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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Theater Review | 'Pangs of the Messiah': ‘Pangs of the Messiah’ at 14th Street Y - Review by Catherine Rampell

“Pangs of the Messiah,” at the 14th Street Y, follows a family of Zionist settlers being removed from the West Bank in 2014 as part of a fictional peace treaty.

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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Theater Review | 'The Dumb Waiter' : ‘The Dumb Waiter’ at the Duo Theater - Review by Catherine Rampell

“The Dumb Waiter,” Harold Pinter’s one-act play, follows two hit men killing time before targeting something more sentient.

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Mike Daisey Discusses ‘The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs’ by Catherine Rampell

The monologist Mike Daisey speaks about what defines a real “tech geek” and how his exposure to Chinese factories has changed his relationship with his beloved iPhone.

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Monday, September 26, 2011

Theater Review: Death, Sewage ... and a Few Laughs by Catherine Rampell

“Dublin by Lamplight,” part of the 1st Irish Theater Festival at 59E59 Theaters, tries to juxtapose the serious with the silly.

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Theater Review | 'Crane Story' : ‘Crane Story’ at the Cherry Lane Theater - Review by Catherine Rampell

Jen Silverman’s “Crane Story” follows a woman who goes to the afterlife to speak with her brother, who committed suicide.

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Monday, September 19, 2011

Theater Review | 'Play It Cool': ‘Play It Cool’ at the Acorn Theater - Review by Catherine Rampell

“Play It Cool,” a new musical about a gay jazz club in 1950s Hollywood, promises mystery, scandal, provocation, eroticism and moral outrage, but it fails to deliver on any of them.

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Friday, September 16, 2011

Theater Review: ‘The Lapsburgh Layover,’ by Berserker Residents - Review by Catherine Rampell

“The Lapsburgh Layover,” a screwball comedy by the Berserker Residents, turns the Ars Nova Theater into a very friendly airport in a forgotten nation.

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: New York Fringe Festival Report: 'Technodoulia Dot Com' by Catherine Rampell

A pack of Fordham University undergraduates used their real-life technology to create their new play, "Technodoulia Dot Com."

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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: New York Fringe Festival Report: 'Sammy Gets Mugged!' by Catherine Rampell

"Sammy Gets Mugged!" has a promising concept, but the execution is a little sloppy and slow.

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ArtsBeat Blog: New York Fringe Festival Report: 'Cow Play' by Catherine Rampell

Somewhere within the rambling recesses of "Cow Play" there lurks a great drama.

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: New York Fringe Festival Report: 'Gleeam' by Catherine Rampell

"Gleeam" is a lively but uneven musical parody mash-up of "Glee" and the 1996 horror flick "Scream."

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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Theater Review | 'The Parting Glass': The Unluck of the Irish in Love, Soccer and Business by Catherine Rampell

The Irish playwright Dermot Bolger’s “Parting Glass,” at the Barrow Street Theater, is about perpetual underdogs in love, sports and the economy.

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Theater Review | 'home/sick': Hot, Sweaty, Claustrophobic? So Is the Cast by Catherine Rampell

“home/sick,” about the Weather Underground, is an unsettling story in an uncomfortable setting.

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Theater Review | 'The Magdalene': A Married, Reimagined Jesus by Catherine Rampell

The creators of “The Magdalene,” a musical based on an alternate telling of the story of Mary Magdalene, have managed to take stunningly incendiary material and douse it with blandness a…

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Theater Review | 'Yes We Can': This Colorblind Woman Can’t Distinguish Black From White by Catherine Rampell

Daniella Shoshan’s “Yes We Can,” at Walkerpsace, tries to explore the idea of a postracial America.

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Monday, June 20, 2011

Theater Review: For Artists, Growing Up Is Still Hard to Do by Catherine Rampell

In the musical “Next Thing You Know,” with music by Joshua Salzman and book and lyrics by Ryan Cunningham, young artists try to come to grips with life in New York.

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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Theater Review | 'Shakespeare’s Slave': A Love-Struck Romeo Finds Inspiration at Last by Catherine Rampell

Unlike its writer’s-blocked hero “Shakespeare’s Slave” suffers from a few too many ideas.

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