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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Critic's Notebook: ‘Galavant’ Goes Medieval for the Biggest Laughs by Neil Genzlinger

The ABC musical-comedy series, starting its second season on Sunday, is mindless in all the best ways.

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Monday, December 28, 2015

Review: ‘Phalaris’s Bull,’ or How a Man Comes to Terms With Life by Neil Genzlinger

A genius philosopher-student of molecular biology bares all in a one-man autobiographical show.

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Monday, December 7, 2015

Review: In ‘The Reenactors,’ a Play About a Suicide Pact Has a Twist by Neil Genzlinger

This Juliana Francis Kelly work revolves around the rehearsal of a play about four teenagers.

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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

‘Unforgettable,’ Apparently Forever by Neil Genzlinger

This crime show, which keeps finding ways to stay on the air, has a new home, A&E.

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Review: ‘Professor Brenner,’ a 1911 Play About a Generation Gap by Neil Genzlinger

Young people were just as shallow 100 years ago, according to this David Pinski work, presented by the New Worlds Theater Project.

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Friday, November 13, 2015

Review: ‘Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, Live!’ by Neil Genzlinger

Peter Story performs in his one-man show about man-woman relationships, adapted from the book by John Gray.

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Thursday, October 29, 2015

Review: Hasan Minhaj’s ‘Homecoming,’ a Tale of Multiple Worlds by Neil Genzlinger

Mr. Minhaj, a correspondent for “The Daily Show,” tells of Indian weddings and a prom date in his one-man show at Cherry Lane Theater.

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Thursday, October 22, 2015

10 Unconventional Halloween Diversions by Neil Genzlinger

For a change of pace, try building homes for bats, getting lied to in Greenwich Village or hooking up at Joe’s Pub.

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Review: ‘Welcome to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,’ a Musical by Neil Genzlinger

A Texas couple transition to a world where Western and Saudi elements mix uneasily in this musical from Monk Parrots, at 59E59 Theaters.

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Monday, October 19, 2015

Review: ‘Trip of Love,’ a Light and Energetic Collection of ’60s Hits by Neil Genzlinger

James Walski’s dance musical fantasy, which had its premiere in Japan in 2008, is delivered on garish sets at Stage 42.

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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Review: ‘Cut Throat,’ Mocking, Yet Embracing, the Clichés by Neil Genzlinger

JB Reich’s comedy centers on two Upper West Side parents trying desperately to get their 3-year-old into a prestigious preschool.

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Monday, October 5, 2015

Review: A Playful ‘Robin Hood,’ Complete With Sack Race, at the New Victory Theater by Neil Genzlinger

In this production from the Seattle Children’s Theater, four actors play virtually all the parts as Robin is pursued by the bumbling sheriff of Nottingham.

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Sunday, September 27, 2015

Review: ‘The Awful Truth,’ Modern Woman and No-So-Modern Men by Neil Genzlinger

This 1922 comedy by Arthur Richman, the basis of several movies, gets a revival by the Metropolitan Playhouse.

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Monday, August 3, 2015

Review: ‘The Dreamer Examines His Pillow’ Talks of Love, Lust and Lots More by Neil Genzlinger

This 90-minute intermissionless production of an early John Patrick Shanley work is really a play in three parts that centers on a young couple.

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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Review: ‘Mrs. Smith’s Broadway Cat-Tacular!,’ a Ziegfeld-Style Portrait by Neil Genzlinger

David Hanbury’s drag show mines the repertories of favorites like Streisand and Minnelli, as well as the sad story of Mrs. Smith’s missing cat.

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Sunday, July 26, 2015

Review: In ‘Butcher Holler Here We Come,’ Tensions Down in the Hole by Neil Genzlinger

In Casey Wimpee’s play, five West Virginia miners trapped during a cave-in share their histories and anxieties.

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Friday, July 24, 2015

Review: ‘Lucky Stiff,’ Still Farcical, Returns as a Movie by Neil Genzlinger

An update of the play that opened Off Broadway in 1988, this film is about a shoe salesman who learns that an uncle he never met has left him a large inheritance.

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Monday, June 1, 2015

Review: Jinkx Monsoon Is Back, and Pregnant, in ‘The Vaudevillians: Bringing Up Baby’ by Neil Genzlinger

Kitty Witless and Dr. Dan return to the Laurie Beechman Theater for more drag debauchery that comes complete with an onstage birth.

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Monday, May 25, 2015

Theater Review | 'Summer Shorts 4': Drama by Neil LaBute in ‘Summer Shorts’ at 59E59 by NEIL GENZLINGER

It may be hot outside, but there is one heck of a cold heart on display in “Romance,” the best of the four works in Series A of “Summer Shorts 4,” the annual fest…

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Theater Review | Summer Shorts: Series B: At the 59E59 Theaters, Short Plays With Emotion by NEIL GENZLINGER

You’ve got to admire the range of emotions mined by Series B of the annual Summer Shorts festival. At intermission you’ll be basking in a pleasant seasonal glow. At the end you…

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Has-Been Writer Hopes to Break Out of a Slump by Neil Genzlinger

In It Must Be Him, a comedy by Kenny Solms, Peter Scolari plays a television writer who's trying to revive his career.

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Theater Review | 'Roadkill Confidential': Some Unlucky Animals, Giving Their Lives for Art by NEIL GENZLINGER

“Roadkill Confidential,” a new work by Sheila Callaghan, is intriguing to watch, yet it leaves no impression.

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Theater Review | 'Capsule 33': When a Man’s Castle Is Actually a Tiny Pod by NEIL GENZLINGER

“Capsule 33” follows a Serbian man who lives in the Nakagin Capsule Tower on the night before the building’s demolition.

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Theater Review | 'Once Upon a Time in New Jersey': The Very Familiar New Jersey of Snooki’s Grandparents by NEIL GENZLINGER

The Prospect Theater Company’s new musical returns to the familiar times and sounds of “Happy Days” and “Grease.”

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Theater Review | ‘Bong Bong Bong Against the Wall, Ting Ting Ting in Our Heads’: Children and Their ‘Thems’ by NEIL GENZLINGER

“Bong Bong Bong Against the Wall, Ting Ting Ting in Our Heads,” a people-and-puppet fantasy about children with mental disabilities, shows a disappointing lack of insight.

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Theater Review | 'Perfect Harmony': Tensions Run High, and Quirks Run Wild by NEIL GENZLINGER

The comedy “Perfect Harmony” follows a boys’ a cappella group and some female rivals as they gear up for a national competition.

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Theater Review | 'Play Dead': Gleeful Gore at Players Theater by NEIL GENZLINGER

Watching a man eat a light bulb is just a warm-up for some flying entrails in “Play Dead.”

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Theater Review | 'Edgewise': Burger With Apocalypse and Some Cheese Fries by NEIL GENZLINGER

“Edgewise,” by Eliza Clark, is set in a fast-food joint in New Jersey as explosions are heard outside.

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Theater Review | 'Knock Me a Kiss': Harlem Renaissance Man and His Family, Behind Closed Doors by NEIL GENZLINGER

“Knock Me a Kiss” shows W. E. B. Du Bois as a pater familias making some bad choices for his daughter.

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Theater Review | 'The Extraordinary Ordinary' : In Their 30s, in the Throes of a ‘Big Chill’ by NEIL GENZLINGER

A group of college friends reunites for soul-searching and navel gazing in “The Extraordinary Ordinary.”

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Theater Review | 'Michael & Edie': The Long Distances Between Co-Workers by NEIL GENZLINGER

In Rachel Bonds’s “Michael & Edie,” a relationship between two bookstore employees comes with its own plot twists.

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