Theater Review | 'Treasure Island': Stevenson's Tale: Yo-Ho-Ho and a Parrot, Too by Neil Genzlinger

B. H. Barry directs "Treasure Island" at the Irondale Center in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

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Circus Review: Where William Tell Is an Amateur by Neil Genzlinger

The circus is in town (if your town is East Rutherford, N.J., or Uniondale, N.Y.), and it has brought a pizazzy show called "Fully Charged," complete with human cannonball.

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Theater Review | 'La Barbería': Cutting Hair and Cracking Wise, All While the Radio Plays by Neil Genzlinger

"La Barbería" at New World Stages features impressive comic timing amid its music and messages about community and assimilation.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:10pm on February 21, 2011☆⚑

Theater Review | 'The Road to Qatar!': Let's Sing About People Who Don't Speak Like Us by Neil Genzlinger

"The Road to Qatar!" at the Theater at St. Peter's is based on the real-life story of two writers who were commissioned to produce a musical in the Middle East.

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Theater Review | 'How I Fell in Love': Where Friendship and Love Find Their Common Ground by Neil Genzlinger

"How I Fell in Love," by the television writer Joel Fields, studies the intersection of friendship and love.

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Theater Review | 'Room 17B': In This Cubicle World, Actions Speak Loudest by Neil Genzlinger

In "Room 17B," by Parallel Exit, the antics are the thing, and the officemates are in the business of humor.

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Theater Review | 'Hillbilly Women': Scraping By in Appalachia by Neil Genzlinger

The Bleecker Company offers a view of Appalachia through the eyes of its women.

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Theater Review | 'Pants on Fire's Metamorphoses': Changing Sexes, Species and More by Neil Genzlinger

"Pants on Fire's Metamorphoses," a witty, modern take on some of Ovid's tales, is at the Flea Theater.

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Theater Review | 'Three Pianos': A Few Instruments Go a Long Way by Neil Genzlinger

In "Three Pianos," a wacky assault on Franz Schubert's "Winterreise," the upright piano turns out to be a much more versatile piece of furniture than most of us realize.

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Critic's Notebook: It's Date Night, and the Audience Is Watching by Neil Genzlinger

Two dating-themed shows, "Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating and Marriage" and "Blind Date," require participation by the willing and almost-willing.

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Theater Review | 'Michael & Edie': The Long Distances Between Co-Workers by Neil Genzlinger

In Rachel Bonds's "Michael & Edie," a relationship between two bookstore employees comes with its own plot twists.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:21pm on December 8, 2010☆⚑

Theater Review | 'The Extraordinary Ordinary' : In Their 30s, in the Throes of a 'Big Chill' by Neil Genzlinger

A group of college friends reunites for soul-searching and navel gazing in "The Extraordinary Ordinary."

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Theater Review | 'Knock Me a Kiss': Harlem Renaissance Man and His Family, Behind Closed Doors by Neil Genzlinger

"Knock Me a Kiss" shows W. E. B. Du Bois as a pater familias making some bad choices for his daughter.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:50pm on November 21, 2010☆⚑

Theater Review | 'Edgewise': Burger With Apocalypse and Some Cheese Fries by Neil Genzlinger

"Edgewise," by Eliza Clark, is set in a fast-food joint in New Jersey as explosions are heard outside.

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Theater Review | 'Play Dead': Gleeful Gore at Players Theater by Neil Genzlinger

Watching a man eat a light bulb is just a warm-up for some flying entrails in "Play Dead."

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Theater: Come On, Santa, Put Your Clothes Back On by Neil Genzlinger

Beloved sacred and secular holiday stories are being bisected, dissected and disrespected all over town.

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