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Thursday, September 27, 2012

‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’ Returns for an Anniversary by Eric Grode

Theater notables who saw the 1962 production of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” share their recollections, reservations and realizations.

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Monday, September 17, 2012

Pilgrims in the Sunshine State by Eric Grode

Director Dexter Bullard talks about bringing the heightened reality of “Grace” to Broadway Jesus and his followers have enjoyed a fair amount of time on Broadway of late. Still, …

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

It’s Funny How They’re Falling Apart by Eric Grode

The inspirations for Lisa D’Amour’s comedy “Detroit” The phrase “There goes the neighborhood” could be said by (and applied to) all four of the main chara…

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Monday, July 23, 2012

A Brand New “Bring It On” by Eric Grode

Jeff Whitty’s fresh book for the Broadway cheerleading musical Counting the direct-to-DVD sequels, there are five Bring It On movies, and Bring It On: The Musicalmimics exactly none of…

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Bradley Cooper Takes on ‘The Elephant Man’ by Eric Grode

Bradley Cooper will be the latest in a line of handsome actors playing the disfigured Elephant Man onstage when he opens in the role in Williamstown, Mass.

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Sunday, July 1, 2012

Theater Review: “Triassic Parq the Musical’ at SoHo Playhouse by Eric Grode

In “Triassic Parq the Musical,” an all-female group of dinosaurs is shocked when one of its T. rexes suddenly becomes male.

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Friday, June 29, 2012

The Long Road to “Vanya’s” Success by Eric Grode

Intense collaboration produces a powerful show at Soho Rep Between acts of Annie Baker’s arresting adaptation of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, a cast member quickly unplugs the onstage …

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

‘DruidMurphy,’ Three Tom Murphy Plays at Lincoln Center by Eric Grode

“DruidMurphy,” part of the Lincoln Center Festival, presents three plays by Tom Murphy, who inspired a generation of dark Irish playwrights.

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Monday, June 25, 2012

An Ambitious New Theatre In Ha(a)rlem by Eric Grode

The New Haarlem Arts Theatre thinks big in uptown Manhattan “We’ve set ourselves an ambitious set of goals, and the growing pains have definitely set in.” The first half of…

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Theater Review: ‘Closer Than Ever,’ a York Theater Musical Revue by Eric Grode

“Closer Than Ever,” a 1989 musical revue, gets a revival directed by one of its creators.

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Theater Review: ‘The Bad and the Better,’ From the Amoralists by Eric Grode

The Amoralists head uptown to present Derek Ahonen’s “The Bad and the Better,” a sprawling neo-noir tale of betrayals, dangerous dames and terrorist plots.

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Monday, June 18, 2012

Three Theatres Riff on “Three’s Company” by Eric Grode

The unusual collaboration behind the comedy “3C” It apparently takes three companies to take on Three’s Company. Nobody bats an eye at seeing as many as two dozen producers…

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Friday, June 15, 2012

Theater Review: ‘Recall,’ a Play by Eliza Clark by Eric Grode

Eliza Clark’s “Recall,” despite its teenage talk and familiarly drab environments, is set in a “Minority Report”-style future.

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

‘Mr. Burns’ Morphs ‘The Simpsons’ at Woolly Mammoth by Eric Grode

In “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play” the Civilians transform an episode of “The Simpsons” into something quite different at the Woolly Mammoth Theater Company in Washington.

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Monday, May 28, 2012

Theater Review: ‘Playing With Fire’ at the New School for Drama by Eric Grode

“Playing With Fire,” August Stindberg’s rarely performed comedy of manners, is transported to a wealthy African-American enclave in the 1920s.

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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Fighting Naked With Broadswords by Eric Grode

How J. David Brimmer stages comic fights in “Medieval Play” “Kenny has a lot of laughs in there, but we really want it to look like they’re going at it hammer and ton…

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Arts & Leisure: 50 Years of the Delacorte Theater: An Oral History by Eric Grode

Central Park’s Delacorte Theater has seen all of Shakespeare’s plays plus other classic works in five decades of free performances.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Theater Review: ‘American Jornalero,’ at the Intar Theater by Eric Grode

In “American Jornalero,” by Ed Cardona Jr., at the Intar Theater, day laborers hope for work but must brace for confrontation.

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Friday, May 4, 2012

Theater Review: Shaw’s ‘Saint Joan’ at the Access Theater by Eric Grode

The Bedlam theater troupe, with a cast of four, is staging George Bernard Shaw’s “St. Joan” at the Access Theater.

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Building Character: Jeremy Shamos by Eric Grode

Inside the actor’s Tony-nominated performance in “Clybourne Park” Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages’ ongoing series about actors and how they create their rol…

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: A Good Play Can Be Read as Well as Seen by Eric Grode

Reading the script of 'Water by the Spoonful,'' the new Pulitzer Prize winner in drama, makes clear that one can appreciate a play on the page as well as on the stage.

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Split Pants, Frilly Aprons, and “Two Guvnors” by Eric Grode

How sets and costumes survive the Broadway farce Whether it’s Venice in 1743 or the British seaside in 1963 or Broadway in 2012, you’ve got to have doors. Two of them. And not ju…

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Theater Review: The Acting Company’s Version of ‘Julius Caesar’ by Eric Grode

The Acting Company presents a modern-dress “Julius Caesar” at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, with TV monitors, protest signs and crisp articulation.

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Monday, April 16, 2012

Theater Review: ‘Broke House,’ at Abrons Arts Center by Eric Grode

Meta-theatrical shenanigans take center stage in “Broke House,” by Caden Manson/Big Art Group.

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Friday, April 6, 2012

Theater Review: ‘Being Shakespeare’ With Simon Callow at BAM by Eric Grode

In “Being Shakespeare” at BAM, the actor Simon Callow testifies on behalf of the playwright.

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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Theater Review: Mary Beth Peil in ‘The Morini Strad’ at 59 E59 Theaters by Eric Grode

The playwright Willy Holtzman considers a past-her-prime violinist and her damaged Stradivarius in “The Morini Strad.”

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Monday, April 2, 2012

Magic and Bird On Stage by Eric Grode

How playwright Eric Simonson made theatre out of basketball stars In the space of eight years, Larry Bird and Earvin “Magic” Johnson Jr. won a combined six NBA championships. Bir…

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Theater review | ‘Elephant Room': ‘Elephant Room,’ at St. Ann’s Warehouse by Eric Grode

In “Elephant Room,” the lovable losers and sometime magicians Dennis Diamond, Louie Magic and Daryl Hannah turn St. Ann’s Warehouse into their own den of cool.

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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Theater Review: Pearl Theater’s ‘Moon for the Misbegotten,’ at City Center by Eric Grode

The Pearl Theater Company’s sure-footed production of “A Moon for the Misbegotten,” a rustic comedy that slides into anguish, is at City Center Stage II.

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Building Character: Michael McKean by Eric Grode

The actor tackles old-time politics in Broadway’s “The Best Man”   Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages’ ongoing series about actors and how they create the…

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Monday, March 19, 2012

Theater Review: ‘Lucky Duck’ at the New Victory Theater by Eric Grode

“Lucky Duck,” a reboot of “The Ugly Duckling” billed for 4-to-8-year-olds, features babes in the dark woods of show business.

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