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Linda Lavin is supreme as an elderly woman striving to be an actress who bonds with an infirm young gay man in this fantastical and uneven new play.
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This muddled 1960's television talk show social justice fantasia is energized by Stan Buturla's majestic performance as the network's patrician owner.
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Gabriel Byrne's transporting solo show chronicles his journey from Irish poverty with physical and sexual abuse to the salvation of getting into the theater.
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An Irish theatre troupe's hilarious, poignant and beguiling meta deconstruction; the audience wears headsets to hear the director's droll commentary.
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Corey Hawkins and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II are dazzling as two brothers on the skids in this searing revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama.
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Surprises abound in this smart comedy thriller dealing with a married couple's off beat gameplaying; it's deliciously performed and impeccably staged.
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The 1926 source material of the Bob Fosse musical gets a spirited revival by a troupe whose age 50+ members perform their quaint roles with gusto.
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Douglas McGrath recounts his harrowing experiences at 14, with a female middle school teacher in his solo play which is deftly directed by John Lithgow.
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This exuberant revival of the classic 1969 political musical is performed by a terrific non-traditional ensemble who realize the show's enduring appeal.
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Law office intrigue ensues after a female partner and a male associate's affair is discovered in this wickedly funny and wonderfully performed comedy.
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The historic 1965 English university race in America debate between the two cultural titans is recreated in this theatrical curio thru wonderful acting.
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Tom Stoppard's entrancing epic drama charts a Viennese Jewish family's lives from 1899 to 1955 and is theatrically rendered by director Patrick Marber.
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David Zayas is majestic in this uneven contemporary drama depicting underclass lives which features two outstanding actors with disabilities.
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In the waiting room of a NYC skin cancer clinic we get to know four diverse patients in this unsatisfying play that is well-performed and crisply mounted.
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This Off-Broadway revival of the classic musical is richly entertaining due to its sensational cast and superlative score, book and staging.
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This energetically performed and well-presented musical spoof of the Netflix Sci-Fi series will delight fans and its zaniness should entertain non-viewers.
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This splendid outdoor production of Wilde's classic comedy has clever staging, lively performances and is part of the Phoenix Festival: Live Arts in Nyack.
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Good-natured zaniness abounds as that boy who won't grow up and Captain Hook appear at the home of a contemporary American family in this zesty fantasia.
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Theaterscene.net's owner Jack Quinn and his editor-in-chief Victor Gluck recently erased my name from the site and so far have deleted 80+ of my articles.
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A vivacious quintet portray college theater students who've competed for the role of Lady Macbeth in this hilarious and knowing dark campus comedy.
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Jack, Rose and The Heart of the Ocean are all in this sly, clever and amusing musical spoof hosted by "Celine Dion," which is uproariously performed.
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Ira Levin's sense of eerie foreboding initially looms over playwright Brian Watkins' entrancing drama, "Epiphany." As a reunion dinner party comically unfolds, we anxiously await supernatura…
Four appealingly performed single Manhattan roommates' tangled romantic lives are depicted in the pleasant contemporary Off-Broadway musical, "Love Quirks," which has a rapturous score. C…
"Corsicana" is a heartfelt and absorbing family drama that's been given a pretentiously distracting production: just for starters, its cryptic houselights up preamble is at odds with the pla…
In 'Circle Jerk," this cocky duo confidently preen, bray and cavort while donning various wigs and flamboyant costumes as multiple fey stock characters for over two numbing hours of their se…
