AP - Haven't we been here before? And in much better crafted company?

AP - In the Classic Stage Company's eloquent new production of "The Tempest," a storm at sea creates a brief cacophony of noise, confusion and shouting. The storm tosses a small ship's passengers and crew onto a deceptively peaceful, sandy island, where the sorcerer Prospero and his daughter, Miranda, have watched the proceedings with interest.

Reuters - Finally, a cop show for skeptics.

AP - The final curtain will come down Jan. 15 for the annual musical joy that is "Forbidden Broadway," but this long-running production is exiting on a triumphant note with "Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab," now on view at off-Broadway's 47th Street Theatre.

AP - Wayne Brady, "A Long Time Coming" (Peak Records)

AP - Nicky Silver's "Three Changes" is an unpleasant play about unpleasant people.

AP - Dr. Frankenstein himself could not revive "Igor," an animated comedy about a hunchbacked lab assistant playing at mad scientist.

AP - Taproot, "Our Long Road Home" (Velvet Hammer Music)

AP - "Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland's Glory" (Harper. 432 pages. $35), by Lisa Jardine: In November 1688, Prince William of Orange, the elected leader of the Dutch republic, set sail from the port of Hellevoetsluis in command of a 450-ship invasion fleet bound for England.