First Nighter: "The Layover," Leslye Headland's New Play Proves a Welcome Stay-Over by David Finkle

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SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:21am on August 26, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: N. C. Hunter's "A Day By the Sea" in a Tough, Touching Mint Theater Company Revival by David Finkle

As all Hunter's characters gather In larger groups or in twos or threes, their foibles, worries and animosities are displayed

SOURCE: www.huffpost.com at 9:38pm on August 25, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: N. C. Hunter's "A Day By the Sea" in a Tough, Touching Mint Theater Company Revival by David Finkle

Pendleton, who may be the busiest person in New York City's theater life, is attuned to Hunter's Chekhovian blend of disillusionment

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 9:38pm on August 25, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: N. C. Hunter's "A Day By the Sea" in a Tough, Touching Mint Theater Company Revival by David Finkle

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SOURCE: Huffington Post at 5:38pm on August 25, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: The Berkshires's See-Worthy "Merchant of Venice" and "An American Daughter" by David Finkle

Not one of the playwright's most convincing manuscripts, An American Daughter is marred by the stage time given over to Judith

SOURCE: www.huffpost.com at 7:57pm on August 16, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: The Berkshires's See-Worthy "Merchant of Venice" and "An American Daughter" by David Finkle

Nonetheless, when a Shylock is portrayed with the finesse that Epstein displays, the quality of mercy for everything else

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 7:57pm on August 16, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: The Berkshires's See-Worthy "Merchant of Venice" and "An American Daughter" by David Finkle

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SOURCE: Huffington Post at 3:57pm on August 16, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: Three for the Good Show at Summer Shorts Series B by David Finkle

Queen, the third and middle one-act, is most notable for the performances that Casandera M.J. Lollar and Saverio Tuzzolo

SOURCE: www.huffpost.com at 12:20pm on August 8, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: Three for the Good Show at Summer Shorts Series B by David Finkle

Sydney only learns how severely Deja has been offended when she discovers a poem in which Deja expresses herself fully in

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:20pm on August 8, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: Three for the Good Show at Summer Shorts Series B by David Finkle

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SOURCE: Huffington Post at 8:20am on August 8, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: You Better Believe That the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Trevor Nunn-T. S. Eliot "Cats" is Now and Forever by David Finkle

It's undoubtedly coincidence that Cats arrives on cats' feet just after the national political conventions have concluded

SOURCE: www.huffpost.com at 7:40pm on July 31, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: You Better Believe That the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Trevor Nunn-T. S. Eliot "Cats" is Now and Forever by David Finkle

As most longtime fans know, the blockbuster tuner was inspired by T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. The

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 7:40pm on July 31, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: You Better Believe That the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Trevor Nunn-T. S. Eliot "Cats" is Now and Forever by David Finkle

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SOURCE: Huffington Post at 3:40pm on July 31, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" Revived With Mixed Results This Weekend by David Finkle

The truth is that Vonnegut's tale is dealing with some mighty sober subjects -- the marginalization of the impoverished, the narrow concerns of the corporate class, the dismissal as surely d…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 4:49pm on July 29, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" Revived With Mixed Results This Weekend by David Finkle

<![CDATA[The truth is that Vonnegut's tale is dealing with some mighty sober subjects -- the marginalization of the impoverished, the narrow concerns of the corporate class, the dismissal…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:49pm on July 29, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: Owen McCafferty's Mutedly Noisy "Quietly" by David Finkle

For those continuing: In 1974, when Jimmy and Ian were 16, Jimmy's father, along with four other Catholic men were in this

SOURCE: www.huffpost.com at 11:05am on July 28, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: Owen McCafferty's Mutedly Noisy "Quietly" by David Finkle

Jimmy Fay--whose surname hints he understands a dispute that is not likely unusual in today's Belfast--directs, as O'Kane

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:05am on July 28, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: Owen McCafferty's Mutedly Noisy "Quietly" by David Finkle

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SOURCE: Huffington Post at 7:05am on July 28, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: Richard Strand's Funny "Butler," Norman Shabel's Taut "A Class Act" by David Finkle

Lawyers for the defendants include the very moral Ignatio Perez (Andrew Ramcharan Guilarte), John Dubliner (Nick Plakias

SOURCE: www.huffpost.com at 6:59am on July 27, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: Richard Strand's Funny "Butler," Norman Shabel's Taut "A Class Act" by David Finkle

In the second act, artillery expert Major Cary (David Sitler), the Confederate officer dispatched to retrieve Malory (and

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 6:59am on July 27, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: Richard Strand's Funny "Butler," Norman Shabel's Taut "A Class Act" by David Finkle

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SOURCE: Huffington Post at 2:59am on July 27, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: "The Merchant of Venice" in Jonathan Munby's First-Rate Shakespeare's Globe Production by David Finkle

Perhaps wanting to stress the unmissable evidence of bigotry continuing rampant in this 400th year after Shakespeare's death

SOURCE: www.huffpost.com at 11:31am on July 22, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: "The Merchant of Venice" in Jonathan Munby's First-Rate Shakespeare's Globe Production by David Finkle

It could be that Munby's extreme depiction of Shylock's relentless repudiation is the reason behind the moneylender's obdurate

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:31am on July 22, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: "The Merchant of Venice" in Jonathan Munby's First-Rate Shakespeare's Globe Production by David Finkle

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SOURCE: Huffington Post at 7:31am on July 22, 2016☆⚑

First Nighter: C. P. Taylor's "Good," Howard Barker's "No End of Blame" Celebrate PTP/NYC's 30-Year Anniversary by David Finkle

Yet, as the playwright contrives to drop Hungarian native Bela into and out of Russia, England and the United States at his

SOURCE: www.huffpost.com at 2:32pm on July 13, 2016☆⚑