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Thursday, August 11, 2022

On That Day in Amsterdam: Strangers Find Romance, and Guilt, Far From Home by Elysa Gardner

★★★☆☆ A college boy meets a less fortunate traveler in Clarence Coo's play The post On That Day in Amsterdam: Strangers Find Romance, and Guilt, Far From Home a…

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Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Cannabis! A Viper Vaudeville: Several Tokes Over the Line by Elysa Gardner

★★☆☆☆ A disappointingly preachy revue from HERE and LaMaMa overstates its case for "the people's plant" The post Cannabis! A Viper Vaudeville: Several Tokes Ove…

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Thursday, July 7, 2022

Cabaret Champion Michael Feinstein Teams With Café Carlyle by Elysa Gardner

The performer and entrepreneur is ending his partnership with 54 Below and will perform his first-ever shows at the Upper East Side venue in October.

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Thursday, June 23, 2022

Chains: Worries and Wanderlust in Early 20th Century England by Elysa Gardner

★★★★☆ Mint Theater Company mines the enduring relevance of Elizabeth Baker's problem play The post Chains: Worries and Wanderlust in Early 20th Century England …

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Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Yes! Reflections of Molly Bloom: James Joyce's Complicated Heroine Takes a Bow by Elysa Gardner

★★★★☆ Actress Aedín Moloney and author Colum McCann's adaptation of "Ulysses"'s final chapter returns to the stage The post Yes! Reflections of Molly Bloom: …

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Friday, June 3, 2022

Broadway's Beloved Basement Club, Feinstein's/54 Below, Turns 10 by Elysa Gardner

The venue beneath what was once Studio 54 will pick up a Tony Award for excellence in the theater as it marks its anniversary with a pair of concerts.

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Thursday, May 19, 2022

Belfast Girls: The Pluck of the Irish by Elysa Gardner

★★★☆☆Jacki McCarrick revisits an underexplored chapter in Irish, and women's, history The post Belfast Girls: The Pluck of the Irish appeared first on New York…

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Exception to the Rule: Porch Kid Meets Street Kids by Elysa Gardner

★★★☆☆ Dave Harris's follow-up to 'Tango & Bones' is entertaining, sobering and ultimately frustrating The post Exception to the Rule: Porch Kid Meets Street…

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Sunday, April 24, 2022

Two By Synge: Playing a Legend for Laughs by Elysa Gardner

★★★★☆ Irish Rep artistic director Charlotte Moore pairs and helms two of the playwright's early efforts The post Two By Synge: Playing a Legend for Laughs appea…

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Tuesday, April 19, 2022

How I Learned to Drive: Costly Lessons in Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Winner by Elysa Gardner

★★★★☆ In the play's long overdue Broadway premiere, original stars Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse and director Mark Brokaw mine its wry humor and horror The…

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Sunday, April 3, 2022

Paradise Square: Allies and Rivals, in Song and Dance by Elysa Gardner

★★★★☆ Choreographer Bill T. Jones and a vibrant cast led by Joaquina Kalukango make a Civil War musical fly The post Paradise Square: Allies and Rivals, in Song…

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Thursday, March 17, 2022

The Life: Seldom-Revived Cy Coleman Musical Gets a Shot in the Arm from Billy Porter by Elysa Gardner

★★★★☆ The stage and screen star and his collaborators pump fresh blood into this ode to New York's mean streets The post The Life: Seldom-Revived Cy Coleman Mus…

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Thursday, March 10, 2022

This Space Between Us: Making Room For Change by Elysa Gardner

★★★★☆ A fine ensemble cast serves Peter Gil-Sheridan's study of a successful man trying, against all odds, to make a difference The post This Space Between Us: …

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

The Daughter-in-Law: Early D.H. Lawrence Revived Again, in Mint Condition by Elysa Gardner

★★★★☆ Martin Platt once again helms a bracing revival of the socially and emotionally charged play The post The Daughter-in-Law: Early D.H. Lawrence Revived Aga…

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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Wolf Play: Surviving on Animal Instincts by Elysa Gardner

★★★★★ In Hansol Jung's heartbreaking play, an adopted boy assumes a lupine identity while trying to find a place to call home The post Wolf Play: Surviving on A…

