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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Arts | Long Island: A Review of ‘Sweet Charity,’ at the John W. Engeman Theater by Aileen Jacobson

“Sweet Charity,” the musical about an optimistic dance-hall hostess who keeps falling for no-good men, is at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport through Oct. 28.

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Saturday, September 1, 2012

Arts | Long Island: A Review of ‘Phantom’ in Bellport, N.Y. by Aileen Jacobson

“Phantom,” which was written five years before Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” made its debut on Broadway, is not as famous as its counterpart, but is no pale imit…

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Monday, August 20, 2012

Arts | Long Island: A Review of ‘Big Maybelle,’ at the Bay Street Theater by Aileen Jacobson

“Big Maybelle: Soul of the Blues,” a semibiographical play by Paul Levine, is having its world premiere at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, N.Y.

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Saturday, July 28, 2012

Arts | Long Island: A Review of ‘9 to 5: The Musical,’ at the Patchogue Theater by Aileen Jacobson

The audience at “9 to 5: The Musical,” in Patchogue, cheered whenever one of the central characters triumphed over, or even threatened, her oafish boss.

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Saturday, July 14, 2012

Arts | Long Island: A Review of ‘Men’s Lives,’ at the Bay Street Theater by Aileen Jacobson

“Men’s Lives,” by Joe Pintauro, which tells the story of the Bonackers, or baymen of the East End of Long Island, is being staged at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor through July 2…

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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Arts | Long Island: A Review of ‘Luv,’ at the John Drew Theater at Guild Hall by Aileen Jacobson

“Luv,” an absurdist comedy by Murray Schisgal that was a Broadway hit in the 1960s, is being staged at the John Drew Theater in East Hampton.

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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Theater Review | Long Island: A Review of ‘My Fair Lady,’ at the Gateway Playhouse by Aileen Jacobson

Strong voices lift “My Fair Lady,” a Lerner and Loewe masterpiece, above some awkward scenery and acting at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport.

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Saturday, June 9, 2012

Arts | Long Island: A Review of ‘My Brilliant Divorce,’ at the Bay Street Theater by Aileen Jacobson

In the American premiere of “My Brilliant Divorce,” Geraldine Aron’s one-woman play, Polly Draper gives an intimate and engaging performance at the Bay Street Theater.

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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Arts | Long Island: A Review of ‘Uncle Vanya,’ at Guild Hall in East Hampton by Aileen Jacobson

“Uncle Vanya,” a play known as much for its light comic notes as for its sense of woe, has come to the John Drew Theater at Guild Hall in East Hampton.

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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Arts | Long Island: A Review of ‘42nd Street,’ at the John W. Engeman Theater by Aileen Jacobson

The terrific opening number is a harbinger of things to come in the John W. Engeman Theater’s production of “42nd Street.”

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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Arts | Long Island: ‘The Sunshine Boys’ at the Engeman Theater — Review by Aileen Jacobson

“The Sunshine Boys,” by Neil Simon, is onstage at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport through March 25.

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Sunday, October 2, 2011

Arts | Long Island: ‘Camelot’ at the John W. Engeman Theater - Review by Aileen Jacobson

A minor character in “Camelot,” Mordred, steals the show in a production at the John W. Engeman Theater.

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Saturday, September 3, 2011

Arts | Long Island: ‘Sweeney Todd’ at the Gateway Playhouse - Review by Aileen Jacobson

Gateway Playhouse in Bellport tackles “Sweeney Todd” with soaring voices, twisted comedy, gripping melodrama and squirting blood.

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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Arts | Long Island: But I Really Want to Act (Never Mind the Stage Fright) by Aileen Jacobson

Josh Grisetti portrays a young man trying to break into show business in a revival of “Enter Laughing, the Musical” at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor.

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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Long Island Arts | East Hampton: They Had a Barn, So They Decided to Put on a Show by Aileen Jacobson

The Mulford Repertory Theater presents “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife” and “Miss Electricity” in a barn built in 1721.

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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Arts | Long Island: Puns and Parodies, and a Killer Rabbit by Aileen Jacobson

Though jokes abound, “Monty Python’s Spamalot” substitutes a droll, deadpan style for the often frantic and hard-to-follow pace of the Broadway show.

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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Theater Review | Long Island: High Crimes (With Laugh Track) and a Summer Share by Aileen Jacobson

“Betty’s Summer Vacation,” a black comedy by Christopher Durang, at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, skewers society’s fascination with lurid court trials.

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Sunday, July 3, 2011

Arts | Long Island: How to Succeed in a Pink Power Suit by Aileen Jacobson

“Legally Blonde: The Musical,” playing at the Gateway Playhouse, seems to say it’s good for a gal to be smart, but really wonderful if she’s also blond and beautiful.

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Sunday, June 12, 2011

Live, From Sag Harbor, Darrell Hammond in ‘Tru’ by AILEEN JACOBSON

Darrell Hammond delivers a precise embodiment in “Tru,” Jay Presson Allen’s one-man play about the flamboyant author.

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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Theater Review | Long Island: Gold-Hearted Dames and Benign Crooks by Aileen Jacobson

A production of “Guys and Dolls” is playing at the John W. Engeman Theater in Northport through June 19.

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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Spotlight | Bohemia: The Airport Playhouse Is Grounded for Good by Aileen Jacobson

The 33-year-old theater has been unable to break even in the last six years and will close at the end of this month.

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Saturday, December 4, 2010

Theater Review | Long Island: A Tale That Rings With a Familiar Sound by Aileen Jacobson

At the John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, a new production of “The Sound of Music” is onstage until Jan. 16.

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