Sunday, March 24, 2019
Niegel Smith’s revival of Thomas Bradshaw’s 2008 play is presented at the Flea Theater by a cast made up of people of color, and with a new ending.
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A troupe that specializes in “junk spectaculars” turns to McGuffey readers — and peanut butter — in a show that explores schooling and humiliation.
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The first draft of Deb Margolin’s play pitted Bernie Madoff against Elie Wiesel. The current version gives her freedom to embellish.
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The Mint Theater Company brought back Elizabeth Baker’s drama from 1913 as part of a project dedicated to the British playwright.
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High schoolers, jump scares and songs are a tantalizing mix. But Preston Max Allen’s meandering show squanders a promising concept.
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There are plenty of earworms in this jukebox musical about Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits, but the hackneyed love-triangle story lowers the volume.
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The French actress has five films coming out in 2019, including one while she stars in Florian Zeller’s play “The Mother” at Atlantic Theater Company.
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The show, written and directed by Paul Calderon, begins intensely and continues on a harrowing, one-way trip to hell.
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In the world described in Ivan Ayr’s debut feature, men casually assume they are entitled to say or do whatever they want to women.
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K. Lorrel Manning takes on racism, homophobia, sexism, police violence and immigration in nine short plays.
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The festival, presented by St. Louis Actors’ Studio, comprises three one-act plays by Mr. LaBute: “Great Negro Works of Art,” “The Fourth Reich” and “Unlikely Japan.”
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Started in 2016, the three-day expo provides singalongs, meetups, workshops and, of course, “marketplace” booths targeting theater buffs.
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Visionary stylist or one-trick pony? With “Network” on Broadway and “All About Eve” on the horizon, the multimedia-mad stage director is ready for his close-up.
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Gracie Gardner’s “Cowboy,” which runs from six to 20 minutes, is part of a triple bill: “I just love having a single visual image onstage,” she said.
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A musical must have a minimum of internal logic and some good tunes. “Christmas in Hell” comes up short on both counts.
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Our intrepid theatergoer ate her way through a spate of shows that make food part of the experience. Her stomach sometimes ended up fuller than her imagination.
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Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken, who once competed on “American Idol,” banter, sing and try to upstage each other in this holiday revue.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PMAdjani’s turn as a flamboyant con artist sends up her own aloof image in this fun and sophisticated comic caper from Romain Gavras.
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The playwright Mike Gorman tries to equate Melville’s “Moby-Dick” with the opioid crisis. The ambition is there, but the play falls short.
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Scott Aiello’s play about an Italian-American family dealing with a disabled daughter offers no-nonsense American realism.
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Idris Goodwin’s energetic but overstuffed play explores race, gender, police brutality and the quest for fame.
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Radio City Music Hall successfully merges old-fashioned showmanship and state-of-the-art technology in this year’s Christmas pageant.
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How three Broadway actresses capture the essence of one superstar: Thank the costumes, “Burlesque” — and white teeth.
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Friday, November 2, 2018
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
William Jackson Harper’s polished debut as a playwright, set in 1964, pits patient negotiation against disruptive activism.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMMr. Mandvi, who spent nearly 10 years as a correspondent on “The Daily Show,” brings back his solo comedy act. It returns with new resonance.
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Monday, October 1, 2018
Yasmina Reza’s tidy comedy has been produced in 45 countries and translated into 30 languages. How will it withstand a deconstruction by two experimental theater companies?
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“Smugness is lethal,” says the filmmaker Todd Solondz, who, with “Emma and Max,” brings his sharp eye for hypocrisy to the stage for the first time.
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