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022

MJ: The Man in the Mire by Elysa Gardner

★★★☆☆ Lynn Nottage and Christopher Wheeldon tackle Michael Jackson's troubling life and transcendent art The post MJ: The Man in the Mire appeared first on New …

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Prayer for the French Republic: Old Hatred and Enduring Hope by Elysa Gardner

★★★★★ Joshua Harmon's latest play movingly, fearlessly explores anti-Semitism, past and present The post Prayer for the French Republic: Old Hatred and Enduring…

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Sunday, January 23, 2022

The Hang: Prepare Ye the Way of Socrates by Elysa Gardner

★★★★☆ Taylor Mac's latest work is a jazz-infused opera tracing the trial and death of philosophy's founding father The post The Hang: Prepare Ye the Way of Socr…

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Thursday, January 20, 2022

Whisper House: Not-So-Blithe Spirits by Elysa Gardner

★★★☆☆Duncan Sheik and Kyle Jarrow's ghost story finally arrives in New York The post Whisper House: Not-So-Blithe Spirits appeared first on New York Stage Revie…

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Monday, December 13, 2021

Flying Over Sunset: A Long, Strange, Beautiful Trip by Elysa Gardner

★★★★☆ A new musical by James Lapine, Tom Kitt and Michael Korie finds icons bonding, with a little help from LSD The post Flying Over Sunset: A Long, Strange, B…

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

Company: That Invincible Bunch, Reconsidered by Elysa Gardner

★★★★☆ Marianne Elliott's acclaimed modern spin on the Stephen Sondheim/George Furth classic arrives in New York The post Company: That Invincible Bunch, Reconsi…

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Thursday, November 18, 2021

Trouble in Mind: A Delayed Debut, Still Fresh and Troubling by Elysa Gardner

★★★★☆ Alice Childress's biting play-within-a-play finally arrives on Broadway, more than sixty years after its premiere The post Trouble in Mind: A Delayed Debu…

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Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Diana, the Musical: The Princess and the Peepers by Elysa Gardner

★★☆☆☆A new musical offers a peek at the late Princess of Wales, and a lot of costume changes The post Diana, the Musical: The Princess and the Peepers appeared …

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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Trevor: A Boy and His Diva by Elysa Gardner

★★★★☆The Oscar-winning short film becomes a buoyant musical, in which Diana Ross looms large The post Trevor: A Boy and His Diva appeared first on New York Stag…

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Caroline, or Change: Of Despair and Hope, and Singing Washing Machines by Elysa Gardner

★★★★☆ A London-based revival showcases the emotional range of the Tony Kushner/Jeanine Tesori musical The post Caroline, or Change: Of Despair and Hope, and Sin…

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Friday, October 15, 2021

The Fever: Wallace Shawn Wags His Finger, Again by Elysa Gardner

★★★☆☆ Lili Taylor plays Shawn's tortured traveler in a revival of the Obie Award-winning play The post The Fever: Wallace Shawn Wags His Finger, Again appeared …

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Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Sanctuary City: Home Is Where the Hurt Is by Elysa Gardner

★★★★★ Young characters search for love and belonging, under duress, in Martyna Majok's shattering new play The post Sanctuary City: Home Is Where the Hurt Is ap…

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

What Happened? The Michaels Abroad: From Richard Nelson, More Food for the Soul by Elysa Gardner

★★★★★ The playwright and director completes his Rhinebeck Panorama with a typically nourishing, and trenchant, work. The post What Happened? The Michaels Abroa…

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Tuesday, July 6, 2021

With Venues Reopening Across New York, Life Is a Cabaret Once Again by Elysa Gardner

The Great American Songbook, jazz, drag and more are returning to the small stages where intimacy and audience interaction are so key.

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Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Blindness: Light, Flickering, at the End of a Tunnel by Elysa Gardner

★★★★☆ Simon Stephens's stark, lyrical adaptation of the novel arrives in New York, for socially distanced audiences The post Blindness: Light, Flickering, at th…

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Sunday, December 13, 2020

Taylor Mac's Holiday Sauce…Pandemic!: Silver Bells and Sequins, Tidings of Dysfunction and Joy by Elysa Gardner

★★★★☆ The restless multihyphenate revisits the season, virtually The post Taylor Mac's Holiday Sauce…Pandemic!: Silver Bells and Sequins, Tidings of Dysfuncti…

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