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Friday, September 7, 2012

Jumpers, Tabard Theatre, London by Gerald Berkowitz

Tabard Theatre, London: A murder on the moon, a second murder among acrobatic philosophers celebrating a political coup, a former musical star who can't sing June Moon songs any more an…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:19AM
Monday, August 13, 2012

2008: Macbeth, Edinburgh International Festival by Gerald Berkowitz

Edinburgh International Festival: In this Polish production, set in something like the Iraq war, Macbeth is an air force major who leads a commando raid on a mosque, assassinating the enemy …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:19AM
Monday, July 23, 2012

St John's Night, Jermyn Street, London by Gerald Berkowitz

Jermyn Street, London: Though it contains elements of social and political satire, Ibsen's 1853 play is at heart a magical comic romance in the spirit of A Midsummer Night's Dream.…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:39AM
Thursday, May 24, 2012

The Suit, Young Vic, London by Gerald Berkowitz

Young Vic, London: As part of World Stages London, the Young Vic hosts Peter Brook and Marie-Helene Estienne's reworking of a company classic, previously seen at the Young Vic in 2003 a…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AM
Monday, May 21, 2012

The Hairy Ape, Southwark Playhouse, London by Gerald Berkowitz

Southwark Playhouse, London: Inventive and fast-moving direction meets most of the challenges of Eugene O'Neill's talky and partly expressionistic 1922 drama, making for an always …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:57AM
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Written On The Heart, Duchess Theatre by Gerald Berkowitz

Duchess Theatre: Inspired by a 2008 Royal Shakespeare Company conference on the King James Bible, David Edgar's play contrasts the relatively trivial political and doctrinal horse-tradi…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:08AM
Friday, March 30, 2012

The American Clock, Finborough, London by Gerald Berkowitz

Finborough, London: Arthur Miller's 1980 drama, here in a 1986 version, is a collage of snapshots of the American experience of the 1929 stock market crash and the decade of Depression …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:44AM
Friday, March 16, 2012

Pentecost, St. Leonard's Church, Shoreditch, London by Gerald Berkowitz

St. Leonard's Church, Shoreditch, London: A church is an appropriate setting for David Edgar's 1995 drama about the discovery of a medieval fresco that threatens to rewrite both art and…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AM
Friday, March 9, 2012

Rainer Hersch's Victor Borge, Jermyn Street Theatre by Gerald Berkowitz

Jermyn Street Theatre: One pianist-comedian's tribute to another, Rainer Hersch's show is almost as much about himself as it is a biography and imitation of his Danish predecessor.…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:11AM

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Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
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Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
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