awakening. I replied without thinking, “You’ll love it.” Because I did.  read more »