“Teach, Teacher, Teachest” is the latest in a spate of re-envisioned Ionesco plays.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMIn “Voices of Swords,” by Kari Floren, a personal organizer is hired to help care for a retiree who needs surgery.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:38PM“Lucky Me,” romantic comedy written by Robert Caisley that is receiving its premiere at the New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch, involves a cranky father and two 40-somethings wi…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:33PM“Othello” will be the final production of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot at a municipal parking lot on the Lower East Side.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:46PMThe musical “The Lightning Thief,” based on Rick Riordan’s young-adult novel, centers on a sixth grader who learns he’s the son of a Greek god.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:04PMIn Qurrat Ann Kadwani’s solo show, “They Call Me Q,” a girl from India moves with her family to the Bronx and wants desperately to fit in.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:15PMJoe DiPietro’s “Clever Little Lies” is scheduled to run at Guild Hall from July 16 to Aug. 3 with the same cast and director as its world premiere at George Street Playhouse in New Bru…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:14PMIn his one-man show “The Bullpen,” Joe Assadourian draws from his experiences during 12 years in prison.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:00PM“Butler,” a new play staged by the New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch, tackles the thorny topics of slavery and duty with wit and wordplay.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:15PMThis version of “Grease” at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn features four tracks that were composed for the film and years later grafted onto the stage show.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:42PM“The Chairs,” at La MaMa, is the director Theodora Skipitares’s puppet theater response to Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:57PMIn “A View of the Mountains” in Long Branch, a father and son see each other for the first time in 30 years, but they are divided by more than time.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:19PM“South Pacific,” Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic tale of love, race and acceptance, is in fine form at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:14PMA good-natured one-woman show relates the misadventures of a single woman cooking her way through romantic relationships.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:46PMGilbert Emery’s 1921 drama “The Hero” finds a family in close quarters, under stress and asking the big questions shortly after World War I.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18PMThe World Queen of the Cocoa Bean seeks a successor in “The Chocolate Show!,” an interactive production at 47th Street Theater best suited to 8- to 12-year-olds.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:33PM“Bikeman: A 9/11 Play” is a docudrama by Thomas F. Flynn that recounts his experiences on Sept. 11, 2001.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:38PMThe comedy written and performed by Paul Dooley and Winnie Holzman, a married couple, is equal parts funny and frustrating.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:54PMIn “Beertown,” audience members are encouraged to bring and share food and to take part in the deliberations.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:30PMAugust Wilson’s “Fences” explores the passions and problems of masculinity and the tension between a father and his sons.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PM“Clever Little Lies,” staged at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, examines the disappointments of couples, both young and old.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:58PMA two-character play by David Jenkins explores the banalities of the workplace and the inherent blandness of corporate life.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48PM“Cloven Tongues,” at the Wild Project, focuses on a woman detained for smuggling drugs and the circle of helpers around her.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:32PMIn “Bubble Boy,” a musical at Hamilton Stage for the Performing Arts, a teenager with an impaired immune system travels across the country for true love.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:18PMA serpent transforms herself into a maiden and falls in love with a poor but upright man. Trouble follows.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:13PM“Anthem,” directed by Ann Ciccolella, is a play adapted from the Ayn Rand novella of the same title, about a dystopian society.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:38PMIn Bernard Kops’s “Playing Sinatra,” a brother and sister in London endure a life of isolation and constriction.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45AM“McGoldrick’s Thread” is a musical about immigrants who’ve settled in New York in 1995.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:37PM“Carcass” is a severe and unrelentingly grim play from around 1905 that centers on an embittered family, and this cunning production intensifies every angry scene.
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