ASUNCION DESCENDING Conventional wisdom in Hollywood says that after you get an Oscar nomination, for the next five years everyone will return your phone calls. It seems Jesse Eisenberg ha…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:47AMLOVE, FONTANA, COMPASSION One of the joys of seeing theatre in New York City Off Broadway is that, every so often, you get to see a special star-of-the-future appear in the firmament and wat…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:51PMIN OVERPRAISE OF YOUNGER PLAYWRIGHTS One approaches Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s Lidless with high expectations. The play has won the prestigious David C. Horn Yale Drama Prize as well as UT …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:35AMNO EXONERATION FOR AFTER For the past decade, Partial Comfort has gained a reputation as one of the leaders in NYC’s downtown theater scene as a producer of new American plays. Instead o…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:53AMTHE WEIGHT OF HIS ELOQUENCE Theatrical gimmicks are often a lot of fun. The 39 Steps delivered them with panache, and Story Theater taught us never to underestimate the range of the audien…
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