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Theater Review | 'Border Towns': A Little Bit Dylan, a Little Bit Lots of Other Stuff by Jason Zinoman

The musical “Border Towns” mixes Bob Dylan’s music with Americana.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015

The Scottsboro Boys by Jason Zinoman

Is the most ambitious new musical of the Broadway season racist? You could get that impression from reading the press coverage of The Scottsboro Boys, a wildly entertaining coda to the rich.…

SOURCE: Slate at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015

Imperfect Crime, Indelicate Outcome by Jason Zinoman

In a revival of Stephen Adly Guirgis's dark comedy "Den of Thieves," stealing from mobsters leads to its own moral dilemma.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015

Theater Talkback: A Holiday Wish for Better Holiday Theater by Jason Zinoman

Absent from the theatrical menu are original holiday dramas that are entertaining, accessible and even sentimental.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015

The Scottsboro Boys by Jason Zinoman

Is the most ambitious new musical of the Broadway season racist?

SOURCE: Slate at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015

With Great Power Comes Great Irresponsibility by Jason Zinoman

Spider-Man is a wild, sexed-up, Greek mythologized train wreck. But it's Julie Taymor's train wreck, through and through.

SOURCE: Slate at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015

Theater Review | 'In the Pony Palace/Football': Gender Blitz on a High School Gridiron by Jason Zinoman

Tina Satter’s “In the Pony Palace/Football” dissects high school football with gender-flipped casting that reveals the sport’s hidden dimensions.

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Theater Review | 'American Sexy': A Quest for Life and Sex. And Doritos. And Sex. by Jason Zinoman

Trista Baldwin’s “American Sexy,” at the Flea Theater, shows how a group of young people can interact but not connect.

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Theater Talkback: How Do You Measure a Hit? by Jason Zinoman

How do you think we should measure success in the theater? What exactly is a hit?

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Theater Review | 'Plan Nine From Outer Space': Sci-Fi Goosebumps and Aliens on a Mission by Jason Zinoman

Perfectly awful: A theatrical version of “Plan Nine From Outer Space” is showing at the Brick Theater in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

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Theater Review | 'Let Them Eat Cake': Downtown Stalwarts Flock to a Gay Wedding by Jason Zinoman

“Let Them Eat Cake” dramatizes a debate among members of the left about the importance of fighting for marriage as opposed to other civil rights issues.

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Theater Review | ‘Hysteria’ and ‘If That’s All There Is’: The Ordinary Can Pave the Road to Insanity by Jason Zinoman

Inspector Sands, a smartly off-kilter British company, is making an attention-getting introduction to New York with two shows in repertory.

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Theater Review | 'My Last Play': Oh, Come in. Glad to See You. Would You Like a Book? by Jason Zinoman

“My Last Play” by Ed Schmidt takes place in Mr. Schmidt’s living room in Carroll Gardens.

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Theater Review: In a Sophisticated Showbiz World, Simple Mimes Can Still Hold Sway by Jason Zinoman

“Mummenschanz,” the granddaddy of wordless, whimsical nonsense spectacles, is back in New York for the first time since 2003, along with its beloved giant faceless puppets.

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Theater Review | 'Baby Wants Candy': A New Song and Dance With Every Performance by Jason Zinoman

With each performance, the cast of “Baby Wants Candy” concoct a different musical comedy with a story idea supplied by a member of the audience.

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Theater Review | 'Invasion!': A Slip of the Tongue Could Lead to Terror by Jason Zinoman

“Invasion!”, a translation of a Swedish-language play at Walkerspace, revels in wordplay.

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Innocent Man, Releasing His Inner Mime by Jason Zinoman

Steven Banks brings his secret life out of hiding with a new play, “Looking at Christmas,” at the Flea Theater.

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Lombardi Punts by Jason Zinoman

The new play about the Green Bay Packers coach is more interested in the myth than the man.

SOURCE: Slate at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015

Theater Review | 'Home Sweet Home': Soldier Shatters the Smug Peace on the Home Front by Jason Zinoman

A play from Denmark examines how the experience of the Iraq war changes friendships.

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Theater Review | 'Murder in the Cathedral': Inside a Grand Church, His Days Are Numbered by Jason Zinoman

A modern-dress revival of T. S. Eliot’s verse play “Murder in the Cathedral” is being performed at the Church of St. Joseph in Brooklyn.

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Theater: Pacino Wants to Be Fair to Shakespeare by Jason Zinoman

Al Pacino is back as Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice,” this time on Broadway.

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In Canada, Shaw Plays Well With Others by Jason Zinoman

The lineup at this season's Shaw Festival in Ontario includes Oscar Wilde and Clare Boothe Luce.

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Theater Review | 'Radio Macbeth': To Hear Shakespeare, Perchance to Dream of Him by Jason Zinoman

As “Radio Macbeth” unfolds in a kind of theatrical alchemy, this play within a play becomes simply the play — the Scottish one.

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ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: A Holiday Wish for Better Holiday Theater by Jason Zinoman

Absent from the theatrical menu are original holiday dramas that are entertaining, accessible and even sentimental.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015

Critic’s Notebook: Going Under the Radar, and Into the Unknown by Jason Zinoman

The Public Theater’s annual festival of adventurous new works stretches theatrical forms and the imagination.

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