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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010

Theater Review | 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?': Watch It, Martha: This George Is a Stealth Bomb by Charles Isherwood

The revelation of Steppenwolf’s production of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” in Chicago is Tracy Letts’s spellbinding performance of George.

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Friday, December 10, 2010

Theatrical Stumbles of Historic Proportions by Charles Isherwood

Plays taking an irreverent look at American history aren’t doing well at the theater box office.

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Thursday, December 9, 2010

ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: The Exploding Art of Set Design by Charles Isherwood

The immersive decor at some Broadway theaters treads dangerously close to kitsch.

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Theater Talkback: The Exploding Art of Set Design by Charles Isherwood

The immersive décor at some Broadway theaters treads dangerously close to kitsch.

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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Theater Review | 'Haunted': A Longtime Marriage, Threatened Inside and Out by Charles Isherwood

Brenda Blethyn and Niall Buggy portray a long-married couple whose troubled ties are shaken by a young woman, in Edna O’Brien’s play “Haunted.”

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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Holiday Gift Guide: Theater Books by Charles Isherwood

A handful of new theater-related books make fine gift choices for a footlight addict.

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ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Giving Thanks in a Thankless Season by Charles Isherwood

I have decided to celebrate all the good tidings of the season so far, with the occasional backhanded swipe at the trials I’ve endured.

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Theater Review | 'In the Footprint': A Brooklyn Civics Lesson, Offered in Word and Song by Charles Isherwood

The conflict over the redevelopment of the Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn is rhapsodized in song with style and wit in the spirited new show from the Civilians.

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Monday, November 22, 2010

Theater Review | 'The Coward': Rules of the Duel: When Facing Near-Certain Death, Employ an Impostor by Charles Isherwood

Truly inspired humor is doled out in stingy doses in “The Coward,” a labored and overlong comedy by Nick Jones.

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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Theater Review | 'Elling': A Couple That’s Odd in More Ways Than Two by Charles Isherwood

Fitfully funny, thanks primarily to the energetic efforts of Denis O’Hare, the new Broadway comedy “Elling” is mostly just a puzzling fizzle.

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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Theater Review | 'The Marriage of Maria Braun': A Postwar Woman Foiled by Men by Charles Isherwood

Thomas Ostermeier’s stage version of “The Marriage of Maria Braun,” at the Next Wave Festival, is essentially a line-by-line re-enactment of the screenplay.

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Theater Review | 'Mistakes Were Made': A Producer, His Telephone and Desperation by Charles Isherwood

Despite Michael Shannon’s excellent performance, “Mistakes Were Made” is only fitfully entertaining and ultimately something of a grind.

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Monday, November 15, 2010

Theater Review | 'The Pee-wee Herman Show': Older, but No More Mature by Charles Isherwood

Pee-Wee Herman, the adorable man-child in the skinny suit and red bow tie, has parked his playhouse on Broadway.

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Theater Review | 'Elf': North Pole Naïf Tries to Thaw Hearts by Charles Isherwood

The Broadway musical “Elf,” at the Al Hirschfeld Theater, is the latest seasonal stocking stuffer and pocket picker in the mold of “White Christmas.”

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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Theater Review | 'Long Story Short': Back to the Ancient Days of Angst and Irritability by Charles Isherwood

“Long Story Short” is a snappy recap of human civilization as seen through the skeptical eyes of a standup comic, Colin Quinn.

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Theater Review | 'After the Revolution': A Stain on Her Marxist Mantle by Charles Isherwood

In “After the Revolution,” a fine and fiercely well-acted new play by Amy Herzog, the members of the Joseph clan are happier to argue the legacies of Stalin than to explore the pain they…

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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Theater Review | ‘Lombardi’: On Further Review, the Coach Stands by Charles Isherwood

“Lombardi,” the new play based on a biography of the legendary football coach, suffers from a lack of a strong focus on its central character.

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Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
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Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
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