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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Theater Review: ‘Ich, Kürbisgeist’ by Sibyl Kempson at Chocolate Factory by Claudia La Rocco

It’s difficult to make out a lot of what is happening in “Ich, Kürbisgeist,” which has its own dialect, but it is still, somehow, powerful.

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Theater Review: ‘How to Break,’ by Aaron Jafferis, at Here by Claudia La Rocco

“How to Break,” a new play by Aaron Jafferis and the Mixing Texts Collective, tells the story of two teenagers in a hospital who are united by their illnesses and their love of hip-hop.

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Theater Review: Debate Society’s ‘Blood Play’ at Bushwick Starr by Claudia La Rocco

Much of “Blood Play,” in which the characters start as caricatures and grow more rounded, is spent in the basement of a couple’s new house.

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Monday, June 25, 2012

Theater Review: ‘Motel Cherry,’ by Peggy Stafford, at Here Arts Center by Claudia La Rocco

In “Motel Cherry,” a new play by Peggy Stafford, a group of travelers congregate in a dumpy roadside motel.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Theater Review: ‘Etiquette of Death,’ at La MaMa, Includes Song and Dance by Claudia La Rocco

Chris Tanner’s “Etiquette of Death” closes La MaMa’s 50th-anniversary season.

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Monday, June 18, 2012

Critic’s Notebook: Queer New York Festival Is in Search of Broader Definition by Claudia La Rocco

Confinement was a theme of several works in this year’s Queer New York International Arts Festival.

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Friday, June 1, 2012

Theater Review: ‘Amelia,’ a Civil War Story on Governors Island by Claudia La Rocco

In “Amelia,” written by Alex Webb and performed on Governors Island, a woman journeys through the wartime South in search of her soldier husband.

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Theater Review: Spiegelworld Presents ‘Empire’ by Claudia La Rocco

The legacy of vaudeville, burlesque and cabaret is celebrated in Spiegelworld’s new tent show “Empire.”

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Friday, May 18, 2012

Theater Review: ‘There We Will Be Buried,’ at the Whitney Biennial by Claudia La Rocco

In Yair Oelbaum’s play of fractured narrative, part of the Whitney Biennial, two single mothers search for a lost daughter.

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Theater Review: ‘Give Me Your Hand,’ at the Irish Repertory Theater by Claudia La Rocco

In Paul Durcan’s “Give Me Your Hand,” two actors read poems inspired by a visit to the National Gallery in London.

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Friday, March 16, 2012

Daniel Fish’s Take on David Foster Wallace by Claudia La Rocco

The director Daniel Fish will present a theater piece based on the words of David Foster Wallace at the Chocolate Factory in Queens.

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Theater Review: Joyce Hokin Sachs’s ‘Eternal Equinox’ at 59E59 Theaters by Claudia La Rocco

Joyce Hokin Sachs’s play “Eternal Equinox” at 59E59 Theaters concerns a fraught 24-hour interlude in the lives of the Bloombury artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant.

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Monday, February 13, 2012

Theater Review: ‘Leave the Balcony Open’ at 3LD Art & Technology Center by Claudia La Rocco

“Leave the Balcony Open” at 3LD Art & Technology Center is about college students grieving and healing after two deaths.

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Monday, January 30, 2012

Theater Review | 'Stopped Bridge of Dreams': John Jesurun’s ‘Stopped Bridge of Dreams’ at La MaMa by Claudia La Rocco

John Jesurun’s “Stopped Bridge of Dreams” has a voice that’s mad, poetic and unsettling.

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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Theater Review | 'Leo': Tobias Wegner in ‘Leo,’ From Circle of Eleven - Review by Claudia La Rocco

In “Leo,” Tobias Wegner seems to walk on walls thanks to acrobatics and sleight of hand.

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Theater Review | 'Lick But Don’t Swallow!': ‘Lick But Don’t Swallow!,’ Part of Under the Radar - Review by Claudia La Rocco

The Turkish play “Lick But Don’t Swallow!,” about a reluctant angel sent to join the cast of a low-budget skin flick, is running at La MaMa as part of the Under the Radar festival.

