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Friday, February 4, 2011

Theater Review | 'The Road to Qatar!': Let’s Sing About People Who Don’t Speak Like Us by Neil Genzlinger

“The Road to Qatar!” at the Theater at St. Peter’s is based on the real-life story of two writers who were commissioned to produce a musical in the Middle East.

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Monday, January 31, 2011

Theater Review | 'How I Fell in Love': Where Friendship and Love Find Their Common Ground by Neil Genzlinger

“How I Fell in Love,” by the television writer Joel Fields, studies the intersection of friendship and love.

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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Theater Review | 'Room 17B': In This Cubicle World, Actions Speak Loudest by Neil Genzlinger

In “Room 17B,” by Parallel Exit, the antics are the thing, and the officemates are in the business of humor.

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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Theater Review | 'Hillbilly Women': Scraping By in Appalachia by Neil Genzlinger

The Bleecker Company offers a view of Appalachia through the eyes of its women.

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Sunday, January 9, 2011

Theater Review | 'Pants on Fire’s Metamorphoses': Changing Sexes, Species and More by Neil Genzlinger

“Pants on Fire’s Metamorphoses,” a witty, modern take on some of Ovid’s tales, is at the Flea Theater.

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Monday, December 20, 2010

Theater Review | 'Three Pianos': A Few Instruments Go a Long Way by Neil Genzlinger

In “Three Pianos,” a wacky assault on Franz Schubert’s “Winterreise,” the upright piano turns out to be a much more versatile piece of furniture than most of us realize.

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Critic's Notebook: It’s Date Night, and the Audience Is Watching by Neil Genzlinger

Two dating-themed shows, “Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating and Marriage” and “Blind Date,” require participation by the willing and almost-willing.

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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

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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Monday, December 6, 2010

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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Sunday, November 21, 2010

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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Thursday, November 18, 2010

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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Friday, November 12, 2010

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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