Sunday, December 4, 2016
Jason Bishop’s “Straight Up Magic” and “The Illusionists: Turn of the Century” offer audiences a chance to feel bewitched, bothered and bamboozled.
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The Longacre Theatre, New YorkSluggish songs, a plodding plot and a lack of urgency makes this adaptation of Chazz Palminteri’s yarn of gangsters and forbidden fruit, frigid and forgettabl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PMSunday, November 27, 2016
A trailer park in Ireland is the backdrop for this story of an unusual man named Pigeon and a woman dumped on his doorstep.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:36PMNeil Simon Theater, New York The girls are now above the age of consent, but there’s still not much else to thank heaven for in this awkward stage version of the 50s filmIn a celebrated no…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12PMThursday, November 24, 2016
In “Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science,” the Food Network personality serves up a menu of challenging fare. Tequila and pumpkin spice liqueur with mouthwash, anyone?
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Wherever we fall on the political spectrum, we’re going to see our desires and fears reflected in the art we encounter, especially in theater.
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Pershing Square Signature Center, New YorkThe latest production of the 1966 tale by Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields and Neil Simon of a romantic optimist boasts thrilling choreography and a dazzl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMSunday, November 20, 2016
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop musical, Hamilton, has reignited Broadway. But his talent doesn’t end there. Alexis Soloski finds out moreCreator and star of the musical phenomenon Hamilton…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMThursday, November 17, 2016
The former Saturday Night Live comedian is well cast as the rebellious teacher but the play’s theme of straight white superiority has left it feeling dustyIt has been 27 years since Dead P…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PMSt Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn, New YorkThe awkward monologuist offers up a compelling and, at times, excitingly unpredictable one-man show about a small, furry protagonist The star of Mouse…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42PMWednesday, November 16, 2016
He will play the title role in New York Theater Workshop’s modern-dress production of “Othello,” directed by Sam Gold.
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This semidocumentary play at the Public Theater, from the spoken-word collective Universes, may be the most frightening and exciting piece of theater now up.
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Imperial Theatre, New YorkIts storyline might come from the second volume of War and Peace, but this adaptation flips convention on its head to create truly unique musical theaterWhen the da…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48PMFriday, November 11, 2016
Winter Garden theatre, New YorkWith a book by Julian Fellowes, this adaption of the hit film misses the charisma that Jack Black brought as Dewey FinnPay no attention to the title. School of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36PMWednesday, November 9, 2016
The playwrights Jess Barbagallo, MJ Kaufman and Basil Kreimendahl discuss attitudes toward transgender artists, and their own recent works.
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Thursday, November 3, 2016
Lynn Nottage’s moving play about the decline of industry might be set in the 2000s but its unintentionally topical plot makes it a necessary pre-vote watchThere is a specter haunting Lynn …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03PMWednesday, November 2, 2016
Anna Deavere Smith’s latest might be flawed, but there’s enough energy and anger to make her exploration of racially motivated imprisonment a standoutEducators, activists, politicians, a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48PMSunday, October 30, 2016
Booth Theatre, New YorkThe tale of love and revenge takes an intellectually provocative approach to the 1782 French novel but doesn’t always serve the rather more salacious scriptWhen the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36PMThursday, October 27, 2016
Walter Kerr Theater, New YorkThe story – about a father who leaves his wife for a man, and finds himself amid the Aids crisis – dates to the 90s, but its psychological truths remain acut…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42PMNew York City CenterHats off to Gyllenhall, who leads a triumphant concert performance of Stephen Sondheim’s Pulitzer-winning musical about the very process of art-makingLook, Jake Gyllenh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AMWednesday, October 26, 2016
The artistic director of the boundary-pushing New York experimental theater company won a $300,000 prize. Here are the Group’s landmark productionsElizabeth LeCompte, the artistic director…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:04PMTuesday, October 25, 2016
Manhattan Theatre ClubAn exclusively Asian cast, whose members also take on white roles, brings humor and poignancy to a loosely autobiographical play from Qui NguyenThe playwright Qui Nguye…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07PMMonday, October 24, 2016
Lincoln Center Theater, New YorkSamuel D Hunter’s latest adeptly questions five young evangelical Idahoans about to embark on a missionary stint in the Middle East without dismissing themI…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:28PMSunday, October 23, 2016
Public Theater, New YorkThe Oscar-winner delivers an electrifying performance as a restless woman in postwar England but the play lacks a sense of place, time and purposeFor Susan Traherne, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07PMSaturday, October 22, 2016
Broadhurst Theatre, New YorkThe hacks are cynical, the laughs regular, the Hecht and MacArthur play a familiar joy. But it is Lane’s entrance as Walter Burns that really stops the pressIf …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:50AMFriday, October 21, 2016
As we enter another season of A-listers treading the boards, is attaching a movie star to a stage production a reason to cheer or boo?Do you worship at the altar of Cate Blanchett or kiss a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:58AMThursday, October 20, 2016
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Roundabout Theatre Company, New YorkTwo narcissistic 60s children go to war with their disgruntled offspring in Mike Bartlett’s hilarious and scathing state-of-the-nation family play“All…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04PMTuesday, October 18, 2016
Celebrity performances and monologues highlighted Hillary Clinton’s sway within the industry in a musical-themed night in New YorkIf swing state equivocators come across for Hillary Clinto…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:45AMTwelve years after it opened in London, Punchdrunk’s take on Macbeth is still packing them in in New York – with a bar and restaurant attached. Has success tarnished the magic – or doe…
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