Friday, October 18, 2019
Focusing on the entertainer's early years, this Paper Mill Playhouse musical offers buoyant tap numbers but sidesteps the material's most troubling implications.
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In a work opening with a goat tethered to a cinder block, the closest we get to Tchaikovsky's ballet is four dancers representing swans.
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Monday, October 7, 2019
Set in a bar on Christmas Eve, this revival at the Irish Repertory Theater plays alcoholism for drama without resorting to boozy histrionics.
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Sunday, September 29, 2019
A director and a composer play versions of themselves in a fascinating but frustrating reconsideration of a movie infamous for its use of blackface.
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An Australian production features the same scene repeated 100 times, while a French version stars Isabelle Adjani in the Gena Rowlands role.
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Sunday, August 25, 2019
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
"Havel: The Passion of Thought," along with work by Harold Pinter and one by Samuel Beckett (dedicated to Havel), takes on morality and tyranny.
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The young, gay, black creator of the musical "A Strange Loop" talks about his process, Liz Phair, soap operas and just about everything else.
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"The Prom" is the rare show with lesbian themes to reach theater's biggest stage. Gay women deserve more than drawing their own conclusions about Princess Elsa and Scout Finch.
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Monday, June 17, 2019
Plays in this Ensemble Studio Theater series include stories of the Second Coming told seven ways and two women in search of a hot duck.
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Thursday, June 6, 2019
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Sunday, June 2, 2019
Lin-Manuel Miranda is a character, and his hit musical is a punching bag, in Ishmael Reed's didactic play about historical correctness.
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She's making her first foray into theater " while also taking on a Will Smith action flick and the role of Huntress in 'Birds of Prey.'
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In Elise Forier Edie's play, Alice Ripley plays a conservative Texas parent inspired to fight for the rights of her child's gender identity.
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Monday, May 13, 2019
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Yes, it has clowns and death-defying feats, but "Luzia" also has spinning turntables and a waterfall that produces almost-supernatural effects.
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The play, based on the story of Buddy Bolden, a cornetist who is said to be one of jazz's founders, is equal parts theater, concert and dance party.
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Kaneza Schaal's experimental theater work has three sections and is paired with an installation featuring paintings and videos of the show's inspirations.
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Monday, April 8, 2019
With the theater made up to resemble a nomadic tent, audience members sit on cushions, couches and bean bags, while the actors roam about the space.
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The Tony Award-winning actress, who has been with the musical since its first performance, looks back on its runs on and Off Broadway.
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Friday, March 29, 2019
