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'Ghost-Writer' at the Arden, about writing, typing, love by Toby Zinman

Michael Hollinger's fine new Ghost-Writer starts off the Arden season with a quiet bang. This engrossing, old-fashioned play is about the drama of writing - and typing - and creativity and l…

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When miners become artists by Toby Zinman

The new Broadway season begins with a (wait for it) transfer from England. The Pitmen Painters, a hit both in Newcastle and then in London, arrives cast intact, extreme accents likewise. The…

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Odysseus is coming, and, boy, is he steamed by TOBY ZINMAN

In this existential tragic burlesque, the powerhouse young Irish playwright Enda Walsh redefines the unnamed suitors of Homer’s Odyssey. Here they emerge as minor, vile characters̵…

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Get a 'Belly' full of ghetto cliches by Toby Zinman

Law & Order Lite: The Belly, a premiere by G. Lloyd Morris, provides every cliche, every stereotype, every predictable plot turn in this TV-wannabe drama. The only things surprising are the …

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A brave shocker about gender, fantasies, Fonda by Toby Zinman

Woooeeee. Theatre Exile's sensational production of Sheila Callaghan's wild ride of a play, That Pretty Pretty; or, The Rape Play, is not to be missed.

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'Dublin Carol' from Amaryllis: Dreary drunk is poor company by Toby Zinman

I've met some boring, self-pitying, self-important, garrulous drunks in my day, but John, the central character in Conor McPherson's Dublin Carol, presented by Amaryllis Theatre Company, tak…

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Little flesh on these dramatic bones by Toby Zinman

A Skull in Connemara is the middle play in Martin McDonagh's Leenane trilogy, and Lantern Theater provides a rare opportunity to see this work by Ireland's hottest young playwright/filmmaker.

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Fine cast in a splendid 'Glass Menagerie' by Toby Zinman

Tennessee Williams' beautiful, sorrowful play The Glass Menagerie is having a lovely, quiet revival at Independence Studio on 3 under Bill Van Horn's delicate direction.

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Mamet's 'Race' at Philadelphia Theatre Company by Toby Zinman

David Mamet's provocative courtroom drama, Race, is having a fine and fierce production at the Philadelphia Theatre Company.

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Olympia triumphant, Tennessee recumbent by TOBY ZINMAN

The Milk Train may not be a great play or even a good one. But for Tennessee Williams fans, it has to be seen. And with the astonishing Olympia Dukakis in the central role, this is the produ…

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Bloody patriotism, stupid violence, and dead cat by Toby Zinman

Theatre Exile's production of The Lieutenant of Inishmore hits its gory stride in the second act when it gets Martin McDonagh's grisly glee just right.

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New City Stage revives 'Pterodactyls' by Toby Zinman

Pterodactyls, Nicky Silver's quirky, funny, sad social satire, is having a nifty revival by New City Stage.

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre