A one-woman show written and performed by Trezana Beverley tells the story of the singer Mabel Mercer, who even influenced Sinatra.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:04PMThis play at the Ensemble Studio Theater recalls a 1960s experiment involving perceived shocks and suffering.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:02PMIn this update of Edmond Rostand’s 19th-century tale, Cyrano becomes Cy, a lesbian Army veteran.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:03PMJeremy Tiang’s adaptation of Cao Xueqin’s sprawling 18th-century novel about an aristocratic family focuses on a love story.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:16PMThe holiday musical finds the quartet back from the afterworld and ready to sing.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:44PMSome lost souls take a bus ride to heaven in this stage adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s novella.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:09PMKathleen Chalfant portrays Rose Kennedy in this solo show put on by Nora’s Playhouse, at the Clurman Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:22PMRobert Cuccioli stars in this reimagining of “The Rothschilds,” which played on Broadway around the same time as “Fiddler on the Roof.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:43PMThis musical comedy at the Actors Temple Theater smartly delves into the missteps and acts of ego that led to the Iraq war.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:37PMThis production by Company XIV and AMDM features showgirls and showboys and acrobatic performers in lingerie.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:44PMMr. Larson was hesitant to take the cub reporter role in 1951 for fear that he would be typecast. He eventually changed careers.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:22AMThis one-act parody lives mainly for its adolescent double entendres and Everett Quinton’s delicious performance.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:55PMWith flashes of humor, Kevin Kerr’s play evokes the horrors of a 1918 pandemic that gave people no time to mourn.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:59PMIn this farce by Nicholas Korn, influenced by commedia dell’arte, a patriarch weighs the qualifications of three suitors courting his children; a fourth complicates matters.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:13PMAmong the offerings at the festival includes final performances of “Songs for the Fallen,” “Manuel vs. the Statue of Liberty” and “Foolerie.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:37PMThe life and films of James Cagney are celebrated in a musical production at the Theater at St. Peter’s.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:33PMThe Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey's production of "No Man's Land" by Harold Pinter is supported by four veteran actors and a skilled director.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMLayon Gray's play "All-American Girls" puts together an all-black female baseball team during World War II for a whodunit.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMAt the Gateway Playhouse, a sweet, naughty, hilarious, absolutely first-rate production of "Avenue Q."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMMichael Wilson will be pursuing an independent career after 13 seasons in his current role, but he still has Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams on his schedule.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMThe Zella Fry Theater at Kean University presents a world premiere play about a suburban mother who tries to help the young victim of an African war.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMMr. McCarthy will always be best known as the star of the 1956 sci-fi movie "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMIn José Luis Ramos Escobar’s play at Teatro IATI, a burglar talks with his prey and even acts out bits of “Othello.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PM“Through the Night” has been described as a look at what it means to be black and male in the United States today, but its deepest meanings transcend race and gender.
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"Aurélia's Oratorio" is part magic show, part silent comedy, and lots of illusion.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PM“Through the Night” has been described as a look at what it means to be black and male in the United States today, but its deepest meanings transcend race and gender.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PM"Broke-ology," a play being staged at TheaterWorks in Hartford, is a poignant exploration of the problems of a family in Kansas.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMAt first glance, the plot of "Intimate Apparel," the first presentation of the season at Two River Theater Company, may sound like something from a soap opera.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMWHEN Elaine Del Valle was a little girl, in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn in the 1980s, she lived in an apartment that required only one key to open the front door. But her mother had …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMJeffrey Hatcher's "Mrs. Mannerly" is a two-actor show, with one in the title role and the other playing five children.
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