Thursday, September 28, 2023
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Theresa Rebeck’s play, a Primary Stages production at 59E59 Theaters, is a beautifully acted dramedy exploring the truth and warped perceptions of it.
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“Prometheus Firebringer” and “Bioadapted” test the waters, while the abstract “Psychic Self Defense” is a warm and pulsing counterpoint.
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In her new play, Christina Masciotti turns a keen gaze on an immigrant tailor who has woven her business into the fabric of a neighborhood.
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In her Off Broadway drama, which had an acclaimed run in Chicago, the playwright looks for hope to outweigh despair in a fractious, anxious time.
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The handwriting on the company’s wall, in chalk, was traced by a closing night crowd sharing memories of more than 30 years of landmarks and larks.
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Six shows and a fringe festival are among this month’s highlights in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and a bit beyond.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:43PMAlex Bechtel’s new musical, sort of “a pandemic parable,” gives voice to a mythical character in “The Odyssey.”
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“Here You Come Again” and “On Cedar Street” are very different new musicals about people who are unmoored and seek companionship to make it through.
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Tuesday, July 25, 2023
The industry is facing challenges, but in western Massachusetts the quality of the works is as rich as ever, our critic writes.
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Conceived before the pandemic, Andy Field’s ode to sharing space in person glosses over the ways our everyday habits seem to have changed for good.
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The Classical Theater of Harlem follows up last year’s winning “Twelfth Night” with a sequel that feels like a sweet summer frolic.
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Unrequited love swirls through this prestige-cast production of Anton Chekhov’s play, in a Manhattan loft.
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“The Cottage” is a throwback play with a modern mind-set. The cast, playwright and director talk about pulling off the comedy and landing all the “darlings.”
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As part of the Brits Off Broadway festival at 59E59 Theaters, Nikhil Parmar’s solo play is a drama-tinged satire that morphs into a grisly revenge parable.
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In a big-hearted musical about a 1970s Belfast record store owner and the punk movement he nurtured, music is the real hero.
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With a clever opening number and repeated support for striking writers, the Tonys celebrated Broadway’s shows, performers and creative teams.
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The children of a severely alcoholic widower navigate his incapacity, and his legacy, in John J. Caswell Jr.’s pitch-black comedy about addiction.
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In Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel’s jazzy new musical, Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James are a glamorous couple succumbing to alcoholism.
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Audible Theater’s leader and the creator of “Sorry for Your Loss” hope the autobiographical comedy helps others learn to talk about grief.
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Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks festival opener, written by ruth tang, rages against the machines and examines human alienation.
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In roles in HBO’s “Succession” and “A Doll’s House” on Broadway, politics are never far from mind for the Iranian American actor.
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A play within a play about W.H. Auden and Benjamin Britten structures this sex-spiked comedy for the Brits Off Broadway festival at 59E59 Theaters in Manhattan.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:42PMWhen Victoria Clark was offered the titular role in the musical, she worried her singing had lost its luster. Turns out, imperfection has its own allure.
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The story of a Black family’s fight to desegregate public pools spans decades in Christina Anderson’s play at Yale Repertory Theater.
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Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan revisit Lorraine Hansberry’s 1964 play on Broadway, following its sold-out run in Brooklyn.
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Irish Repertory Theater’s Letters Series is a reminder: For sketching the arc of a relationship, nothing compares to intimate correspondence, our critic writes.
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Two mothers make a life-altering connection during a play date in this production for the Manhattan Theater Club.
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Laura Horton’s poignant comic monologue at 59E59 Theaters, part of the Brits Off Broadway festival, delivers a sympathetic portrayal of a sample-sale hoarder.
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