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1,121 stories by "Charles Isherwood"

Theater Review: Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman Star in 'Annapurna' by Charles Isherwood

Sharr White's new play, "Annapurna," often feels like a scruffier version of a Lifetime television movie about love gone wrong.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00pm on April 21, 2014

Theater Review: 'Your Mother's Copy of the Kama Sutra' at Playwrights Horizons by Charles Isherwood

Kirk Lynn's play "Your Mother's Copy of the Kama Sutra" involves an unusual yearlong test on the way to a marriage that might or might not happen.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00pm on April 21, 2014

Theater Review: 'Violet,' Starring Sutton Foster, Opens at Roundabout by Charles Isherwood

The terrific, heart-stirring revival of "Violet" stars Sutton Foster in a career-redefining performance.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00pm on April 20, 2014

The Week Ahead: Climate Change, the Musical by Charles Isherwood

"The Great Immensity" asks the big-time question of whether man can change his destructive ways before the planet goes kablooey.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 1:32pm on April 16, 2014

Theater Review: Audra McDonald in 'Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill' by Charles Isherwood

"Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill," starring Audra McDonald, takes place in the months before Billie Holiday died, set in a city that she had reason to loathe.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00pm on April 13, 2014

Theater Review: Athol Fugard in His Play 'The Shadow of the Hummingbird' by Charles Isherwood

In "The Shadow of the Hummingbird," at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, Athol Fugard performs in one of his own plays for the first time in 15 years.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 6:48pm on April 11, 2014

Theater Review: 'The Heir Apparent,' by Way of David Ives by Charles Isherwood

"The Heir Apparent," adapted by David Ives from the early-18th-century French comedy, is slangy, scatological and very heady, but with the reliable rhythms of a minuet.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00pm on April 9, 2014

Theater Review: Haggling Over Grant Money in 'The Most Deserving' by Charles Isherwood

"The Most Deserving," Catherine Trieschmann's new comedy at City Center, pokes fun at the absurdities and pretensions of the arts grant industry.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00pm on April 8, 2014

Theater Review: Atlantic Theater's Decadent, Decorous 'Threepenny Opera' by Charles Isherwood

The new production of "The Threepenny Opera," at the Atlantic Theater Company, stars F. Murray Abraham, Laura Osnes, Michael Park and Mary Beth Peil.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00pm on April 7, 2014

Theater Review: 'Realistic Joneses' Stars Toni Collette and Michael C. Hall by Charles Isherwood

In Will Eno's "The Realistic Joneses," two couples, both named Jones, get to know one another amid fear, loneliness and unspoken love in a small town near the mountains.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00pm on April 6, 2014

Critic's Notebook: Varied New Works at 38th Annual Humana Festival by Charles Isherwood

At the 38th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays, five full-length plays highlighted storytelling, be they fantastical, historical or ripped from the headlines.   &nbs…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 2:26pm on April 2, 2014

Theater Review: In 'A Second Chance,' Singing New York Lovers by Charles Isherwood

"A Second Chance" is a show about two life-bruised, middle-aged New Yorkers trying to heal themselves.    

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00pm on March 30, 2014

Theater Review: 'Don Juan Comes Home From Iraq' by Paula Vogel by Charles Isherwood

In "Don Juan Comes Home From Iraq," at the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, Paula Vogel plays with time and surrealism in describing a Marine's troubled return from war.    

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 6:10pm on March 28, 2014

Theater Review: 'These Paper Bullets!' Opens at Yale Rep by Charles Isherwood

With "These Paper Bullets!," Rolin Jones and Billie Joe Armstrong have broadly adapted Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" into a tale of the mod British rock scene of the 1960s. &nb…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:56pm on March 27, 2014

Theater Review: 'Hellman v. McCarthy' at Abingdon Theater Company by Charles Isherwood

Dick Cavett plays himself in "Hellman v. McCarthy," Brian Richard Mori's dramatic reconsideration of the Lillian Hellman and Mary McCarthy feud and lawsuit.    

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00pm on March 26, 2014

Theater Review: 'Les Misérables' Returns to Broadway by Charles Isherwood

"Les Misérables," the stage adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel, returns to Broadway to capitalize on the popularity of the recent movie version.    

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00pm on March 23, 2014

Theater Review: 'Aladdin' Tweaks the Disney Formula With Breezy Insouciance by Charles Isherwood

The Broadway version of "Aladdin" sticks to the movie's formula, but also infuses the conventions of the genre with a breezy insouciance that scrubs away some of the material's bland gloss.&…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00pm on March 20, 2014

The Week Ahead: She Called Her What? Uh-Oh. by Charles Isherwood

The famous late-20th-century feud between Mary McCarthy and Lillian Hellman will be stirred up again with "Hellman v. McCarthy," a new play by Brian Richard Mori.    

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:26pm on March 19, 2014

Theater Review: In 'Hand to God,' Steven Boyer's Puppet Is Unfiltered by Charles Isherwood

In the terrific, scary-funny play "Hand to God," Steven Boyer is a teenager whose puppetry skills turn into a negative.    

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00pm on March 10, 2014

Theater Review: Bryan Cranston as President Johnson in 'All the Way' by Charles Isherwood

Bryan Cranston stars in "All the Way," about President Lyndon B. Johnson's push for the Civil Rights Act.    

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00pm on March 6, 2014

Theater Review: First to Die at 'Sweeney Todd': Decorum at the Philharmonic by Charles Isherwood

A concert staging of "Sweeney Todd" stars the opera bass-baritone Bryn Terfel as the bloodthirsty barber and the Oscar-winning Emma Thompson as his adoring helpmate.    

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 4:32pm on March 6, 2014

Listening to the Original 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' by Charles Isherwood

The release of an audio recording of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" with the original Broadway cast pulls back the curtain on one of the seminal theatrical events of the 20th century.&nbs…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 2:15pm on March 6, 2014

Theater Review: End of Trilogy, 'The Happiest Song Plays Last,' Onstage Now by Charles Isherwood

"The Happiest Song Plays Last," the third in a trilogy of plays by Quiara Alegría Hudes, is a diffuse but warm-blooded drama.    

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:27pm on March 3, 2014

Theater Review: In Will Eno's 'The Open House,' Dysfunctional Dynamics by Charles Isherwood

A fractious family stages an uncanny disappearing act in "The Open House," Will Eno's new play, at Signature Theater.    

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00pm on March 3, 2014

Theater Review: 'Stage Kiss,' a Sarah Ruhl Comedy, at Playwrights Horizons by Charles Isherwood

Sarah Ruhl's "Stage Kiss" is a scattered but lively blend of romantic comedy and backstage farce.    

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00pm on March 2, 2014
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