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Monday, May 25, 2015

Theater Review | 'Border Towns': A Little Bit Dylan, a Little Bit Lots of Other Stuff by JASON ZINOMAN

The musical “Border Towns” mixes Bob Dylan’s music with Americana.

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Theater Review | 'Murder in the Cathedral': Inside a Grand Church, His Days Are Numbered by JASON ZINOMAN

A modern-dress revival of T. S. Eliot’s verse play “Murder in the Cathedral” is being performed at the Church of St. Joseph in Brooklyn.

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Theater Review | 'Jet Lag': Going Places in a Media-Saturated World by JASON ZINOMAN

In a revival of “Jet Lag,” the Builders Association builds a new virtual world and then travels through it.

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Theater Review | 'Radio Macbeth': To Hear Shakespeare, Perchance to Dream of Him by JASON ZINOMAN

As “Radio Macbeth” unfolds in a kind of theatrical alchemy, this play within a play becomes simply the play — the Scottish one.

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Theater Review | 'Radio Macbeth': To Hear Shakespeare, Perchance to Dream of Him by JASON ZINOMAN

As “Radio Macbeth” unfolds in a kind of theatrical alchemy, this play within a play becomes simply the play — the Scottish one.

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Theater Review | 'Plan Nine From Outer Space': Sci-Fi Goosebumps and Aliens on a Mission by JASON ZINOMAN

Perfectly awful: A theatrical version of “Plan Nine From Outer Space” is showing at the Brick Theater in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

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Lombardi Punts by Jason Zinoman

The new play about the Green Bay Packers coach is more interested in the myth than the man.

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Haunted Houses Profit by Going to Extremes by JASON ZINOMAN

Haunted houses are a booming national industry, and in New York this theatrical genre has become an artistically fertile scene.

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Theater: Pacino Wants to Be Fair to Shakespeare by JASON ZINOMAN

Al Pacino is back as Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice,” this time on Broadway.

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Theater Review | 'Futura': When Print Isn’t Plentiful, the Future’s Not So Fun by JASON ZINOMAN

Jordan Harrison’s “Futura” is a thought-provoking drama that does not live up to its potential.

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Theater Review | 'Radio City Christmas Spectacular': The Dancers Still Kick, the Soldiers Still Topple by JASON ZINOMAN

The “Radio City Christmas Spectacular” feels like an entertainment throwback, which is part of the appeal.

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Theater Review | 'There Are No More Big Secrets': Seeking Clarity and Truth at a Drunken Reunion by JASON ZINOMAN

Talk of witches and spirits is woven into the fabric of Heidi Schreck’s sturdy dining-room drama “There Are No More Big Secrets.”

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Playwrights Shuttle to TV and Back by JASON ZINOMAN

More and more playwrights are writing for television, and in many ways this is a good thing for theater.

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Theater Review | 'Home Sweet Home': Soldier Shatters the Smug Peace on the Home Front by JASON ZINOMAN

A play from Denmark examines how the experience of the Iraq war changes friendships.

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Innocent Man, Releasing His Inner Mime by JASON ZINOMAN

Steven Banks brings his secret life out of hiding with a new play, “Looking at Christmas,” at the Flea Theater.

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Innocent Man, Releasing His Inner Mime by JASON ZINOMAN

Steven Banks brings his secret life out of hiding with a new play, “Looking at Christmas,” at the Flea Theater.

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Theater Review | 'Being Sellers': Funny Man Finds Himself in Unfunny Circumstances by JASON ZINOMAN

An impressive amount of melodrama, activity and funny voices is packed into “Being Sellers,” a solo biographical play by Carl Caulfield about the actor Peter Sellers.

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The Scottsboro Boys by Jason Zinoman

Is the most ambitious new musical of the Broadway season racist?

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Theater Review | 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?': A Test for Humanity in a Postapocalyptic World by JASON ZINOMAN

A stage adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” unfolds at the 3LD Art @ Technology Center.

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Critic’s Notebook: When News Events Are Retold Onstage by JASON ZINOMAN

As shows by troupes like the Civilians inch closer to journalism, questions are raised about their responsibility to journalistic standards.

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Theater Review | 'Lay of the Land': Performance Artist Returns to His Old Stomping Grounds by JASON ZINOMAN

In “Lay of the Land,” Tim Miller ruminates on gay politics, using various snapshots from his childhood and his travels.

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The Scottsboro Boys by Jason Zinoman

Is the most ambitious new musical of the Broadway season racist? You could get that impression from reading the press coverage of The Scottsboro Boys, a wildly entertaining coda to the rich.…

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Theater Review | 'Let Them Eat Cake': Downtown Stalwarts Flock to a Gay Wedding by JASON ZINOMAN

“Let Them Eat Cake” dramatizes a debate among members of the left about the importance of fighting for marriage as opposed to other civil rights issues.

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Theater Review | 'My Last Play': Oh, Come in. Glad to See You. Would You Like a Book? by JASON ZINOMAN

“My Last Play” by Ed Schmidt takes place in Mr. Schmidt’s living room in Carroll Gardens.

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Theater Review | ‘Hysteria’ and ‘If That’s All There Is’: The Ordinary Can Pave the Road to Insanity by JASON ZINOMAN

Inspector Sands, a smartly off-kilter British company, is making an attention-getting introduction to New York with two shows in repertory.

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Theater Review | 'My Last Play': Oh, Come in. Glad to See You. Would You Like a Book? by JASON ZINOMAN

“My Last Play” by Ed Schmidt takes place in Mr. Schmidt’s living room in Carroll Gardens.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PM

Theater Review | ‘Hysteria’ and ‘If That’s All There Is’: The Ordinary Can Pave the Road to Insanity by JASON ZINOMAN

Inspector Sands, a smartly off-kilter British company, is making an attention-getting introduction to New York with two shows in repertory.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PM

Theater Review | 'My Last Play': Oh, Come In. Glad to See You. Would You Like a Book? by JASON ZINOMAN

“My Last Play” by Ed Schmidt takes place in Mr. Schmidt’s living room in Carroll Gardens.

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Theater Review: In a Sophisticated Showbiz World, Simple Mimes Can Still Hold Sway by JASON ZINOMAN

“Mummenschanz,” the granddaddy of wordless, whimsical nonsense spectacles, is back in New York for the first time since 2003, along with its beloved giant faceless puppets.

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