Friday, April 4, 2014
A most happy Encores! revival .
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It really wouldn't be too much of a stretch to think of the new musical by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey as a modern fairy tale.
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If you've been following the Transport Group's work, you'll recognize this re-conceptualized revival as yet another example of the company's mission of "visually progressive productions of e…
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Dick Cavett adds to the fun of this new drama about the literary feud that began on his TV talk show.
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The Tony winning cleverness of Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike has not rubbed off on his once shocking absurdist comedy
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Having Tyne Daly on board helps Terrence McNally tackle the effect of AIDS crisis on four generations
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A superb cast and fabulous new stage concept give this mega musical an exciting new life . .
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An old-fashioned costume drama, complete with two intermissions
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-an original and funny yet serious take on the much done dysfunctional family genre. . .
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In a season dominated by that most successful borrower from history, William Shakespeare, it's a real treat to have a freshly minted, full-bodied history play on Broadway.
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If the advance publicity about this multi-authored production have theater goers expecting to see an entertaining history of City Center, they're in for a surprise. Unfortunately, a disappoi…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:29PMRobert Askins'quirky religion flavored comedy is reborn at MCC's West Village home
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An imperfect but impressively staged and acted conclusion to Quiara Alegra Hudes's trilogy.
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This visually stunning production with its Afro-Caribbean beat feature just nine actors, most of whom adeptly take on multiple roles. . . . Read More
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Will Eno's funny-sad play about how families get to be as odd and dysfunctional as they often are .
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Sarah Ruhl's breezy and smartly satiric dialogue and a stellar cast save this backstage romantic comedy from being just another addition to a genre done often enough to risk being a cliche
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Paddy Chaefsky's May-December love story is dated — but delightfully so
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:18AMPaddy Chaefsky's May-December love story is dated — but delightfully so.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:34AMCraig Lucas's new play is named for the choral movement of Beethoven's beloved Ninth Symphony. But unlike this beloved symphony, this is hard to love play even though Kathryn Erbe is superb …
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:32AMTuesday, February 25, 2014
The Mint revival of John Van Druten's office comedy is an entertaining an picture of a by-gone era; and it has its parallels in today's world . . . Read More
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:51AMDavid Henry Hwang's latest exploration of the Asian-American experience is a visually stunning Dance-Play about martial arts legend Bruce Lee .
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The love story that moved from page to screen. . . and now, with a lovely score by Jason Robert Brown, to the stage
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Caryl Churchill's play about the effect of information overload, could use a bit less information to be loved without reservations
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A slice of history plucked from Thomas Keneally's family tree staged as a chamber musical at that invaluable source of all things Irish, the Irish Rep in Chelsea
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The Roundabout revisits Donald Margulies' 2000 Pulitzer Prize winning play
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- Playwright/performer Charles Busch is back in wig and stiletto heels in an intermittently funny show but one which does have something to say about the current economic climate
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Nothing little about the talent in this all too brief Encores! production . . . Read More
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Though not flawless, this rarely done Brecht farce is a chance to see future characters in embryo as well as the first example of his much explored theme of man's changeability.
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this works hard to be a satire with something meaningful and new to say about love, sex, religion and race. But it ends up being a rather sophomoric shlock-shockspiel that relies on graphica…
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John Patrick Shanley's double homecoming: to his Irish Roots and the romantic spirit of Moonstruck
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A curtainup Feature:
Holden Caulfield: Theater Aficionado
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