Monday, November 2, 2020
Three British companies reimagine a murder mystery for the virtual stage. Except there’s no stage, and no part of it is live.
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The goal: a comedy about mistaken racial identity inspired by protests over “Miss Saigon.” The result: a backstage farce that never got to opening night.
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In New York, trick-or-treating has been curtailed, and parades called off. But there are plenty of ways to please and spook the little ones.
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An immersive work at the Wild Project asks the sole audience member to consider the value of life while role playing as an office worker involved in calculating risk of death.
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The playwright whips up a virtual ensemble of eccentrics, but his vision feels out of step with the moment.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:24PMA strange year for Broadway, with fewer shows than usual eligible for major awards, has brought up an equally strange, if intriguing, set of nominees
“What?” James Monroe Iglehart said. …
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Two immersive audio pieces, in the form of an automated phone system and a play told as recordings from a grim future, talk about trying and failing to connect with others.
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Radha Blank spent years trying to impress the theater world. Now, her Sundance hit, “The Forty-Year-Old Version,” is proof that dreams don’t expire.
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In a few minutes or a full show, these performers capture heartbreak, fury and laughs. For the words of Samuel Beckett, a disembodied mouth did the trick.
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Coronavirus travel restrictions don’t prevent the mentalist from visiting your head in this hourlong online show.
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If you participate in a sound walk and no one is there to applaud, does it count as theater? Our critic argues that it does. Or at least that it can.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:02PMSix months dark. Thousands of artists out of work. Could this disaster have a surprise ending? Five critics on what must change, onstage and off.
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Announcing stage productions, and timing, has become a matter of wishful thinking, guesswork and experimentation. Case in point: the no-show plan.
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Among the performances you can catch online are a one-woman show about sexual assault and riffs on “Heart of Darkness” and “Rocky.”
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Immersive productions — from a wizardly treasure hunt to tall tales by phone or email — keep a young audience both entertained and active.
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Sifting evidence and debating whodunit with strangers turns out to be an especially successful way for theater to be enjoyed from a laptop.
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When actor training migrated online, our reporter gave herself two weeks to learn as many theater skills — and knife skills — as she could.
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Shakespeare in the Park and other outdoor venues are shut. But for performers and directors, open-air memories are as sharp as the bite of a mosquito.
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The Public’s emotive and effective hour-long play uses actors, including Lorraine Toussaint and Alison Pill, to share powerful testimonials
In mid-March, when New York Cit…
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Immersive theater, timed and ticketed, has arrived in virtual reality. Is this a brave new pixelated world for live performance? Or just another app?
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This new Starz drama is set in a strip club but “pulses with the female gaze,” said the creator, Katori Hall. Its premise is that sex work is as worthy of exploration as any other kind o…
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This Lorraine Hansberry play, set in the 1960s in a fictional African country, speaks incisively to the American present.
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Five were slated to make their Broadway debuts. Now? They’re bunking with family, grappling with unemployment and fighting injustice.
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Moni Yakim has taught movement at Juilliard since 1968. A new film captures his impact on scores of actors. “He’s not a coddler,” says Jessica Chastain.
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Miranda’s rap. Rylance’s poems. Jackman’s pelvis. And a brassy reunion for Bea Arthur and Angela Lansbury. Now set your clock for “Turkey Lurkey Time.”
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With theaters and nightclubs closed, magicians have pivoted to remote performance. Can your screen be a place of enchantment?
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All the world with an internet connection has suddenly become a stage. A lot of those stages have programmed Shakespeare.
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With theaters shuttered, a host of audio dramas and musicals have popped up, and actors are honing a skill: creating characters with just their voices.
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How does a two-and-a-half-hour show become a half-hour online event? Deliberately, haltingly, and with a few technical glitches.
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Richard Nelson’s new play, “What Do We Need to Talk About?” will be performed online, but live, restoring some of theater’s ephemerality.
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