THROUGH THE FLAMES by Francine Russo

Kristin Marting's Erendira; Dawn Akemi Saito's Erendira

SOURCE: Village Voice at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

WE'RE 2! by Charles McNulty

Howard's Professor of Desire; O'Hara Gets Skittish
Anto Howard's Scattergood; Robert O'Hara's Booty Candy

SOURCE: Village Voice at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

THE RATIONAL PASTIME by Michael Feingold

Greenberg Wins the Pennant; Haring Gets Marketed Again
Take Me Out by Richard Greenberg; Radiant Baby by Stuart Ross, Ira Gasman, and Debra Barsha

SOURCE: Village Voice at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

IRISH LIVES AND LIVERS by Michael Feingold

From Opposite Sides of a Small Island, Two Small Sad Plays
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Toward the Somme by Frank McGuinness; Dublin Carol by Conor McPherson

SOURCE: Village Voice at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Aristophanes vs. Rumsfeld by Anya Kamenetz

THAW and the Lysistrata Project's Anti-War Fare

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LONELY CROWDS by Michael Feingold

Two Shows About New Yorkers in Groups Suggest They Might Be Happier Left Alone
Little Fish by Michael John LaChiusa; The Last Sunday in June by Jonathan Tolins

SOURCE: Village Voice at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

RACE RECORDS by Michael Feingold

Survival's the Tune, and August Wilson's Plays Sing It

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ASSASSINS AND ROMANCE by Charles McNulty

TFNA and CSC Take on Shakespeare's Human Invention
Julius Caesar; The Winter's Tale

SOURCE: Village Voice at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

THAMES THE BREAKS by David Finkle

London's Winter of Theatrical Discontent

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OLD TALES RETANGLED by Michael Feingold

'Fifth' Still Has Kick, but 'Kimberly' Is All Akimbo

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UNTRUTHS TO TELL by James Hannaham

Facing Reality, or Not, in Stand-Up and Hip-Hop
Comedians by Trevor Griffiths; Corner Wars by Tim Dowlin

SOURCE: Village Voice at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

PETER SELLARS'S CNN EURIPIDES by Don Shewey

Some People Do Have to Live Like a Refugee
The Children of Herakles by Euripides

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STOCK MANIPULATIONS by Michael Feingold

Is It Reinventing, or Just Recycling?
Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya at BAM

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SHANGHAIED GESTURES by Michael Feingold

Two New Shows Explore the Fun of What's Been Seen Before
Shanghai Moon by Charles Busch; Panic! (How to Be Happy!) by Richard Foreman

SOURCE: Village Voice at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

LIVES IN PLAY by Michael Feingold

Tartuffe by Molière; Art, Life & Show-Biz by Ain Gordon

SOURCE: Village Voice at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

DEFIANCE AND THE BOOGIE-WOOGIE by James Hannaham

The State of Black Theater in New York

SOURCE: Village Voice at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

WHAT'S OPERA NOW, DOC? by Michael Feingold

While Broadway Lives the Puccinian Past, William Bolcom Gives the Met a New 'View'

SOURCE: Village Voice at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

TUNESMITHERY by Michael Feingold

Tommy Tune: White Tie and Tails; Porterphiles

SOURCE: Village Voice at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

YOUR CHEATIN' HEART by Tom Sellar

The Mercy Seat at MCC Theater; Hank Williams: Lost Highway at Manhattan Ensemble Theater

SOURCE: Village Voice at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

HOMELAND INSECURITY by Charles McNulty

Joe & Betty at Kirk Theater; Gone Home at Manhattan Theatre Club

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THE ART OF DINING by Michael Feingold

Dinner At Eight at Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center; What Didn't Happen at Playwrights Horizons at the Duke

SOURCE: Village Voice at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Sightlines

Lloyd Suh's Masha No Home at Ensemble Studio Theatre; Ossie Davis's A Last Dance for Sybil at the New Federal Theater

SOURCE: Village Voice at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

THIS OLD SPOOK HOUSE by Alisa Solomon

Blue Sky Transmission: A Tibetan Book of the Dead, written and directed by Raymond Bobgan; The Secret of Steep Ravines, conceived and directed by Rachel Dickstein, written with Barbara Wiech…

SOURCE: Village Voice at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

A TURKEY SEASON SONGBOOK by Michael Feingold

Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman; Imaginary Friends by Nora Ephron; Adult Entertainment by Elaine May
To build the most grandiose set,
To dwarf the most noble ideal,
To make every action seem puny,
To mute every heartfelt appeal:
This is my bent;
I'm Jonathan Kent.
Destroying the theater
Is my sole intent.
I hate human beings,
So petty and small.
Let me hide them upstage in the shadow
Of my sliding wall!
And I know,
If I throw in enough little glitzy distractions,
That this well-meant but hokey old show
Will not matter at all!

SOURCE: Village Voice at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

MAC WELLMAN'S GRECIAN YEARN by Una Chaudhuri

Antigone by Mac Wellman

SOURCE: Village Voice at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