Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Kimberly may be a teenager with an incredibly rare genetic disorder, but it’s everyone in her midst that has an affliction. Her pregnant mother is hypochondrial. Her father teeters be…
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Musical genres do not have perfect opposites, but if heavy syncopation and electric guitar are foundational to rock, the breezy melodies and steel pan of soca music — what populates m…
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One-person shows actually have two jobs. The first is to tell a captivating story. The second is to make a case for why only one person is needed to tell that story. In “Walking with G…
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“Topdog/Underdog†tells on itself before the curtain rises in the first scene. House lights fade to the song “Grinding All My Life†by Nipsey Hussle. In 2019, Hussle …
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August Wilson is one in a sacred selection of American playwrights who is recognized as a canon all their own. His plays — a series of 10 titled “The Pittsburgh Cycle†�
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For over 73 years, “Death of a Salesman†has gotten away with its foreboding title. Ironically, no play in the theater canon better asserts its characters’ aliveness. Sure…
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Men are shouting. Representatives from the same state are divided. Everyone is named John. It must be a Congressional debate. The Tony-winning “1776†first premiered on Broadway …
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Somewhere in Bayonne, New Jersey, a middle-aged truck driver pines to care for his estranged wife, a woman he’s loved “the fuck outta†for “two decades and a year al…
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The Broadway Applause Series salutes Funny Girl!
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The Broadway Applause Series Salutes The Lion King.
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High school love is often blind. My affair with Khaled Hosseini’s novel “The Kite Runner†was no exception. Equally harrowing and hopeful, the book was easy to cherish as …
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Like most folks who lay claim to being a former theater kid, a solid portion of my childhood was spent watching a grainy PBS taping of “Into the Woods†on Youtube. There is at le…
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The Broadway Applause Series Salutes Tina.
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There are an infinite number of ways a comedy can get its audience to laugh. Selina Fillinger’s Broadway-debut play, “POTUS,†successfully tries its hand at most. Raunchy …
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Greek philosopher Heraclitus said that change is the only constant of life. In “The Skin of Our Teeth,†Thornton Wilder argues that tragedy is another. His sweeping comedy, now r…
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It starts with a step. Stomp. Clap. A crescendo of joyous movement and affirmations (“ayeee, yessss, you betterâ€) erupts on stage and is immediately echoed by members of the audi…
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The titular character of “The Little Prince†travels between planets. The theatrical adaptation of the acclaimed novella is traveling between nations — France, Australia, …
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