Theater Review | 'Summer Shorts 4': Drama by Neil LaBute in ‘Summer Shorts’ at 59E59 by Neil Genzlinger

It may be hot outside, but there is one heck of a cold heart on display in “Romance,” the best of the four works in Series A of “Summer Shorts 4,” the annual fest…

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Theater Review | 'Capsule 33': When a Man’s Castle Is Actually a Tiny Pod by Neil Genzlinger

“Capsule 33” follows a Serbian man who lives in the Nakagin Capsule Tower on the night before the building’s demolition.

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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 | '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 | '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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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 | '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 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.

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Theater Review | Summer Shorts: Series B: At the 59E59 Theaters, Short Plays With Emotion by Neil Genzlinger

You’ve got to admire the range of emotions mined by Series B of the annual Summer Shorts festival. At intermission you’ll be basking in a pleasant seasonal glow. At the end you…

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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.

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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 | '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.

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Theater Review | 'Once Upon a Time in New Jersey': The Very Familiar New Jersey of Snooki’s Grandparents by Neil Genzlinger

The Prospect Theater Company’s new musical returns to the familiar times and sounds of “Happy Days” and “Grease.”

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

Two dating-theme 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 | ‘Bong Bong Bong Against the Wall, Ting Ting Ting in Our Heads’: Children and Their ‘Thems’ by Neil Genzlinger

“Bong Bong Bong Against the Wall, Ting Ting Ting in Our Heads,” a people-and-puppet fantasy about children with mental disabilities, shows a disappointing lack of insight.

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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 …

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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 | 'Perfect Harmony': Tensions Run High, and Quirks Run Wild by Neil Genzlinger

The comedy “Perfect Harmony” follows a boys’ a cappella group and some female rivals as they gear up for a national competition.

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Review: 'One Hand Clapping,' a Darkly Comic Story of Consumerism by Neil Genzlinger

Part of the Brits Off Broadway festival, Lucia Cox's adaptation of a 1961 novel examines the shallow materialism of the 1950s and '60s.

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Joe Assadourian, of 'The Bullpen,' Visits His Former Cellmates by Neil Genzlinger

Mr. Assadourian gave a performance of his one-man show, now running at the Playroom Theater, at the Otisville state prison.

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Review: In 'Lonesome Traveler,' a Folk Music Journey Unfolds by Neil Genzlinger

The play serves up songs that anyone over 60 and many younger than that know by heart and are played and sung by a skilled cast at the 59E59 Theater.

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Review: In 'Hierba Mala Nunca Muere,' Castro Rails Against Change by Neil Genzlinger

Juan Claudio Lechín's farce at Reportorio Español portrays the Cuban leader on his deathbed, tended by two assassins masquerading as nurses.

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Review: In 'Hunter Gatherers,' a Couples' Dinner Grows Increasingly Bizarre by Neil Genzlinger

Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's play revolves around four friends facing typical mid-30s angst about the possibility of children and the slow creep of time and aging.

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