This ragged “Orange Is the New Black” parody is set in an all-female animal shelter where dogs and cats don’t get along. How will Pipsy survive?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:26PMDon Nguyen’s “Hello, From the Children of Planet Earth” asks what it takes to sustain human life, in space and on earth.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PMShe made her name on the TV drama “Six Feet Under.” But her last musical? That was “Oklahoma!” — in high school. Now she’s playing Eliza Doolittle in “My Fair Lady.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00AMAfter a trial run in Denver, the stage adaptation of the animated smash hits New York and a passionate fanbase is already out in force – and in costumeThe cold never bothered them anyway. …
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:26PMThis flawed and devastating play argues that in remaining ignorant of our history, we risk remaining mired in its violence.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:34PMWords on the page are only a start when improvisers and actors collaborate at a monthly show at Upright Citizens Brigade called “Gravid Water.” And that’s just fine with a theater crit…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00AMLaura Benanti, the cabaret performer and Broadway star, keeps a low profile in her Harlem neighborhood.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00PMThe production of “Harry Clarke,” a one-man show starring Billy Crudup, is the latest step in the audiobook maker’s investment in contemporary theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:26PMPerformers in the experiential show Sleep No More allege that they were sexually assaulted by patrons, raising concerns about the vulnerability of actorsLast week, Buzzfeed published an arti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:45AMSteph Del Rosso’s new play, “Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill,” has breakneck banter and frisky wordplay. But is there anything new to say about a bad romance?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:17PMIn his solo show at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Mashuq Mushtaq Deen traces his journey of gender transition through the eyes of onlookers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PMRude Mechs boil down the 800 pages of “The Brothers Karamazov” to a searching but silly 80-minute show. Hot tub included.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:42PMAfter a near-death experience, the audacious Soho Rep moves back into its longtime home with a typically challenging production.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:29PM“Parable of the Sower” is an earnest call to action, while the irreverent “Pursuit of Happiness” finds a Slovenian dance troupe in unfamiliar territory.
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00PMTake two electronic music concept albums. Add a glamorous performer and lots of spandex. The result: a rock opera battle for the soul of the universe.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:42PMHer new Jim Crow-era play, “He Brought Her Heart Back in Box,” shows that even late in an influential career, she’s not mellowing.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:11PMAlison S.M. Kobayashi was determined to figure out who made a set of puzzling 1950s recordings. Her detective work led to a sneakily moving interactive play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:29PMBlockbuster movie musicals are set to dominate over the next 12 months while a host of big star names will also be jostling for Tonys2017? Let it go. After an unusually bleak year on Broadwa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00AMThe “Empire” actor and Broadway star visited his former dance studio. But he never broke a sweat.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:33PMAll our critic wanted was to stop judging and share a holiday show with her daughter. But her pint-size companion had other ideas.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:33AMIn “Mankind,” the playwright imagines a world in which women are extinct. “You have to go for the throat,” he says.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:12AMTheatrical dystopias are in the air, as playwrights conjure nuclear fallout, insectoid aliens and everyday assassinations.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:12AMThe teen riff on Les Liaisons Dangereuses is now an off-Broadway stage show complete with signature cocktails and an Alanis Morissette/REM mash-upOnstage at a cabaret club in New York’s Gr…
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMJimmy Fowlie’s one-man show satirizes the struggling, self-involved actress played by Emma Stone in the movie.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:33AMThe venerable experimental troupe Mabou Mines incorporates “Frankenstein,” fetishwear and puppetry in excavating the playwright’s obsessions.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMPolitical themes inevitably emerged alongside star turns from Bette Midler and Kevin Kline but despite some promising new plays, disappointment lingered In 2017, Broadway broke record after …
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