Thursday, July 12, 2018
The death of the show’s composer, Michael Friedman, makes this musical about loss an accidental and indispensable elegy.
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This Swiss mime troupe’s show “you & me” is like the Muppets, but heavily influenced by French surrealism and a few psychotropics.
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There have been complaints that “Fairview,” currently at Soho Rep, goes too far and complaints that it doesn’t go far enough.
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Monday, July 2, 2018
Thursday, June 28, 2018
Circle in the Square Theater, New YorkBased on a graphic novel memoir about growing up gay in a funeral home, this smart, sophisticated Broadway musical includes one astonishing performanceF…
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The magicians Joshua Jay and Vitaly Beckman, both in one-man shows in Manhattan, are exploring uses of enchantment. And kitchen supplies.
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If Chris Green’s puppet theater piece is a work of political theater, it is abstract and unemotional in a time that seems anything but.
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They portray the title character in this play by Tracy Letts. In a conversation, they talked about their work and the production.
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This Manhattan Theater Club production, written by Donja R. Love and directed by Saheem Ali, is set in the antebellum South.
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Revisiting Rwanda 20 years after the brutal genocide there, two men meet again and fact and fiction are sorted out.
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After last year saw Kevin Spacey making a litany of bad jokes, this year’s celebration of Broadway was a kinder affair with a theme of inclusivity throughoutHas it really only been a year …
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Mallory Catlett’s play, a multimedia meditation on memory and decay, imagines the characters of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” 30 or 40 years later.
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Monday, June 4, 2018
Three stars of the hit Tina Fey musical talk about their real-life high school years: the highs, the lows, the bullies and the bell bottoms.
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Majority rule (mostly). One play per playwright. How we put together the 25 Plays list, and a bid to remember notable writers and favorite works that missed the cut.
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Booth Theater, New YorkA starry cast delights in a glossy new version of the 1968 play that balances sharp wit with uncomfortable observationsSticks and stones will break your bones. Words w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18PMJamie Parker, who portrays the grown-up wizard in Broadway’s “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” repairs to the archery range on his day off.
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The play, created by Rady & Bloom, follows a celebration that goes nowhere, with nothing going according to plan.
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Classic Stage Company, New YorkLast summer, at least three different Uncle Vanyas bestrode New York stages. Recent years have also witnessed fields of cherry orchards, a small flock of seagu…
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Monday, May 14, 2018
The Acting Company’s production, which runs through May 27 at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center, nods to violence and hits the play’s grimmer notes.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018
John Tiffany regularly makes magic on stage, never more than in the Tony-nominated show. But what made him?
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When his work is adapted for the big screen, you’re liable to see everything from kangaroos in love to cutting French cheekbones.
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Lucy Thurber was inspired by two of her students when she wrote “Transfers.” The young men watch the play and then catch up with Ms. Thurber.
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SpongeBob, Mean Girls and Harry Potter lead the way after a record-breaking year but are the big-budget productions hampering original alternatives?A humble sponge is feeling pretty good rig…
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