Wednesday, May 16, 2018
His dark works avoided the stereotype of a rural Irish utopia, instead exploring subjects like the county’s famine and its history of emigration.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:48PMThe play, based on an Isaac Bashevis Singer story, was a tale of empowerment in the midst of feminism’s second wave.
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He was among the founders of East West Players, a theater troupe that sought better roles for Asian-American actors and more representative stories.
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Mr. Tabakov was well known for scores of films, but his biggest impact was in the theater, as an actor, director and mentor of future stars.
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He was known for “Mad About You” and other shows. But his first love was the theater, where he often appeared alongside his wife, Olympia Dukakis.
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Mr. Barton was there at the founding of the Royal Shakespeare Company and directed numerous productions for it across 40 years.
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Mr. Doroshow organized pageants in the 1960s, before the gay- and transgender-rights movements had gotten rolling. He hosted them as Flawless Sabrina.
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In dozens of productions, many for New York City Opera, Mr. Corsaro sought to energize the form, refusing to let his singers just stand and deliver.
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A new musical at Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey based on the classic CBS sitcom does a good job playing to the fans
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Mr. Innaurato had a long stretch of success with “Gemini” and “The Transfiguration of Benno Blimpie” and made a comeback in 2014.
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Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Mr. Pomerance won a Tony Award in 1979 for his play about a deformed man who became a celebrity in Victorian England.
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Mr. Glowacki, whose plays were produced at the Public and other New York theaters, used dark humor to comment on turbulent times.
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The president is spending 17 days in New Jersey and New York. A few of our critics weigh in with recommendations of shows to watch (besides the news).
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A sequel to the 2015 TV movie about the children of Disney villains has music, colorful costumes and a lot of talk about hair.
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In her one-woman show, Lucie Pohl incarnates a wide range of characters as she tells of her lifelong search for identity.
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TNT’s new drama about the formative years of this great playwright is full of excess, sometimes seeming a bit silly.
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Mr. Feiffer’s story about a boy who loves to draw makes for a busy musical at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor.
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The broadcast seemed unsure of what to do with Mr. Spacey on a show more suited for Broadway insiders than for a general TV audience.
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Jason Kravits has plenty of television and stage work, but he can also be found doing a wacky improvised cabaret show at the Duplex.
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The Mint Theater has revived this 1922 drama about two brothers: one who could do no wrong, one who could never measure up.
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Stephen Karam’s film adaptation of his own play is a comedy about students who don’t quite fit in but insist, in their clumsy way, on being heard.
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Friday, March 17, 2017
Robert Cuccioli and Danielle Leneé star in Bruce Graham’s play that provides an unflinching look at the black-white dynamic.
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A drama by Cándido Tirado set in Washington Square Park has characters talking genocide and justice while the speed-chess clock ticks.
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This CBS comedy, set in Chicago and based on the Tracy Letts play, stars Judd Hirsch as a shop owner and Jermaine Fowler as his new hire.
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Thursday, December 8, 2016
“Hairspray Live!” and its musical predecessors have shown us what works in these TV productions. And what doesn’t.
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The comic and writer Monica Piper tells stories about her life and her casual relationship with her religion in a one-woman show at New World Stages.
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