Monday, May 25, 2015
In the Pony Palace/FOOTBALL would confuse Vince Lombardi
SOURCE: Village Voice at 05:58PMThe Women's Project stages a busy satire
SOURCE: Village Voice at 05:58PMGeoffrey Rush flips out in a Gogol adaptation
SOURCE: Village Voice at 05:58PMThe Classic Stage Company takes on a production of the play “Double Falsehood,” an adaption by Lewis Theobald of “Cardenio,” a very possible collaboration by Shak…
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Lucille Lortel Theater, New YorkChristian Domestic Discipline, in which a wife submits to being spanked by her husband, is the subject of a slyly poignant play that packs a wallop Continue r…
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The Public’s Mobile Shakespeare Unit, which usually performs at places like prisons, returns home with its brisk production of Shakespeare’s tragedy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMSecond Stage, New YorkAmanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski star in a morning-after drama where they talk endlessly without saying anything of substance Continue reading...
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In just two hours, Series A of the marathon races from Manhattan to Brooklyn, from a port town in Kenya to the capital of Idaho, from the 1950’s to right now.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMCreated by the puppeteer James Godwin, this show centers on an I.T. expert and shaman trying to protect a city amid a toxic swamp.
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Ariel Stess’s play at the Bushwick Starr, centered on the family of a building company owner, abounds in wordplay.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:56PMPaloma Young, a Tony Award-winning costume designer, assembled clothing that could cushion the spanks in “Permission,” a comedy about spousal corporal punishment.
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George Bernard Shaw’s 1905 play pits a Salvation Army officer’s “blood and fire” and against her munitions manufacturer father’s “money and gunpowder.”
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
The inaugural production by Ms. Kempson’s company, 7 Daughters of Eve Thtr. & Perf. Co., is a consideration of how stories are told and who gets to tell them.
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This Vampire Cowboys show relies on westerns, samurai stories, action movies, blaxploitation flicks and vampire chillers.
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s drama, at Two River Theater in New Jersey, is less a play than a poignant, often powerful polemic.
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British imports dominated the awards announcement, with The Curious Incident or Wolf Hall likely to win best play. But where is Hugh Jackman’s nomination? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:41AMMonday, April 27, 2015
The Public theater, New YorkHathaway gives a heightened performance as a drone pilot and director Julie Taymor turns up all the dials, in a chilling play about the effects of killing by remo…
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Friday, April 24, 2015
Samuel J Friedman theatre, New YorkLisa D’Amour’s play about life in a hopeless motel is an orgy of tinsel and beer with no sight of a story Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:59AMLyceum theatre, New YorkThis musical treatment of Dürrenmatt’s revenge satire has star turns from Rivera and Roger Rees, but a romanticised plot plays weakly beside its macabre twists Con…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:46AMThursday, April 23, 2015
Though it features a twerking Bard and a song called I Hate Shakespeare, this new comedy about his rival playwrights is too nice to be truly iconoclastic Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:10AMTuesday, April 21, 2015
The Broadway Theater, New YorkMore overblown than overwhelming, this melodramatic musical has minimal impact despite some good songs – and Lara’s wig is ridiculous Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00PMMonday, April 20, 2015
“Emily Climbs” seems like a singular story, but it’s actually two stories told by three actors playing the same character.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:03PMCircle in the Square Theater, New YorkBased on a graphic novel memoir about growing up gay in a funeral home, this smart, sophisticated Broadway musical includes one astonishing performance …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:53AMSunday, April 19, 2015
In this solo show at 59E59 Theaters, Matthew Zajac returns to Poland to spool back the lost threads of his father’s life.
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“Se Llama Cristina,” by Octavio Solis at the Intar Theater, puts its two main characters through a series of flashbacks to reveal more of their calamitous pasts.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:16PMLincoln Center, New YorkIt takes a while to get to know the saturnine King, but this rapturous revival will have the audience whistling a happy tune Continue reading...
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