Quiara Alegría Hudes is back with a new work, an Off Broadway production of “My Broken Language,” adapted from her 2021 memoir.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:24PMThe Broadway musical and its Tony-winning star, Alice Ripley, return to the stage in this condensed and deconstructed production.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:07PMAs she sought the truth for her characters on the page, Mara Vélez Meléndez’s real self began to emerge. Now she’s making her Off Broadway debut.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:07PMArtistic Director Manuel Liñán on breaking new ground in a traditional form.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:03PMThe composer’s “Oratorio for Living Things,” forced to shut down because of the pandemic, returns to the Ars Nova stage in Manhattan.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:33AMBack in Honduras for the first time in a decade, a critic finds hopefulness in a city’s cultural ferment — including an energetic theater troupe.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06PMSite-specific set pieces by Bated Breath Theatre transform New York’s West Village into Montmartre.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:03AM“Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes),” an En Garde Arts production, invites audiences to experience a musical gathering popular among immigrants, this one under the threat of a raid.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:12PMOn a set that transforms the Bushwick Starr into a cave beneath a tree, Jillian Walker tells a story of her family, and of blackness in America, that aches with hope.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:12PMIn Tom Dulack’s take on Milton, the devils get the best lines and costumes, while Adam and Eve are a snooze.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:03PMIn this dystopian satire, “American Idol” and “60 Minutes” still reign, the White House is in Cleveland and a pair of writers compete to save the world.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:03PMWith showmanship and childlike wonder, one musical sensation revisits the era of another.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:42PMVideo projections help set the mood for an admirable adaptation of the Brazilian writer’s fragmented novel about a woman chafing against society’s restrictions.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:48PMMorals are especially relative in a new production of Shakespeare’s play, set in New Orleans amid the anarchy of Fat Tuesday, 1979.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48PMThis art form, which stems from a classic genre of protest song, gets a new spin in a musical by Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:03PMAn exquisite Irish Repertory Theater revival captures a trio of lost souls aching to connect in their constricting small town.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:54PM“I’m running 10 minutes late, can you leave my ticket at the box office?” Who hasn’t received the exact same text message while waiting for their companions in New York City? I chuck…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 06:30AMPresenting a version of Junot Díaz’s prizewinning novel, Repertorio Español is also showing off a confident cohort of Latino actors.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:32PMBob Stevens’s fond look at a life-changing night for the young Beatles should satisfy more than die-hard fans.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:33PMFive self-involved social-media obsessives don’t make for good company in Guillaume Corbeil’s play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:33PMIf the eclectic clutch of productions in its first week is any indication, the Rave Theater Festival is off to a promising start.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:03PMResetting the Italian drama on an unnamed Caribbean island, Repertorio Español allows two rich performers to shine in a twisty romance.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:03PMSure, it’s a tragedy, but along the way this Classical Theater of Harlem production is a riot of music and dance, with a Dionysus worthy of Jimi Hendrix.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:36AMAn Ensemble Studio Theater series includes an allegory on American intervention and a sympathetic look at a woman in distress.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:03PM"I'm happy. My cancer bring everyone together," exclaims a joyful Masako (Ako) as she lays in her hospital bed surrounded by her husband James (Jay Patterson), and their daughters Sophie (Em…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:46PMThe Brooklyn of Geraldine Inoa's Scraps is one filled with ghosts.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:15AMArt dealing with natural disasters tends to focus on the phenomenon itself and the ways in which it affects the characters in the story.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:13PMAmong all of Shakespeare's works, Measure for Measure stands out for being one of the most difficult to stage in modern days.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:38PMDavid Ives' recent plays, a series of "rediscovered" gems of French theatre, translated into English and done in verse, feel like the stage equivalent of a thrilling Jenga game.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:30PMAccording to Larry Phillips' play Koalas Are Dicks, but they've got nothing compared to humans.
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