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The most dramatic thing that happens in playwright Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles occurs at the beginning of the play.
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Broadway openings are like yellow-rumped warblers.
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An Iliad pleads for both the victors and the vanquished to be remembered and honored.
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When it comes to The Lady from Dubuque, "perhaps" is the operative word.
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Katori Hall 's work is remarkable for her keen ear for wisecracks and irreverent, self-deprecating humor.
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One could argue that the drastic transformation is the point.
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One of this season's hottest tickets is a site-specific theater piece entitled Elective Affinities.
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Don't be misled by the warm smile and the fedora in the photograph.
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Amy Herzog's Belleville is most provocatively a conversation of objects.
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The California-born playwright, now 54, has become one of the preeminent Asian-American voices in the theater.
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If fear were a drug, Blackout would rate as some pharmaceutical-grade stuff.
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Cabaret, drag, and performance artist, Joey Arias is a potent experience all by himself.
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This truly ensemble piece surprisingly puts a fresh spin on some familiar material.
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Nothing is quite what it seems in Jonas Hassen Khemiri's Invasion!
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With Labor Day, summer vacations, and weekend getaways behind us, it's time again to tune into the city's arts and culture vibe.
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David Greenspan sets the tone for a delightful evening of theater magic by jumping onto a jewel-box stage set at the start of The Patsy.
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A new play at the Classic Stage Company, Unnatural Acts, takes us back to period of intolerance that is hopefully unthinkable today.
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The great Tennessee Williams, unsurpassed poet of the theater and incisive chronicler of the human soul, was born 100 years ago this March.
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Certainly, taking Bergman's minimal characters and haunting island setting from celluloid to three dimensions was not a ready-made feat.
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Subterranea: An Urban Fairytale is the latest production from underappreciated aerial troupe extraordinaire Suspended Cirque.
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The show's powerfully invasive aesthetic conveys the idea of our moral and political consciousness struggling to free itself from inaction.
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The play is a heady Brechtian mashup that surprisingly charms rather than ironically alienates.
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One of the season's biggest theatrical spectacles is not on Broadway.
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I spoke with Joseph last month, when the play was still in previews.
The post Lost and Found in Translation: Playwright Rajiv Joseph on <em>Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo</em> a…
Robin Williams's casting is one of the more astute choices for Moises Kaufman's solidly crafted production of Rajiv Joseph's Pulitzer finalist.
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