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902 stories by "Laura Collins-Hughes"

'Till' Brings a Tragedy to Life by Laura Collins-hughes

The New York Music Festival production tells the story of the summer when Emmett Till was murdered.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:36pm on July 26, 2019[SHARE]

Review: 'the way she spoke' Is a Trip to Ciudad Juárez by Laura Collins-hughes

Isaac Gomez's one-woman play follows the trail violence in a city on the Mexican border.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:06pm on July 18, 2019[SHARE]

An Apollo 11 'Oratorio,' Told by Those Who Were There by Laura Collins-hughes

The "Oslo" playwright J.T. Rogers found himself moved stitching a story he thought he knew well: "It is a piece about hope and wonder."

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 2:06pm on July 18, 2019[SHARE]

Review: A Meticulous Artist, Numb to the Touch, in 'Reborning' by Laura Collins-hughes

This play by Zayd Dohrn, about a victim of a horrific crime who grows up to be a dollmaker, is a dark comedy " with a touch of horror.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 4:24pm on July 12, 2019[SHARE]

'Promenade' Review: A '60s Musical That Offers Zany Delights by Laura Collins-hughes

The City Center revival of this satire on the haves and have-nots features book and lyrics by María Irene Fornés and a score by Al Carmines.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:32pm on July 11, 2019[SHARE]

Review: Molly Bloom Leaps From 'Ulysses' to Shout 'Yes!' by Laura Collins-hughes

Aedín Moloney and Colum McCann lift the character from James Joyce's novel to create a celebration of womanhood for the stage.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:03pm on July 3, 2019[SHARE]

When Theater is a Religious Experience by Laura Collins-hughes

Faith has had a powerful role in shaping some recent dramas. But plays can bring spiritual solace to the nonbeliever, too.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:24am on July 2, 2019[SHARE]

Review: Hugh Jackman Isn't Quite the Greatest Showman in an Arena by Laura Collins-hughes

His world tour "The Man. The Music. The Show." stopped at Madison Square Garden. But it would have been better on Broadway.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:18pm on June 30, 2019[SHARE]

How Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon Got Intimate by Laura Collins-hughes

To make the actors comfortable, the director of "Frankie and Johnny" brought in an expert in staging sex scenes " Broadway's first, and certainly not its last.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:12am on June 26, 2019[SHARE]

Review: In 'The Mountains Look Different,' Sin, Shame and Self-Determination by Laura Collins-hughes

A forgotten 1948 drama by Micheál Mac Liammóir has been polished to a becoming shimmer at Theater Row.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:42pm on June 20, 2019[SHARE]

Review: Behind the 'Veil,' Facts Are Negotiable by Laura Collins-hughes

Hollywood filmmakers tell a period story set in China in Gordon Dahlquist's layered look at truth, lies and the power of narrative.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 2:36pm on June 19, 2019[SHARE]

Review: 'Dropping Gumballs on Luke Wilson,' Aiming for His Head by Laura Collins-hughes

Based on an anecdote from the set of an infamous commercial, the play focuses on the behind-the-scenes people who work to realize an artist's vision.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:36am on June 19, 2019[SHARE]

Review: In 'Public Servant,' a Changed Daughter Returns From College by Laura Collins-hughes

Bekah Brunstetter's civic-minded new play is about parenthood, paternalism and what it means to work for the people.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 7:33pm on June 11, 2019[SHARE]

Review: In 'Little Women,' a Girl Dreams of a Man's World by Laura Collins-hughes

The stage adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel places the ambitious, thwarted Jo March at its center.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:54pm on June 4, 2019[SHARE]

Review: 'Enter Laughing' Delights. (Except if You're Greta Garbo.) by Laura Collins-hughes

Set in the 1930s, this musical comedy about a young man striving for stardom lands most of its jokes in song.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 1:48pm on May 30, 2019[SHARE]

Does Anything Awful Happen to the Cat in the Play? by Laura Collins-hughes

On the dread, and the glory, of watching animals onstage.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 8:06am on May 29, 2019[SHARE]

Critic's pick: Review: Girls Just Wanna Play 'Mac Beth' by Laura Collins-hughes

Erica Schmidt's raucously exuberant adaptation finds common cause between rebellious teenagers and bloody-minded Shakespeare.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 2:42pm on May 20, 2019[SHARE]

He Takes Us to the Underworld in 'Hadestown.' And We're Glad to Go. by Laura Collins-hughes

Fifty years into his stage career, André De Shields cherishes the ability to change what is to come.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36am on May 16, 2019[SHARE]

Review: 'Democracy in America' Misses Our Current Moment by Laura Collins-hughes

Romeo Castellucci's Tocqueville-inspired spectacle, presented by Peak Performances, offers highbrow style without the substance to back it up.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 1:36pm on May 12, 2019[SHARE]

Review: In 'Lockdown,' a Prisoner Yearns to Rejoin the World by Laura Collins-hughes

The play, a sort-of autobiographical story about an author and an inmate, includes a post-show "community conversation" about incarceration.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:36pm on May 9, 2019[SHARE]

Review: In 'All Our Children,' Moral Authority Wades Into Nazi Germany by Laura Collins-hughes

Stephen Unwin's play, set in Germany in 1941, explores the reluctant evil perpetrated by people who think of themselves as good.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:59pm on April 17, 2019[SHARE]

Review: In 'Socrates,' a Brainy Tribute to a Prickly Provocateur by Laura Collins-hughes

Michael Stuhlbarg is sublime in the title role of Tim Blake Nelson's admiring but overlong play, presented as part of the Onassis Festival.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:45pm on April 16, 2019[SHARE]

Critic's Notebook: Toxic Men Get All the Attention. But Not in These Plays. by Laura Collins-hughes

The perspectives of women are welcome in an art form that inherently fosters empathy " and in which it matters greatly whom we're asked to feel for.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:50pm on April 15, 2019[SHARE]

Review: The Women of 'Plano' Are All About Men by Laura Collins-hughes

In this comedy by Will Arbery, three sisters slip-slide through time in a brightly heightened reality.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 2:55pm on April 14, 2019[SHARE]

Critic's Pick: Review: 'Oasis' Brings Childlike Whimsy to a Manhattan Mall by Laura Collins-hughes

This charming new piece of site-specific theater from the company Third Rail Projects is staged on the steps of the Winter Garden at Brookfield Place.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:24pm on April 7, 2019[SHARE]
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