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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36AMAt the new Cirque Mechanics show, the revolving ring, rotating ladders and spinning swings might not thrill, but the performers do.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMAn excursion into the Theater of Lists at St. Ann’s Warehouse proves to be both original and exasperating.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36PMIn its sixth year on Broadway, “The Illusionists” serves up familiar routines, but two smaller shows deliver egghead charm and brainy sleight-of-hand.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:48PMBroadhurst Theatre, New York Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody has brought Alanis Morissette’s music to the stage with a contrived yet hugely entertaining show When Alanis Morissette …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AMThere 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMShows 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.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMThe 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.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:24AMLyceum 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 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMJoe Iconis’s new musical celebrates women’s prison flicks and girl group harmonies. But his teen rebels could use a cause.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48AM“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.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:36PMDaryl 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMSure, there’s some awkward innuendo. But that doesn’t spoil the annual thrill of seeing a troupe so effortlessly diverse, international and adept.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06PMRebecca Gilman’s one-woman show stars Kathleen Chalfant as Mabel Loomis Todd, who burnished herself with Emily Dickinson’s celebrity.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:36PMBad things happen to bad people in Lizzie Vieh’s comedy, set in Arizona, about a couple who break up, crack up and make up.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:18PMChristiane Jatahy’s surgical adaptation of “Three Sisters” takes the audience from stage to screen.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:18PMAs 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.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:48PMHudson 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMWestside 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMThe 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24PMCatya McMullen’s work is a memory play, a friendship play, a delayed coming-of-age drama and briefly a romantic comedy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:42PMThe 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 …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:03AMHer 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMMac Wellman’s ode to theater does away with character and basic grammar. Here, language baffles and delights.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:54PMThe 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 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMFrom 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 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMA 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18PMWashington Square Park has certainly seen its share of eccentrics. But a parade of fur-clad, claw-footed Frenchmen turned a head or two.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMIn the new musical “Jagged Little Pill,” Alanis Morissette’s song about romantic betrayal has become a showstopper.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:06AMBradley 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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