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Not for decades have so many plays and musicals been turned into movies. But even in the best of the new crop, a lot gets lost in translation.
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In Heather Christian's "I Am Sending You the Sacred Face," the saint of Calcutta vogues and lip-syncs and broods on the nature of selflessness.
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Serious new plays are always in danger of disappearing " never more so than now. But inventive virtual productions, such as "The Wolves" and "Heroes of the Fourth Turning," offer hope.
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A trenchant workplace comedy about the folks who tried to promote Pizzagate, confuse Wisconsin and, ultimately, elect Donald J. Trump.
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Anne Washburn's would-be epic of power and powerlessness, presented as a podcast, may be too close to current events to fulfill its big ambitions.
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The nominators did the best they could with a Broadway slate hobbled by Covid-19. But some of the Tonys' problems predate (and will outlast) the pandemic.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 14, 2020
In a new show by David Kwong, the noted cruciverbalist offers a collection of games built for Zoom that let the audience be part of the puzzle.
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After 27 years and more than 2,500 reviews, The Times's co-chief theater critic reviews his own tenure and talks about why he's (quietly) making an exit.
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From a pro-slavery Martha Washington to a blank-screen Melania Trump, the wives and other women of the U.S. presidents get sent up and dressed down.
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Wednesday, October 7, 2020
In a few minutes or a full show, these performers capture heartbreak, fury and laughs. For the words of Samuel Beckett, a disembodied mouth did the trick.
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One-woman plays by Tracy Thorne and Eliza Bent explore the problems of white power and privilege " and how people who say the right things aren't helping.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Stephen Karam's celebrated play about economic distress looks very different in 2020 than it did in 2015 " and streaming is only part of the change.
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Monday, August 31, 2020
Theater for One was built on the idea of face-to-face encounters. Moving it online could have been a disaster, but instead it's a heartbreaker.
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Thursday, August 6, 2020
With broad winks to Agatha Christie and the limitations of remote theater, a serialized song-and-dance mystery goes on. Well, not so much dance.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:54PM[SHARE]Monday, August 3, 2020
Expanding content and experimenting with form, the avant-garde finds a congenial new home online, as two recent offerings demonstrate.
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