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"A Hunger Artist" takes morbid subject matter and turns it into a metaphorical look at obsession and human suffering. By focusing on one hunger artist, Luxenberg and Levin manage to make…
Bearded, stocky and with that distinctive, wild comb-over of salt and pepper hair and wearing an artist's smock, Brochu vividly conveys the visual, vocal and personality characteristics of t…
The ostensible theme of Sperling's series of performances at the Baryshnikov Arts Center was climate change. Had spectators not read that in the program they would have come away from Sp…
Created by the documentarian theatre company Sister Sylvester, "Maps for a War Tourist" was intended to be a biographical exploration of the life of Deniz Karacagil. A former Turkish art st…
Ludlam also starred in "Artificial Jungle," his last of 29 plays, which he also directed. It took its inspiration from Emile Zola's "Therese Raquin," which had already inspired James M. Cain…
"Sweetee" is an admirable attempt to depict determination in the face of prejudice in the Deep South 80 years ago. While the cast appears to be older than their characters, they make a valia…
Carlo Adinolfi plays John, the performance artist. With his British accent and wiry physicality he has an intense presence but possesses limited charisma. Mr. Adinolfi's simple but inspire…
Wearing pale, simple but elegant costumes with small colorful patches around the hips (designed by Sue Julien and Brenner) the dancers in "Soul River/Blues" entered singly at first up a diag…
Like in a Noel Coward comedy, the witty zingers come fast and furious: "That her big white Cadillac looks like a pregnant Frigidaire," "Did you say she was from Newark or Noah's Ark?", "Harl…
The artistic team responsible for this "Butterfly" made radical decisions and changes. Puccini's original three acts of linear story " love and "wedding," waiting, betrayal and death " are r…
The show's writer and host, Rob Berman, introduced many of the songs and, essentially, gave us the story of Lerner and Loewe's difficult, on-again, off-again partnership. Referring to them, …
The goal of their three week Women in Theatre Festival is "a direct response to gender disparity in theatre leadership, casting, and production, the objective of WIT is to broaden the opport…
Mr. Perry has certainly followed the maxim, "write what you know." We follow the romantic and personal travails of four stereotypical, contemporary Los Angles types who have the financial r…
Say this for actor Hamish Linklater: he writes juicy parts for his fellow actors. He also knows how to set up a sense of community. The New Group production directed by its artistic director…
While most of the audience remained stony-faced, my companion and I were laughing hysterically throughout much of "Can You Forgive Her?", a black comedy if ever there was one, by Gina Gionfr…
Director Jesse Berger's fast-paced staging is an exuberant amalgam of physical and verbal virtuosity combined with visual flair. A highlight is a crowd of characters hurrying into a closet …
Company member, Omar Román De Jesús choreographed the third world premiere, "Daniel," to a multiple-sourced score. He took his eight dancers through a dramatic visit to those on the a…
Unlike such political plays as Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," David Hare's "Stuff Happens" and the current "Oslo" by J.T. Rogers, Building the Wall is speculative political fiction. Project…
Expect great things from Udofia in the future. Both plays demonstrate that she writes full-bodied, three-dimensional characters, while "Her Portmanteau" reveals that she can also write a pla…
The opening scenes augurs well, hinting at the deeper emotional motivation for Salome's future behavior, her decision to avoid romantic involvement. As the lights gradually rise to reveal …
Mr. Grandbois' engrossing scenario is in the vein of such feminist fantastical works as "Diary of a Mad Housewife" and "Up the Sandbox." An expedition to a salsa dance club, buying a puppy …
It's Ella Fitgerald's centennial. She influenced more than a generation of singers and musicians. The lady called the "Queen of Jazz" or "The First Lady of Song" would have turned 100 this y…
From the beginning, one core component of Rosenbaum's mission has been the cultivation of a contemporary American repertoire and the regular commission of new works. Rosenbaum is, in fact, a…
An import from the United Kingdom, as part of the 2017 Brits Off Broadway Festival at 59E59 Theaters, Jon Brittain's "Rotterdam" is not based on a true story relating to events in the eponym…
It is set in present-day rural Afghanistan. Several years earlier, Paiman as a child was sold by his father to the well to do Jahandar. The two have an intense emotional and physical invol…
