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Thursday, September 10, 2015

Review: ‘Paul Taylor: Creative Domain’ Shows a Choreographer at Work by Rachel Saltz

Kate Geis’s absorbing new documentary follows a Taylor dance, “Three Dubious Memories,” as it takes shape in a matter of weeks.

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Monday, May 25, 2015

Fringe Festival Journal: 'Running' by RACHEL SALTZ

Review of "Running" in 2010 NYC Fringe Festival.

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Theater Review | 'An Error of the Moon': Redrawing a Picture of Lincoln’s Assassin by RACHEL SALTZ

In Luigi Creatore’s “Error of the Moon,” the jealous Edwin Booth is partly responsible for John Wilkes Booth’s assassination of Lincoln.

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Theater Review | 'The Man Who Ate Michael Rockefeller': A Primitive Artist and His Patron by RACHEL SALTZ

Jeff Cohen’s new play uses Michael Rockefeller’s death to consider cultural misunderstandings.

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Theater Review | 'Ritter, Dene, Voss': Three Irritable Siblings, Ready to Pounce by RACHEL SALTZ

One Little Goat Theater Company’s fascinating yet irritating production of Thomas Bernhard’s “Ritter, Dene, Voss” is making its New York debut at La MaMa.

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Theater Review | 'Ritter, Dene, Voss': Three Irritable Siblings, Ready to Pounce by RACHEL SALTZ

One Little Goat Theater Company’s fascinating yet irritating production of Thomas Bernhard’s “Ritter, Dene, Voss” is making its New York debut at La MaMa.
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Theater Review: Fighting the Alienating Newspeak Gobbledygook by RACHEL SALTZ

Vaclav Havel’s “Memorandum” pits humanist values against a crushing, paranoia-producing bureaucracy.

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Theater Review | 'Uncle Tom's Cabin': Familiar Americana, but Still Full of Life by RACHEL SALTZ

The stage version of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” gets a fresh look from the Metropolitan Playhouse in a production that values the text.

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Theater Review | 'What She Knew': Oedipus’ Mom Explains It All to You by RACHEL SALTZ

In George Hunka’s “What She Knew” at Manhattan Theater Source, Jocasta holds forth about blood, pestilence and sex.

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Theater Review | 'The Wife': Opposites Attract, and React, in a Dark Neighborhood by RACHEL SALTZ

In his play “The Wife,” Tommy Smith pulls strange fellows from the urban melting pot.

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Theater Review | 'Lysistrata': When the Puppets Called a Sex Strike by Rachel Saltz

In Theodora Skipitares’s production of “Lysistrata” at La MaMa, her puppets and masks provide distance between audience and play, a veil that offers both discretion and …

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Theater Review | 'The Man Who Ate Michael Rockefeller': A Primitive Artist and His Patron by Rachel Saltz

Jeff Cohen’s new play uses Michael Rockefeller’s death to consider cultural misunderstandings.

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Theater Review | 'Heaven on Earth': Civilizations End, but Does Happiness? by Rachel Saltz

In “Heaven on Earth” Charles L. Mee and some collaborators adapt the techniques of collage for the stage.

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Theater Review | 'The Rover': Courtesans on the Make and Actors on the Move by Rachel Saltz

New York Classical Theater turns a Lower Manhattan commercial space into a makeshift theater to stage Aphra Behn’s 17th-century comedy about sexual politics.

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Fringe Festival in Review by ANDY WEBSTER, DAVID ROONEY, RACHEL SALTZ and DANIEL M. GOLD

New York Times writers review five shows that made their debuts in the early days of this year’s New York International Fringe Festival.

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Thursday, December 18, 2014
Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Theater Review: In ‘Chinese Coffee,’ Louise Lasser Directs Austin Pendleton by Rachel Saltz

In “Chinese Coffee,” two men talk through a middle-aged pas de deux.

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Friday, May 23, 2014

Theater Review: ‘Primal Play,’ by Krista Knight, Focuses on a Scientist by Rachel Saltz

Krista Knight’s “Primal Play,” part of the Jam on Toast festival for young playwrights and directors, focuses on a primatologist in Tanzania and her mother.

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Friday, May 9, 2014

Theater Review: The Freudian ‘Lovesong of Alfred J. Hitchcock’ by Rachel Saltz

“The Lovesong of Alfred J. Hitchcock” looks into Hitchcock’s psyche and its influence on his films.

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Sunday, April 27, 2014

Theater Review: ‘Inventing Mary Martin,’ With 3 Singers in the Title Role by Rachel Saltz

It takes three singers to fill the shoes of the title character in “Inventing Mary Martin,” at the Theater at St. Peter’s, a biographical revue with Emily Skinner, Lynne Halliday and C…

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Friday, March 28, 2014

Theater Review: ‘Beyond Therapy,’ About the Search for Relationships by Rachel Saltz

Christopher Durang’s “Beyond Therapy,” revived by the Actors Company Theater at the Beckett, centers on two people questing for romance while undergoing seriously wacky therapy. &…

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Theater Review: Ferdinand Bruckner’s ‘Pains of Youth,’ by Cake Shop Theater by Rachel Saltz

“Pains of Youth,” from 1926, revived by the Cake Shop Theater, paints of portrait of disillusionment in Vienna.    

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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Theater Review: In ‘Bronx Gothic,’ Lessons About Growing Up Female by Rachel Saltz

In her solo show, “Bronx Gothic,” Okwui Okpokwasili shares a story of innocence and experience about two 11-year-old girls.    

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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Theater Review: ‘She Is King’ Focuses on Turning Points for Billie Jean King by Rachel Saltz

“She Is King” is a portrait of the tennis star Billie Jean King as a hero in an era of entrenched sexism and other inequalities in sports and life.    

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Strawberry & Chocolate,’ at 777 Theater by Rachel Saltz

Senel Paz’s play “Strawberry & Chocolate” mines the subjects of sexual orientation and revolutionary politics in Cuba during the early 1980s.    

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Sarah Flood in Salem Mass,’ a Puritan Tale at the Flea Theater by Rachel Saltz

In “Sarah Flood in Salem Mass,” two friends travel back through time to try to right some wrongs in the era of the witchcraft trials.    

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Monday, October 7, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Peter Pan,’ From Belvoir Company, at the New Victory by Rachel Saltz

J. M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan” is given a modern suburban, and Australian, twist.    

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Philip Goes Forth,’ Depression-Era Revival, at Mint Theater Company by Rachel Saltz

“Philip Goes Forth” is the first New York revival of George Kelly’s 1931 play.    

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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Theater Review: ‘The Compass Rose’ is Part of the 1st Irish Festival by Rachel Saltz

A cross-country trip is still fresh in the mind of an Irish immigrant in “The Compass Rose,” part of the 1st Irish Festival.    

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Harbor,’ Chad Beguelin’s Comedy, at 59E59 Theaters by Rachel Saltz

In the comedy “Harbor,” a gay couple’s household is shaken up when a family member moves in.    

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Requiem for Black Marie’ Finds Brecht Wanting by Rachel Saltz

In Sara Farrington’s “Requiem for Black Marie,” it’s Bertolt Brecht’s women who do all the heavy lifting of authorship.    

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All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards