a sampler of five of this annual festival's offerings . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:58PMZach Helm's use of Spalding Gray's style turns out to be less than the best form of flattery . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:58PMIn an important and startling way, Geoffrey Rush, David Holman and Neil Armfield have enhanced the original Gogol story as all great adaptations should. . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:58PManother Marathon series concludes this year's offerings
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:01AMGuillermo Calderon and company do so much with a small light at the foot of the tiny stage that one realizes that moving theater can be made anywhere — even on a small, dim stage, behind t…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:12AMEven if you aren't an opera fan, you will become enamored with the spectacle of this full-scale production of painstakingly high quality.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:12AM- Thomas Bradshaw doesn’t shy away from graphic depictions of sex, violence, and depravity and in his new play, Job, such inclinations have met a natural partner. . . . Read More
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:19AMAnyone who has children, or knows children, has heard something like the exchange above. It’s kind of cute, sometimes precious. When grown adults do it. . .not so much, especially when the…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:31PMYou’ll immediately recognize the set of David Adjmi’s 3C as a dead ringer — down to the ubiquitous house plants and rounded wooden door— for the set of the 1970s-1980s television sho…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:14AMA formidable trinity of actors make this production, crisply directed by Christopher Morahan, an absolute must-see.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:51PMAll of Williams’ major themes are here, as is the archetype of the domineering matronly doyenne in the character of “Babe.” .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:19AMDirector J.R. Sullivan has played this O'Neill revival too safely, almost as a museum piece.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:06AMDavid Crabb will abduct you into the world of his unusually decadent yet incisive youth and, happily complicit, you’ll jump in for the joyride
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:30AMAccording to Theatre for a New Audience, this John For play has not seen a New York City production in 30 years, so now's the time to acquaint yourself with the immediate post-Shakespeare li…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:41PMthe chief accomplishment of Young Jean Lee's show, in my mind, was to steal away any body shame or embarrassment, either on the part of the performers or the audience
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:32AMGerard Mannix Flynn's James is a natural, amiable Irish story teller, yet much of his humor is distracting
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:47AMstill a strong and entertaining play executed it in a way that will still appeal to contemporary audiences
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:20AMthe Pearl Theatre has deftly handled Shakespeare’s difficult (and long), history play
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:32AMThe Pearl Theatre’s production masters Ionesco’s mad comedy and sense of fun, while resisting the urge to interpret it or posit its potential meanings
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:16AMtwo plays in site specific setting for 20 viewers at a time only . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:00AMAnyone interested in James Baldwin or the history of the civil rights era should take the time to see this plucky performance
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:09PMone of 3 plays by the invaluable Belarus Theater Company in repertory at LaMama.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:33AMIs this really Shakespeare? Why not judge for yourself and be one of those lucky few to have seen a professional production in many generations. . . .
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