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Monday, May 25, 2015

Theater Review | 'Throne of Blood': Sprawling Cinema, Tamed to a Stage by CHARLES ISHERWOOD

Were it not for the gorgeous costumes, Ping Chong’s “Throne of Blood” would be as boring to look at as it is to listen to.

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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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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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Theater Review | 'Ghosts in the Cottonwoods': It’s a Big Night in the Country for a Family to No Manners Born by CHARLES ISHERWOOD

A 1998 play by Adam Rapp shows a backwoods family being backward and woodsy.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Theater Review | 'Donny & Marie: A Broadway Christmas': She’s a Little Country, He’s a Little Rock, and They’re Both a Little Bit of Everything by CHARLES ISHERWOOD

“Donny & Marie: A Broadway Christmas,” reuniting the Osmond siblings, continues through Jan. 2.

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Bright Fodder for Future Revivals by CHARLES ISHERWOOD

Most of the best work this year — on Broadway and (mostly) off — was freshly minted. Here’s a Top 10 list that contains no revivals.

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Bright Fodder for Future Revivals by CHARLES ISHERWOOD

Most of the best work this year — on Broadway and (mostly) off — was freshly minted. Here’s a Top 10 list that contains no revivals.

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Theater Review | 'Dracula': Bloody Bloody Revival Revival by CHARLES ISHERWOOD

The 1920s stage version of “Dracula” has been revived with Michel Altieri as the fanged one.

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Critic’s Notebook: ‘Idiot’ Welcomes Back a Bad Influence by Charles Isherwood

Billie Joe Armstrong, the Green Day frontman, brings a jolt of rock-god electricity to the Broadway musical “American Idiot.”

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Theater Review | 'Nearly Lear': An Answer to a Crying Need: ‘King Lear’ for Children by Charles Isherwood

A one-woman show condenses “King Lear” into a 90-minute child-friendly version.

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Theater Review | 'Blood From a Stone': Discord Dished Up at Every Meal by Charles Isherwood

“Blood From a Stone,” written by Tommy Nohilly and starring Ethan Hawke, is a worthy but wearying new play.

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Theater Review | 'The Importance of Being Earnest': A Stylish Monster Conquers at a Glance by Charles Isherwood

Brian Bedford’s Lady Bracknell drives an effervescent Broadway production of “The Importance of Being Earnest,” which he also directs.

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Theater Review | 'The How and the Why': Student Meets a Mentor She Has Met Before by Charles Isherwood

Biology is destiny, and destiny is biology in “The How and the Why,” a new play by Sarah Treem at the McCarter Theater.

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Theater Review | 'The Walk Across America for Mother Earth': Protesters Armed With Wigs and Sequins by Charles Isherwood

“The Walk Across America for Mother Earth” is a playful but perceptive comedy by the downtown writer and performer Taylor Mac.

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ArtsBeat: Rock Stars Heading to Broadway by Charles Isherwood

Will Broadway be a rehab center for established (or aspirational) rockers absent too long from the charts?

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Theater Talkback: Stepping From The Rock Arena to the Broadway Stage by Charles Isherwood

Will Broadway be a rehab center for established (or aspirational) rockers absent too long from the charts?

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Theater Review | 'The Old Masters': Showdown at the Italian Villa, Easels Drawn by Charles Isherwood

“The Old Masters,” by Simon Gray, depicts a showdown in Italy in 1937 between the art historian Bernard Berenson and the leading art dealer Joseph Duveen.

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Theater Review | 'The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore': Reaper Arrives? Grab a Kimono by Charles Isherwood

Olympia Dukakis stars in this Roundabout Theater Company revival of Tennessee Williams’s fitfully moving but often preposterous 1963 play “The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop He…

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Theater Review | 'The Whipping Man': Candles, Matzo, Wine and Some Unusual Hosts by Charles Isherwood

“The Whipping Man,” an atmospheric period drama by Matthew Lopez, has few equals in its arresting strangeness.

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ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: What Rocco Landesman Should Speak About Next by Charles Isherwood

A conversation about the size and structure of the not-for-profit theater world is a necessity at a time when the collapsed economy has left organizations scrambling for funding.

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