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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Review: Blue Man Group Shows a Sense of Fun at Astor Place Theater by Laura Collins-Hughes

The group still performs its signature brand of entertainment at the theater, a space where the company has been performing since 1991.

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Thursday, December 24, 2015

Review: ‘Land of Fire’ Centers on a Victim Who Reaches Out to a Terrorist by Laura Collins-Hughes

Mario Diament’s play, at Theater for the New City, is partly based on the life of Yulie Cohen, an Israeli who sought to forgive a Palestinian involved in the attack that injured her.

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Monday, December 21, 2015

In ‘A Wilder Christmas,’ Darkness Laced With Sentiment by Laura Collins-Hughes

This double bill of one-acts by Thornton Wilder traces 90 years in the life of a family over a dinner table, and invites audience participation during a fictional train trip.

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Monday, November 30, 2015

Review: ‘The Unrepeatable Moment,’ Six Plays by John Yearley by Laura Collins-Hughes

This grab bag at the Barrow Group has a though-provoking start, an exhilarating finish and a few weak spots, Laura Collins-Hughes writes.

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Friday, November 27, 2015

Review: ‘Nora,’ Ingmar Bergman’s Adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s ‘A Doll’s House’ by Laura Collins-Hughes

Austin Pendleton has directed this version, at the Cherry Lane Studio, in which Torvald Helmer is startlingly different from what is expected.

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Review: ‘Shear Madness,’ Where Getting a Haircut Is Murder by Laura Collins-Hughes

This interactive comedy-mystery opens in New York, following its decades-long run in Boston.

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Avi Hoffman and Suzanne Toren on ‘Death of a Salesman’ and Yiddish by Laura Collins-Hughes

The language has been an integral part of life for Mr. Hoffman and Ms. Toren, who star in a New Yiddish Rep production of the Arthur Miller play.

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Review: ‘Mad Libs Live!,’ a Musical With a Few Missing Pieces by Laura Collins-Hughes

As in the word game, the audience is asked to help fill in the blanks — a license to go a little lowbrow — in this show at New World Stages.

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Sunday, November 8, 2015

Review: ‘Chang(e)’ Explores a Woman’s Self-Immolation by Laura Collins-Hughes

Soomi Kim and Suzi Takahashi recount the life and death of Kathy Change, a political protester who died in 1996, in a work at Here Arts Center.

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Review: In Beckett’s ‘The End,’ a Nameless Man Stares Down Death Onstage by Laura Collins-Hughes

The company Gare St. Lazare Ireland has adapted this short story into a minimalist play consisting of a monologue.

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Monday, November 2, 2015

Review: ‘Death of a Salesman’ in Yiddish by Laura Collins-Hughes

New Yiddish Rep is performing Arthur Miller’s play at the Castillo Theater.

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

George Takei Guides ‘Allegiance,’ a Musical, Not a Starship by Laura Collins-Hughes

Mr. Takei’s memories of his family’s imprisonment in the United States during World War II inspired the Broadway musical “Allegiance.”

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Thursday, October 22, 2015

For Big Outdoor Site Specific Stuff, Location, Location and Good Weather by Laura Collins-Hughes

This theater festival produced by Anne Hamburger at Hudson River Park in Chelsea presents new works by younger artists.

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Exploring the Cold War History Behind ‘Perfect Arrangement’ by Laura Collins-Hughes

Matthew Coffey, the daughter of the actress Julia Coffey, was involved in similar government operations as the one outlined in the play.

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Friday, October 16, 2015

Review: ‘Chase: What Matters Most?’: Banking After the Apocalypse by Laura Collins-Hughes

Five employees of Financial Bank report to work every day, even though their customers have vanished, in this production by Animals Performance Group.

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Monday, October 12, 2015

Review: ‘Would You Still Love Me If …,’ With Kathleen Turner, Touches on Gender Identity by Laura Collins-Hughes

This play, which starts its director, Ms. Turner, centers on a lesbian couple and a possible gender change

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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Review: ‘Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally,’ a Phone’s Tale by Laura Collins-Hughes

Kevin Armento’s play follows an affair between a high school boy and his algebra teacher from the perspective of the boy’s self-aware cellphone.

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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Review: ‘Pondling’ Looks Deep Into the Heart of a Disturbed Child by Laura Collins-Hughes

Genevieve Hulme-Beaman’s solo play, in which she stars, is part of the Origin Theater Company’s 1st Irish festival at 59E59 Theaters.

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Monday, September 21, 2015

Review: ‘Sex of the Baby,’ a Tale of Desire and Betrayal by Laura Collins-Hughes

Matthew-Lee Erlbach’s play centers on two gay men seeking to have a child, and a prospective birth mother who ends up having an affair with one of them.

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Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Review: In ‘Little Thing, Big Thing,’ a Nun, a Criminal and a Social Conscience by Laura Collins-Hughes

Donal O’Kelly’s “Little Thing, Big Thing” is not the moldy old caper you might expect.

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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Women’s Voices Theater Festival Celebrates Female Playwrights by Laura Collins-Hughes

The Women’s Voices Theater Festival, which runs through Nov. 22, will present 56 world-premiere productions at 51 participating theaters.

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Monday, September 7, 2015

Review: ‘They Are Gone’ Is Kathryn Hamilton’s Play About Protest and Apathy by Laura Collins-Hughes

This multimedia work blends fiction and reality as it speaks to the power of artists to incite action with images.

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Friday, September 4, 2015

Review: Two Bergman Films, Adapted on a Philadelphia Stage by Laura Collins-Hughes

“Persona” and “After the Rehearsal,” both directed by Ivo van Hove, have their American premieres at the FringeArts festival.

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Sunday, August 30, 2015

Review: ‘Magic Trick,’ the Tale of a Breakup in the World of Burlesque by Laura Collins-Hughes

This play finds a young woman who uses a wheelchair experiencing a breakup with her boyfriend.

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Friday, August 28, 2015

Tennessee Williams Short Stories, Now as One-Acts by Laura Collins-Hughes

Wednesday in 2d graf is Sept. 2 Playwrights including Beth Henley, David Grimm, Marcus Gardley and John Guare talk about adapting Williams’s stories for the Acting Company.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Review: Taking In the New York International Fringe Festival, From Ferry to Theater by Laura Collins-Hughes

With nearly 200 productions, navigating this festival can be difficult, but it can also be a surprisingly happy theatergoing experience.

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

After Outcry Over Diversity, Manhattan Theater Club Is Making a Change by Laura Collins-Hughes

Manhattan Theater Club’s coming season of productions solely by white male playwrights led to a sometimes heated discussion on Twitter and other social media outlets.

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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Review: ‘Grey Gardens’ Is Revived in Its Real Setting, the Hamptons by Laura Collins-Hughes

This musical about two relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is playing in Sag Harbor, N.Y.

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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Review: In ‘Steve: A Docu-Musical,’ Colin Summers Honors an Online Mystery Lyricist by Laura Collins-Hughes

Mr. Summers’s one-man show details his online correspondence with the title’s inspiration: a man, possibly Australian, who submitted lyrics to him over seven years.

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Review: In ‘The Comedy of Errors,’ Twins Lead to Confusion by Laura Collins-Hughes

Kelley Curran steals the show in Taibi Magar’s staging of this comedy, presented in Lenox, Mass., by Shakespeare & Company.

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Monday, August 3, 2015

Review: In ‘Freight,’ a Black Man Follows the Script for Five Incarnations by Laura Collins-Hughes

In Howard L. Craft’s century-spanning play at Here, J. Alphonse Nicholson plays a minstrel, a faith healer, an F.B.I. informant, an actor and a homeless man.

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