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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Theater Review: 'The English Bride,' Directed by Carl Wallnau by Neil Genzlinger

"The English Bride" is a mystery involving love, a bomb and a guessing game.    

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Monday, November 11, 2013

Theater Review: 'Year of the Rooster,' a Play About Cockfighting by Neil Genzlinger

"Year of the Rooster," a play about cockfighting at the Ensemble Studio Theater, gives a rooster a complex interior life.    

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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Movie Review: Billie Joe Armstrong in 'Broadway Idiot' by Neil Genzlinger

The documentary "Broadway Idiot" observes the metamorphosis of "American Idiot" from record to stage show, and of Billie Joe Armstrong from rock star to stage actor.    

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Television Review: 'Hollow Crown' Serves Up Shakespeare and Royal Contrasts by Neil Genzlinger

"The Hollow Crown" is a four-part serving of Shakespeare that begins on Friday on PBS's "Great Performances."    

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Friday, September 6, 2013

Theater Review: In 'Why We Left Brooklyn,' Angst Reigns Supreme by Neil Genzlinger

In "Why We Left Brooklyn," a party is being given for an actor who has accepted a teaching job in Ohio.    

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

ArtsBeat: New York Fringe Festival Report: 'Slaughterhouse-Five' by Neil Genzlinger

Daria Tavana's play is a stage adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's novel.    

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ArtsBeat: New York Fringe Festival Report: 'Perceval' by Neil Genzlinger

A review of "Perceval," a four-actor play about one of the Knights of the Round Table.    

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Monday, August 12, 2013

Shirley Herz, Press Agent for Broadway and Beyond, Dies at 87 by Neil Genzlinger

Ms. Herz publicized shows for almost 65 years, among "La Cage aux Folles," and her client list included dance troupes, TV shows and even the Moscow Circus.    

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Theater Review: 'Under the Greenwood Tree': 'As You Like It,' Set to Music by Neil Genzlinger

"Under the Greenwood Tree," at the Flea Theater, is a musical adaptation of Shaespeare's "As You Like It."    

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Sunday, August 11, 2013

Theater Review: In Drag for 90 Years: 'Vaudevillians' at Beechman Theater by Neil Genzlinger

"The Vaudevillians" mixes drag, music and time travel at the Laurie Beechman Theater.    

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Theater Review: 'Shida' Is Jeannette Bayardelle's Solo Showcase at Ars Nova by Neil Genzlinger

In "Shida," Jeannette Bayardelle acts and sings in depicting a young woman's passage to the edge of adulthood.    

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Sunday, July 28, 2013

Critic's Notebook: Terry Fator's Comic Style Successfully Plays to the Middle by Neil Genzlinger

The comedian Terry Fator brought his genial, unusual ventriloquist act to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.    

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Theater Review: In 'The Capables,' Reality TV Is Used for an Intervention by Neil Genzlinger

The family in "The Capables," at the Gym at Judson, lets a "Hoarders"-like TV show into its overstuffed house, hoping it will lead to a cleaned-out home.    

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Monday, July 22, 2013

Theater Review: 'Handbook for an American Revolutionary' Is a One-Man Show by Neil Genzlinger

Matthew-Lee Erlbach portrays a dozen characters, from a migrant worker to a white supremacist, in his one-man show, "Handbook for an American Revolutionary."    

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Saturday, June 29, 2013

The Apothetae Aims to Merge Disabilities Into the Theatrical Mainstream by Neil Genzlinger

A theater company called the Apothetae showcases edgier narratives about disability rather than stories of triumph over adversity.    

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Theater Review: In 'Unlock'd,' a Land of Dueling Hairdos by Neil Genzlinger

"Unlock'd," a new musical at the Duke on 42nd Street, imagines a place when extravagant tresses assure male adoration.    

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Television Review: 'Annie: It's the Hard-Knock Life, From Script to Stage' on PBS by Neil Genzlinger

This documentary about the making of the recent production of "Annie" follows its young actresses as they audition and rehearse.    

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Friday, June 21, 2013

Theater Review: The Peccadillo Theater Revives 'The Silver Cord,' From 1926 by Neil Genzlinger

The overbearing mother is played by a man in drag in the new production of Sidney Howard's "Silver Cord," a hit in 1926 when Freudian theory was all the rage, and later a movie.  &…

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Theater Review: Laughter and Discomfort in Ensemble Studio's One-Act Marathon by Neil Genzlinger

Works in the third cycle of Ensemble Studio Theater's one-act play marathon range from the hilarious to the uncomfortable.    

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Monday, June 10, 2013

Critic's Notebook: Neil Patrick Harris Hosted the Tonys for Fourth Time by Neil Genzlinger

The Tony Awards host, Neil Patrick Harris, dazzled the house at Radio City Music Hall with an opening number and finished with an insta-song.    

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Theater Review: 'Around the World in 80 Days,' at New Theater at 45th Street by Neil Genzlinger

The stage version of Jules Verne's "Around the World in 80 Days" surrounds the traveler Phileas Fogg with lots of frenetic activity.    

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Theater Review: 'Disney's 'The Little Mermaid,' ' at Paper Mill Playhouse by Neil Genzlinger

A new version of "Disney's 'The Little Mermaid,' " isn't reluctant to invoke the movie, or have its characters fly above the stage.    

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Monday, June 3, 2013

Theater Review: New Series at Ensemble Studio Theater's One-Act Festival by Neil Genzlinger

The Ensemble Studio Theater's festival of one-acts continues with the second of three series.    

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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Theater Review: 'The Last Cyclist,' at the West End Theater by Neil Genzlinger

In "The Last Cyclist," a play that was written inside a Nazi concentration camp, all bicyclists " or anyone whose ancestors had anything to do with bicycles " face deportation or death. …

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An Appraisal: Behind Jean Stapleton's Ditzy Edith, a Giant of Theatrical Skills by Neil Genzlinger

The tics with which Jean Stapleton invested Edith Bunker had the comic timing and commitment of a theatrical performance. She died on Friday at 90.    

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Friday, May 24, 2013

Theater Review: 'Henri Shnuffle,' From the Sprat Theater Company by Neil Genzlinger

An old man takes a look at his life, and so do members of the audience experiencing "One Day in the Life of Henri Shnuffle," presented by the Sprat Theater Company.    

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Fiasco's 'Into the Woods,' at McCarter Theater by Neil Genzlinger

The small Fiasco Theater ensemble is bringing its stripped-down approach to the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical "Into the Woods."    

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Friday, May 3, 2013

Theater Review: Mark Nadler's 'I'm a Stranger Here Myself,' at York Theater by Neil Genzlinger

Mark Nadler's "I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Musik From the Weimar and Beyond," at the York Theater Company, broadens his cabaret show about Germany before the Nazi crackdown.   …

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Sunday, April 21, 2013

Theater Review: 'The Last Will,' by Robert Brustein, at Abingdon Theater by Neil Genzlinger

"The Last Will," directed by and starring Austin Pendleton, is Robert Brustein's speculation on the death, and bequests, of William Shakespeare.    

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Monday, April 8, 2013

Theater Review: 'Finks,' at the Ensemble Studio Theater by Neil Genzlinger

In "Finks," Joe Gilford's new play, young people must choose whether to protect their careers or their friends in the time of McCarthyism.

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Friday, March 15, 2013

Theater Review: 'Honky' at Urban Stages by Neil Genzlinger

"Honky," a brash comedy by Greg Kalleres presented at Urban Stages, looks at race relations through the perspective of basketball shoe company executives.

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All that Chat

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Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off