Wednesday, April 23, 2014
At first, “Holy Land” suggests how ordinary people might make sense of life under the duress of armed conflict, but then the story becomes buried in symbolism and violence.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:27PMBelasco theatre, New YorkThe Doogie Howser star dons kinky boots for a revival of the libidinous musical about an East German 'girly boy' rocker In pictures: Hedwig's journey from fringe hit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PMA conversation with Amber Gray about terrifying musicals, biracial identity and playing a difficult scene.
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Belasco theatre, New YorkThe Doogie Howser star dons kinky boots for a revival of the libidinous musical about an East German 'girly boy' rockerPlays based on philosophical symposia don't co…
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Gertrude Stein’s “The World Is Round,” a 1930s children’s book about a girl named Rose, is brought to life by the Ripe Time ensemble at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PM“The Mysteries,” a five-and-a-half hour event at the Flea Theater, uses dozens of actors and writers to condense and perform the Bible.
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“Our God’s Brother,” a 1949 play written by Karol Wojtyla, who became Pope John Paul II, is being revived at the Theater of the Church of Notre Dame.
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Charles Ludlam’s two-actor gothic farce, “The Mystery of Irma Vep: A Penny Dreadful,” is back in a production from Red Bull Theater, directed by one of the play’s original stars.
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“Orlando,” a monologue at the Alexander Kasser Theater based on Virginia Woolf’s 1928 fantasy, is set to music and features striking visual projections.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:48PMSt James theatre, New YorkThis stage adaptation, starring Zach Braff, brings brassy thrusts, American songbook standards and a horde of chorus girls to Woody Allen's comic caper How Woody Al…
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In A Raisin in the Sun, her New York theatre debut, the Hotel Rwanda star likes to keep Denzel Washington guessing neither of them knows what the other will do next, she says A Raisin in th…
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“Greed: A Musical for Our Times,” a revue by Michael Roberts, offers 19 songs about avaricious bankers and crooked chief executives.
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John Jesurun’s absurdist serial about a businessman’s efforts to bilk a wealthy family is back with a new episode after nine years.
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Friday, March 14, 2014
We give our verdict in a first-look review of Sylvester Stallone's classic boxing tale adapted for stage• Forget Rocky: the Sylvester Stallone movies that deserve to be musicalsBoxing is a…
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Schoenfeld theatre, New YorkKelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale sing splendidly in this Broadway musical adaptation of Robert James Waller's novel, but they're let down by the chaste choreograp…
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The playwright Will Eno has two new plays coming to Manhattan: “The Realistic Joneses,” on Broadway, and “The Open House.”
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The British director Carrie Cracknell brings a version of “A Doll’s House” to the Brooklyn Academy of Music that has a 21st-century sensibility while it retains its 19th-century settin…
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On stage, Philip Seymour Hoffman excelled playing characters driven by desire. As a theatre director, he pushed his actors towards abandonAlthough best known for his Oscar-nominated turns in…
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The writer Toni Bentley and the actress Laura Campbell discuss preparations for a solo show based on “The Surrender,” Ms. Bentley’s erotic memoir.
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The director and multimedia-theater pioneer Jay Scheib creates a live cinematic adaptation of Chekhov’s unfinished play.
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True aficionados of inventive theater know exactly where they need to be every January: far Off Broadway.
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Stage heavy Brían F. O'Byrne confronts a "slight" romantic comedy
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Virgil Gadson and Julius Chisolm discuss their dance routine for the jazz revue “After Midnight” on Broadway.
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Friday, October 4, 2013
Women playing male roles in Shakespeare is a time-honored tradition, about to be refreshed in “Julius Caesar,” coming to St. Ann’s Warehouse.
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Some famous examples of actresses who have played important male roles in Shakespeare plays over three centuries.
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The actor Ray Fisher plays Muhammad Ali in Will Power’s “Fetch Clay, Make Man,” at New York Theater Workshop.
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In Daniel Pearle’s debut play with LCT3, young Jake — never shown onstage — has an affinity for dressing like the Little Mermaid, among others female heroines.
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Nell Benjamin, the author of “The Explorers Club,” and Jennifer Westfeldt, who plays the lead role, say their own experiences with male condescension helped them shape the play’s heroi…
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