Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
At the new Cirque Mechanics show, the revolving ring, rotating ladders and spinning swings might not thrill, but the performers do.
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An excursion into the Theater of Lists at St. Ann’s Warehouse proves to be both original and exasperating.
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In its sixth year on Broadway, “The Illusionists” serves up familiar routines, but two smaller shows deliver egghead charm and brainy sleight-of-hand.
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Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody has brought Alanis Morissette’s music to the stage with a contrived yet hugely entertaining show
When Alanis Morissette …
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There were big musicals, thoughtful political statements and big star disappointments in a disordered year of theater
Broadway went to Paris this year. And to New Haven, north London, the Gu…
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Shows that defied categorization offered a stark choice: Escape an angry world, or face up to its travails. Beyond Broadway, writers explored race, inequality and addiction.
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The playwright left his home state 20 years ago. While rehearsing his new play, “Greater Clements,” he drove through the lonesome landscapes that still inspire his work.
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Lyceum Theatre, New York
Jack Thorne’s Broadway transfer of the Christmas classic is sentimental but moving and boasts a host of surprises
Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol has always …
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Joe Iconis’s new musical celebrates women’s prison flicks and girl group harmonies. But his teen rebels could use a cause.
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“Fefu and Her Friends,” perhaps the finest work of the Cuban-American director and playwright María Irene Fornés, is finally getting a New York revival.
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Daryl Roth Theatre, New York
A new take on the romantic comedy boasts music from the National and a stellar turn from Glee’s Blake Jenner but there are stumbles throughout
Before Peter Din…
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Sure, there’s some awkward innuendo. But that doesn’t spoil the annual thrill of seeing a troupe so effortlessly diverse, international and adept.
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Rebecca Gilman’s one-woman show stars Kathleen Chalfant as Mabel Loomis Todd, who burnished herself with Emily Dickinson’s celebrity.
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Bad things happen to bad people in Lizzie Vieh’s comedy, set in Arizona, about a couple who break up, crack up and make up.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2019
As the self-involved, self-lacerating womanizer in the play “Linda Vista,” Ian Barford aims to offer the audience just enough reasons not to give up on him.
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Hudson Theatre, New York
The country is far from perfect, a Broadway audience will not chant the names of black Americans killed by police. The singer presses on
More than a concert and less…
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Westside Theatre, New York
Killer performances from Jonathan Groff and Tammy Blanchard bring a revival of the 1982 tale of a bloodthirsty plant to vibrant life
The musical comedy our climate…
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The American Airlines Theatre, New York
A delightful turn from the Oscar winner isn’t enough to save this garbled and tiresome Tennessee Williams adaptation
The Rose Tattoo, now co-starri…
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Catya McMullen’s work is a memory play, a friendship play, a delayed coming-of-age drama and briefly a romantic comedy.
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The composer broke out with his touching musical “Ordinary Days.” He’s back with his biggest show yet, the ’70s-set tale of a treacherous burger cook with more than a resemblance to …
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Her plays are full of big, soulful, sexually charged parts for women. As Dirty Crusty hits Britain, the writer talks about binge-dating and casting off the shame she learned growing up
Clare…
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Mac Wellman’s ode to theater does away with character and basic grammar. Here, language baffles and delights.
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The Linda Gross Theater and the Atlantic Theater Company, New York
The Tony-winning writer of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child stumbles with a navel-gazing show about an unconvincing group …
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From skewering Sarah Palin to handing us Liz Lemon on 30 Rock, here are 10 of the SNL legend’s most hilarious moments
The 50 best comedians
A nice girl with an anarchic bent and a tongue …
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A hip-hop history lesson, a dizzy Dahl musical and a continent-hopping barbershop … we pick the finest new works of theatre since 2000
Jez Butterworth: the sage behind our No1 Continue rea…
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Washington Square Park has certainly seen its share of eccentrics. But a parade of fur-clad, claw-footed Frenchmen turned a head or two.
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In the new musical “Jagged Little Pill,” Alanis Morissette’s song about romantic betrayal has become a showstopper.
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Bradley Dean blasted the producers of “Bat Out of Hell: The Musical” when they canceled the tour. But that didn’t keep him from the rock-god thrill of his career in the New York run.
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