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1,428 stories by "Ben Brantley"

ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: The Curious Case of 'Clybourne Park' by Ben Brantley

New Yorkers will be happy to learn that they can still catch a performance of Bruce Norris's "Clybourne Park," this year's Pulitzer Prize winner for drama, in a much-lauded production in a b…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 7:00am on April 21, 2011

Theater Review | 'Picked': Actors Live Their Double Lives, Both on the Screen and Off by Ben Brantley

In "Picked," Christopher Shinn's new play, an actor gets the chance to move up to the A-list.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:17pm on April 20, 2011

Critic's Notebook: From Belarus, Dynamic Drama With Limited Means by Ben Brantley

The Belarus Free Theater, now performing three plays in repertory at La MaMa, should be seen by everyone who wants confirmation of the continuing relevance and vitality of theater.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 7:52pm on April 18, 2011

Theater Review | 'War Horse': A Boy and His Steed, Far From Humane Society by Ben Brantley

"War Horse," the hit London play about the horrors of World War I, and its captivating star come to life at Lincoln Center.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:01pm on April 14, 2011

Theater Review | 'Sleep No More': Shakespeare Slept Here, Albeit Fitfully by Ben Brantley

Punchdrunk, a British site-specific theater company, has taken over three abandoned warehouses to enact the sorry sights of the murderous Macbeths' career in a movable orgy titled "Sleep No …

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:21pm on April 13, 2011

Theater Review | 'The___________ With the Hat': A Love Not at a Loss for Words by Ben Brantley

"The___________ With the Hat," Stephen Adly Guirgis's vibrant and surprisingly serious new comedy, is at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:01pm on April 11, 2011

'Catch Me if You Can' at Neil Simon Theater - Review - NYTimes.com by Ben Brantley

"Catch Me if You Can," the new Broadway musical by much of the team behind "Hairspray," is full of elaborate deceptions and corkscrew twists, but not many surprises.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18pm on April 10, 2011

Theater Review | 'Catch Me if You Can' : Scamming as Fast as He Can by Ben Brantley

"Catch Me if You Can," the new Broadway musical by much of the team behind "Hairspray," is full of elaborate deceptions and corkscrew twists, but not many surprises.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:01pm on April 10, 2011

Theater Review | 'Anything Goes': A Glimpse of Stocking? Shocking! by Ben Brantley

Sutton Foster stars in Kathleen Marshall's rousing Broadway revival of Cole Porter's willfully silly musical "Anything Goes."

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:01pm on April 7, 2011

Theater Talkback: The Joys of Feel-Bad Drama by Ben Brantley

Sometimes theater can make audiences uncomfortable in a way that penetrates to the marrow.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 1:00pm on April 7, 2011

Theater Review | 'Marie and Bruce': There's Room for Everyone Aboard a Marital Misery Tour by Ben Brantley

"Marie and Bruce," Wallace Shawn's 1979 portrait of marital misery, has been revived at the Acorn Theater.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:30pm on April 5, 2011

Critic's Notebook: Her Sequins, Plumes and Foghorn Voice by Ben Brantley

Harvey Fierstein joins the cast of "La Cage aux Folles" at the Longacre Theater.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 6:30pm on March 28, 2011

Theater Review | 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying': Wizard of Corporate Climbing by Ben Brantley

You root for Daniel Radcliffe, who stars in the revival of Frank Loesser's "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," though Rob Ashford's production is charm free.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00pm on March 27, 2011

Theater Review | 'Macbeth': The Deed Is Done, the Doers Undone by Ben Brantley

John Douglas Thompson stars as Macbeth, and Annika Boras as his wife, in Arin Arbus's production at the Duke on 42nd Street.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:30pm on March 25, 2011

Theater Review | 'The Book of Mormon' : Missionary Men With Confidence in Sunshine by Ben Brantley

"The Book of Mormon," a collaboration between the creator's of "South Park" and the composer of "Avenue Q," is that rare thing: an old-fashioned, pleasure-giving musical.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:01pm on March 24, 2011

An Appraisal: Lanford Wilson's Losers, Beloved by Their Creator by Ben Brantley

Lanford Wilson reflected the disenchantment that came to pervade the United States in the 1960s and 1970s but his work exuded a sentimentality that seemed to come from an earlier time.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:03pm on March 24, 2011

ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Speaking the Speech, Trippingly by Ben Brantley

From e-mail from readers, I gather that audibility problems are not uncommon to New York theatergoers.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 1:53pm on March 24, 2011

Theater Talkback: Speaking the Speech, Trippingly by Ben Brantley

From e-mail from readers, I gather that audibility problems are not uncommon to New York theatergoers.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 1:48pm on March 24, 2011

Theater Review | 'Hello Again': Web of Love, Explicitly Woven in Shades of Anguish by Ben Brantley

The Transport Group's exceedingly intimate revival of "Hello Again" rips the shirts (and dresses) off its characters' backs.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:01pm on March 20, 2011

Theater Review | 'The Comedy of Errors': Giving Shakespeare His Sombrero and Kazoo by Ben Brantley

Propeller, the British theater troupe that routinely turns Shakespeare into a donnybrook, pumps "Comedy of Errors" full of testosterone at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:05pm on March 18, 2011

Theater Review | 'Arcadia': The 180-Year Itch, Metaphysically Speaking by Ben Brantley

"Arcadia," Tom Stoppard's tale of two centuries in pseudopastoral England, is propelled by genuine, panting passion.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:30pm on March 17, 2011

ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: The Urge to Fly by Ben Brantley

There's so much flying going on in the theater these days you wonder if an aviator's license won't soon be mandatory for participation in show.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:31pm on March 10, 2011

Theater Talkback: The Urge to Fly by Ben Brantley

How do you feel about the art of flying as part of the art of theater?

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:30pm on March 10, 2011

Theater Review | 'Peter and the Starcatcher': Peter Pan (the Early Years), With Bounding Main and All by Ben Brantley

"Peter and the Starcatcher" brings to the stage Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson's popular prequel to "Peter Pan."

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:30pm on March 9, 2011

Theater Review | 'That Championship Season': The Champs Reunite, Bearing the Nation's Scars by Ben Brantley

A revival of "That Championship Season" has Kiefer Sutherland making his Broadway debut.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:01pm on March 6, 2011
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