Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Nick Jones’s play “Trevor” was inspired by the story of a Connecticut woman assaulted by a pet chimpanzee.
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Upright Citizens Brigade Theater has become a major player in the comedy world partly by not paying some performers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:34PMFour actors play all the roles in this Bedlam production of “Hamlet,” which hews true to Shakespeare’s verse even while cracking wise at Access Theater.
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Benedict Nightingale’s “Great Moments in the Theatre” is more a theater lover’s journal than a history lesson, but it puts an engaging spin on the chronology of the Western stage.
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“Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Musical Mystery,” a children’s book adaptation with a script by Charles Busch, is a story of a curious rabbit who may be a vampire.
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Works like “This Clement World,” a new play at St. Ann’s Warehouse, could start to transform the theater world’s attitude about climate change.
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“The Steadfast,” written by Mat Smart and directed by Wes Grantom, tells stories of soldiers from eight eras in American history.
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In “Tar Baby,” Desiree Burch, an African-American comic and actress, has a neat solution for when she doesn’t want to do a show about race.
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The Irish company Pan Pan presents Samuel Beckett’s “All That Fall,” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in a production that immerses the audience in the music of the play’s words.
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In the Red Bull Theater’s revival of “Volpone,” Ben Jonson’s 1606 comedy, Stephen Spinella, Tovah Feldshuh and Alvin Epstein provide Jacobean giggles.
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Van Cougar, a troupe that bases its shows on found texts, re-enacts viral videos in “Tube,” at St. Mark’s Church.
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In “Port Out, Starboard Home” a mystery is among the happenings during a luxury cruise in Sheila Callaghan’s play.
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David Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross” is a taut drama about ruthless real estate salesmen. It’s also a master class in the art of persuasion.
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A dance-theater piece about socially conscious green activism plays a new space at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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The slight narrative of “Mojo,” from the British troupe Theater-Rites, is about a girl growing up, told through the appearance of different-size puppets.
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“AliceGraceAnon,” by Kara Lee Corthron, combines the nostalgic aroma of 1960s experimental theater with the gee-whiz spirit of a high school musical.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Paul Thureen, Hannah Bos and Oliver Butler of the Debate Society prepare for their newest work, “Blood Play.”
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Mike Birbiglia’s film “Sleepwalk With Me,” which is based on a biographical solo show that he first presented Off Broadway, will open on Friday.
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Sunday, July 22, 2012
“Baal,” by the theater troupe Hoi Polloi, is a production of Brecht’s first play, a sprawling portrait of a dissolute poet who corrupts everything in his path.
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Rain Pryor, whose FRIED CHICKEN & LATKES begins performances Saturday is profiled in Sunday's Arts & Leisure
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Simon Amstell’s “Numb” is basically a conventionally wandering, if highly literate and charming stand-up set.
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The Upright Citizens Brigade’s Del Close Marathon of improv highlighted the art form this summer with nearly 400 events.
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Louis C.K. is bypassing services like Ticketmaster and offering tickets to his next tour for a flat $45 through his own Web site.
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“Sovereign,” the last installment of Mac Rogers’s science-fiction “Honeycomb Trilogy,” considers how the rebel leader, Ronnie, handles restoration of humanity’s self-governing.
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Banana Bag & Bodice’s “Space//Space,” at Collapsable Hole, is a surreal comedy set in the final frontier.
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The Untitled Theater Company #61 adapts “The Lathe of Heaven,” Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic dystopian novel, at 3LD Art and Technology.
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