Wednesday, June 20, 2018
They portray the title character in this play by Tracy Letts. In a conversation, they talked about their work and the production.
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This Manhattan Theater Club production, written by Donja R. Love and directed by Saheem Ali, is set in the antebellum South.
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Revisiting Rwanda 20 years after the brutal genocide there, two men meet again and fact and fiction are sorted out.
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After last year saw Kevin Spacey making a litany of bad jokes, this year’s celebration of Broadway was a kinder affair with a theme of inclusivity throughoutHas it really only been a year …
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Mallory Catlett’s play, a multimedia meditation on memory and decay, imagines the characters of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” 30 or 40 years later.
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Monday, June 4, 2018
Three stars of the hit Tina Fey musical talk about their real-life high school years: the highs, the lows, the bullies and the bell bottoms.
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Majority rule (mostly). One play per playwright. How we put together the 25 Plays list, and a bid to remember notable writers and favorite works that missed the cut.
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Booth Theater, New YorkA starry cast delights in a glossy new version of the 1968 play that balances sharp wit with uncomfortable observationsSticks and stones will break your bones. Words w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18PMJamie Parker, who portrays the grown-up wizard in Broadway’s “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” repairs to the archery range on his day off.
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The play, created by Rady & Bloom, follows a celebration that goes nowhere, with nothing going according to plan.
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Classic Stage Company, New YorkLast summer, at least three different Uncle Vanyas bestrode New York stages. Recent years have also witnessed fields of cherry orchards, a small flock of seagu…
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Monday, May 14, 2018
The Acting Company’s production, which runs through May 27 at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center, nods to violence and hits the play’s grimmer notes.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018
John Tiffany regularly makes magic on stage, never more than in the Tony-nominated show. But what made him?
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When his work is adapted for the big screen, you’re liable to see everything from kangaroos in love to cutting French cheekbones.
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Lucy Thurber was inspired by two of her students when she wrote “Transfers.” The young men watch the play and then catch up with Ms. Thurber.
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SpongeBob, Mean Girls and Harry Potter lead the way after a record-breaking year but are the big-budget productions hampering original alternatives?A humble sponge is feeling pretty good rig…
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The production of this history play, by the Public Theater’s Mobile Unit, is a provocative choice in a volatile political moment.
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Bernard B Jacobs Theater, New YorkThe Oscar-winner takes lead duties in a revival of Eugene O’Neill’s epic downer and while his star power is as bright as ever, the production has proble…
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In his solo show, Paterson Joseph plays an 18th-century gentleman said to have been the first black Briton to vote.
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Lyric Theater, New YorkJK Rowling’s wildly popular stage show has been brought to life again with audacious production design and crowd-pleasing wonderAnyone who tells you that adolescence…
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Vivian Beaumont Theater, New YorkLauren Ambrose and Harry Hadden-Paton deliver standout performances in a crowd-pleasing new production of the classic taleA splendiferous layer cake with a b…
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Florida students began rehearsing “Spring Awakening” before the Feb. 14 shooting at their high school. They wanted to keep going. The show’s original cast came to support them.
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In “Saint Joan,” Condola Rashad tackles a classic role. But she’s interested in the woman, not the symbol.
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