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Monday, January 9, 2012

ArtsBeat: Rabih Mroué at COIL Festival: Making Sense of a Mysterious Disappearance in Lebanon by Claudia La Rocco

"Looking for a Missing Employee," based on a true story about the troubling disappearance of a Lebanese government official, is the long overdue and too-brief American debut of the actor and…

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Friday, December 23, 2011

Critic’s Notebook: Women Playwrights and Gender Stereotypes on Broadway by Claudia La Rocco

More female playwrights have come to Broadway, but at least one of them, Theresa Rebeck, seems to accept a glass ceiling in ”Seminar.”

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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Theater Review | 'Accidentally, Like a Martyr': Messrs. Lonely-Hearts, in an Unhip Gay Bar by Claudia La Rocco

A good man is hard to find, especially in this city. But is it harder or easier to find one than to find a good bar? Grant James Varjas answers these eternal New York questions in his latest…

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Monday, October 17, 2011

Theater Review | '3 2’s; or AFAR': ‘3 2’s,’ by Mac Wellman, at Dixon Place - Review by Claudia La Rocco

Mac Wellman’s enigmatic play “3 2’s; or AFAR” covers ground from physical theater to Heidegger at Dixon Place.

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Friday, September 30, 2011

Theater Review: Jonathan Solari’s ‘Love Letter’ on a Sidewalk Stage - Review by Claudia La Rocco

The people passing by, the noises of the street and even the weather influence the events of “The Love Letter You’ve Been Meaning to Write New York.”

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Theater Review | 'The River Crosses Rivers II' : Ensemble Studio Theater Presents Microplays - Review by Claudia La Rocco

The Ensemble Studio Theater’s festival is a showcase for the work of minority women.

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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Watch the Screaming Shakespeareans, Please by Claudia La Rocco

Unannounced, Popeye & Cloudy, a k a Fred Jones and Paul Marino, are performing Shakespeare on New York City subway cars.

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Friday, July 15, 2011

Theater Review: All Words, Yet at an Impasse of Sorts by Claudia La Rocco

Kara Lee Corthron’s “Julius by Design” centers on a couple grieving for their only child, Julius, who was killed seven years ago during a bungled home invasion.

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Sunday, July 3, 2011

Theater Review | 'Manipulation': Latin Land Where the Poets Are Revolting by Claudia La Rocco

In “Manipulation,” by Victoria E. Calderon, a woman is trapped by circumstances and the people around her, against the backdrop of a Latin American revolution.

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Critic’s Notebook: An Auld Lang Syne Kicks Off an Artistic Diaspora by Claudia La Rocco

Performance Space 122 is closed for a multiyear renovation. There is much to gain, but something will also be lost.

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Theater Review | 'The Tempest': Whimsical Winds Buffet Hearts on a Magical Isle by Claudia La Rocco

Target Margin Theater’s delightfully homespun production of “The Tempest” has a lighthearted, mischievous touch.

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Theater Review | 'Peter and Wendy': In This Neverland, It’s Peter Puppet by Claudia La Rocco

Mabou Mines’s revival of “Peter and Wendy,” intended for age 10 to adult, left one young audience member wanting more, and one older one not particularly satisfied.

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Theater Review | 'Under Construction': Tales From a Hard-Hat Zone: The U.S.A. by Claudia La Rocco

Anne Bogart directs Charles Mee’s script in the Siti Company’s “Under Construction,” which suggests that, like the title, America is a work in progress.

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Theater Review | 'The Escape Artist' : Injured and in the Hospital, but Liberated by Caravaggio by Claudia La Rocco

John Kelly renders “The Escape Artist” at Performance Space 122 with the assistance of re-creations of paintings by Caravaggio.

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Theater Review | 'Nuevo Laredo': A Dance of Death by Claudia La Rocco

“Nuevo Laredo,” by Gabriella Barnstone and El Gato Teatro, takes a strange trip into the Mexican drug world.

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All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards