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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Theater Review: ‘The Golden Dragon,’ by Roland Schimmelpfennig by Charles Isherwood

“The Golden Dragon,” a comedy written by Roland Schimmelpfennig, is partly set in the kitchen of an Asian restaurant.    

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Theater Review: ‘The Master Builder,’ at the Harvey Theater at BAM by Charles Isherwood

John Turturro is the conflicted and driven architect Halvard Solbess in “The Master Builder,” directed by Andrei Belgrader.    

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812’ at Kazino by Charles Isherwood

In “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” the characters pursue their fates, happy and otherwise, in the grand houses of 19th-century Moscow.    

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ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Farewell to ‘Smash’ by Charles Isherwood

A theater critic says goodbye to the disappointing NBC series about the making of a Broadway show.    

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Theater Review: ‘QueerSpawn,’ Directed by Jesse Geiger by Charles Isherwood

“QueerSpawn” is a comedy about a straight teenager who is picked on because some of his peers think he’s gay.    

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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Theater Review: ‘A Family for All Occasions,’ at Bank Street Theater by Charles Isherwood

A man finds a seeming kinship with his daughter’s suitor in “A Family for All Occasions,” Bob Glaudini’s play about familial dysfunction, at Bank Street Theater.   &nb…

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Friday, May 10, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Death of Walt Disney,’ at Soho Rep by Charles Isherwood

Walt Disney’s insistence on steamrolling over, or editing out, those aspects of the world that did not fit his vision is one aspect of him that Lucas Hnath explores in his new play. &…

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Charles Isherwood on Off Broadway Playwriting by Charles Isherwood

While Broadway plays seemed moribund this season, some of the work presented Off Broadway was terrific.    

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Theater Review: ‘The Notebook of Trigorin’ by Tennessee Williams at the Flea by Charles Isherwood

The Attic Theater Company is presenting Tennessee Williams’s “Notebook of Trigorin,” his adaptation of “The Seagull,” for the first time in New York    

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Monday, May 6, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Core Values,’ by Steven Levenson, at Ars Nova by Charles Isherwood

“Core Values,” a comedy by Steven Levenson at Ars Nova, depicts a team-building retreat set up by the owner of a beleaguered travel agency.    

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Sunday, May 5, 2013

Theater Review: ‘The Girl I Left Behind Me,’ at 59E59 Theaters by Charles Isherwood

“The Girl I Left Behind Me” conjures a vanished novelty of the theater, the cross-dressing female performers who once fascinated large audiences in England and America.   …

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Theater Review: ‘I’ll Eat You Last,’ Starring Bette Midler by Charles Isherwood

Bette Midler plays Sue Mengers, the ruthless agent of 1970s Hollywood, in “I’ll Eat You Last,” a one-woman show on Broadway.    

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Theater Review: Tristan Sturrock in Solo Show, ‘Mayday Mayday’ by Charles Isherwood

An accident that left the actor Tristan Sturrock with a broken neck is at the center of the play “Mayday Mayday” at St. Ann’s Warehouse.    

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Sunday, April 21, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Macbeth,’ With Alan Cumming at the Barrymore Theater by Charles Isherwood

The Scotsman Alan Cumming plays every major role in a production of “Macbeth” at the Barrymore Theater.    

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Friday, April 19, 2013

Theater Review: ‘The Dance of Death’ by August Strindberg by Charles Isherwood

Strindberg’s “Dance of Death” can feel like a turn-of-the-20th-century Scandinavian template for Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”    

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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Theater Review: Frank Wildhorn’s ‘Jekyll & Hyde,’ at the Marquis Theater by Charles Isherwood

Frank Wildhorn’s first Broadway musical, “Jekyll & Hyde,” is being revived at the Marquis Theater.    

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Theater Review: Odets’s ‘Big Knife,’ With Bobby Cannavale by Charles Isherwood

Clifford Odets’s 1949 drama, “The Big Knife,” opened on Broadway in a sluggish, soulless revival starring the talented Bobby Cannavale.    

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Sunday, April 14, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Motown: The Musical,’ Berry Gordy’s Story by Charles Isherwood

The hit parade reels on seemingly forever in “Motown: The Musical,” a dramatically slapdash but musically vibrant trip back to the glory days of Detroit.    

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Theater Review: ‘The Call’ at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater by Charles Isherwood

“The Call” is a thoughtful and engrossing new play by Tanya Barfield.    

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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Bullet Catch’ at 59E59 Theaters by Charles Isherwood

The magician Rob Drummond catches a bullet in his mouth in his show at 59E59 Theaters.    

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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Kafka’s Monkey,’ at Baryshnikov Arts Center by Charles Isherwood

Kathryn Hunter plays an ape who plays a man in “Kafka’s Monkey,” a solo show at the Baryshnikov Arts Center adapted from Kafka’s short story “A Report to the Academy.”

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Critic’s Notebook: The Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville by Charles Isherwood

Several plays in this year’s Humana Festival in Louisville explore the shaping of the human psyche.

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Theater Review: ‘The Last Five Years,’ a Musical at Second Stage Theater by Charles Isherwood

Second Stage Theater’s revival of “The Last Five Years” confirms memories of this musical by Jason Robert Brown as a series of pleasant, but not distinctive, show tunes.

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Critic’s Notebook: The Flap Over ‘The Flick’ at Playwrights Horizons by Charles Isherwood

At Playwrights Horizons, a theater dedicated to new work, some audience members have walked out of “The Flick,” by Annie Baker, and the artistic director has sent an explanation by e-mai…

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Theater Review: Paul Giamatti as Hamlet at Yale Rep by Charles Isherwood

A middle-aged Hamlet, played by Paul Giamatti, takes the stage in the new production at Yale Repertory Theater.

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Hands on a Hardbody,’ at the Brooks Atkinson Theater by Charles Isherwood

“Hands on a Hardbody,” on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theater, is a musical with a handmade feel and a bluesy-country-rock vibe about Texans vying to win a truck.

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Theater Talkback: The Season of the Sputtering Starlet by Charles Isherwood

Emilia Clarke in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is the latest example of a screen actress struggling to adapt to the stage.

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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Theater Review: Lanford Wilson’s ‘Mound Builders’ at Signature Theater by Charles Isherwood

“The Mound Builders,” by Lanford Wilson, being revived by the Signature Theater, offers an archaeological dig through the 1970s.

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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ at John Golden Theater by Charles Isherwood

Christopher Durang’s “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” a comedy starring David Hyde Pierce and Sigourney Weaver, opened Thursday on Broadway.

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Theater Review: ‘The Lying Lesson,’ Starring Carol Kane by Charles Isherwood

In “The Lying Lesson,” a new play by Craig Lucas, Bette Davis goes into semi-hiding in a Maine town in 1981 and meets a young woman who may not be as innocent as she seems.

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Theater Review: ‘The Flick,’ by Annie Baker, at Playwrights Horizons by Charles Isherwood

“The Flick,” Annie Baker’s new work at Playwrights Horizons, focuses on the lives of three workers at a film theater.

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