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Monday, March 11, 2024

Silicon Valley TheatreWorks review: Madhuri Shekar’s West Coast premiere of QUEEN directed by MIRIAM A.LAUBE continues through March 31st by Steve Murray

Shekar puts a spotlight on tough choices where you can feel the pain & struggle in Miriam A. Laube's beautifully directed ensemble here set in Nina Ball’s exquisite honeycombed set.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:57PM
Monday, October 9, 2023

Review: HEIDI ARMBRUSTER's skillful & smart "Mrs. Christie" @ TheatreWorks Silicon Valley continues thru Oct 29th! by Steve Murray

Armbruster uses the mysterious 1926 11 day disappearance of Agatha Christie as her base plot, and smartly adds in a parallel time-shifting component which adds a double mystery. Director Gio…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:40AM
Friday, June 11, 2021

Review: “In the Heights,” a cultural valentine, just can’t stop dancing by Steve Murray

In the Heights, the loud, sweaty, exuberant street party we’ve been waiting... The post Review: “In the Heights,” a cultural valentine, just can’t stop dancing appeared first on ARTS…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 06:26PM
Saturday, May 1, 2021

Streaming in May: “Them,” 2 from Oscar, “Romeo & Juliet,” a nod to Helen McCrory by Steve Murray

The influences on Amazon Prime’s THEM (10 episodes) are obvious. Take a... The post Streaming in May: “Them,” 2 from Oscar, “Romeo & Juliet,” a nod to Helen McCrory appeared fi…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 07:39AM
Saturday, January 30, 2021

Streaming in February: Clever crooks, Regency England, nostalgic visits to NYC by Steve Murray

A coin toss decided which of two Netflix limited series should top... The post Streaming in February: Clever crooks, Regency England, nostalgic visits to NYC appeared first on ARTS ATL.

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:08AM
Friday, March 16, 2018

Review: “Oh Lucy!” as moving as it is funny; “Loveless” sinks from its unrelenting seriousness by Steve Murray

Standing on the platform of a gray Tokyo train station, 40-something Setsuko (Shinobu Terajima), like many of the other commuters crowded around her, is wearing a sanitary paper mask over he…

SOURCE: artsatl.com at 12:59PM
Friday, November 10, 2017

Review: “The Square,” “Paris Opera” offer compelling looks at modern art world by Steve Murray

The Square is named after the latest installation at a prominent Stockholm contemporary art museum: a square space mortared into the other stone bricks in the museum’s forecourt. The plaqu…

SOURCE: artsatl.com at 11:01AM
Friday, December 30, 2016

Review: Denzel Washington turns “Fences” into a rich feast of simmering hope and lost dreams by Steve Murray

As the teenaged Cory (Jovan Adepo) tries to walk around his father on the porch steps, he says, “You’re in my way -- I gotta get by.” It’s an on-the-nose description of generations o…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:01PM
Friday, September 2, 2016

Review: “Little Men” time capsule of youth; “Disappearance” has a wink and a punch by Steve Murray

When his actor father Brian (Greg Kinnear) takes a role in a small New York production of The Seagull, 13-year-old Jake (Theo Taplitz) notes that he’s broken a vow to act only in Broadway …

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:01PM
Friday, November 6, 2015

Review: “A Ballerina’s Tale” shortchanges Misty Copeland; “The Cut” needs sharpening stone by Steve Murray

As the first African-American woman named a principle dancer by American Ballet Theatre in its 75-year history, Misty Copeland has a story worth telling. Too

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:07PM
Friday, June 5, 2015

Review: Hard-bodied “Results” slyly tweaks screwball comedy genre by Steve Murray

You might think it’s hard to care too much about a couple of gorgeous, hard-bodied, workout-obsessed people like Trevor (Guy Pearce) and Kat (Cobie Smulders),

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:41AM
Friday, May 1, 2015

Review: Ambitious “The Mafia Only Kills in Summer” mixes coming-of-age with Mob wars by Steve Murray

You have to give credit to writer-director-star Pif (aka Pierfrancesco Diliberto) for ambition, even if his blend of comedy, romance and true-life tragedy doesn’t totally

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:40PM
Friday, March 13, 2015

Review: “Ballet 422” an engrossing, you-are-there journey behind the hidden curtain of dance by Steve Murray

Ballet 422 is the kind of arts documentary I like to sink into. It’s a cinema verité immersion into the lonely yet collaborative process of

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:27PM
Friday, November 14, 2014

Review: “The Way He Looks” uses charm and simplicity to explore a teenage triad by Steve Murray

It’s an ironic title, The Way He Looks. There’s a couple of questions buried in it. That becomes clear, anyway, once you learn that the

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:17AM
Friday, October 24, 2014

Review: “The Green Prince” an unlikely true story that entralls; “Stonehearst Asylum” stumbles by Steve Murray

If you’re like me, you approach the topic of Israeli-Palestinian relations with the apprehension of someone actually, physically crossing a border into the shrapnel-pocked and

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 02:48PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime