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We dove into the archives to find six of the best globe-trotting music documentaries to keep readers occupied and maybe even teach them something new. Whether you're a fan of Japanese video…
"Romeo and Juliet" at this unique theater was the first Broadway show I saw. Rex Harrison, George C. Scott and Brian Bedford were also memorable there.
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Rather than sit around and mope, Flynn wrote "Good Morning, Quarantine""setting his own new lyrics to the familiar melody of "Good Morning, Baltimore," composed by Marc Shaiman (with lyricis…
Will people--especially people who are older or have pre-existing health issues (and many theatergoers are older and have such heath issues)--be willing to gather in packed theaters or conce…
This 1980's obscure and brief-running dark work is my favorite play. I later met the author's wife, which inspired Rupert Pupkin-style delusions.
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Darryl Reilly, Critic Like many, I have sought solace through entertainment during these first weeks of shelter-in-place. This is a roundup of the most enriching such works. MarÃa Irene F…
Here are accounts of productions I attended just before live performances traumatically ceased in NYC due to COVID-19; one review was not published before.
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Set in a dark time, "Girl from the North Country" creates a community on stage as do the best plays and musicals. Its tale of lost souls attempting to keep their heads above water is univers…
There are happy and distracting memories to ponder while the arts and life are in limbo due to COVID-19. Lauren Bacall also appears in this recollection.
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For "Coal Country," an investigation into the April 5, 2010 West Virginia disaster at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch coal mine which killed 29 men, authors Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen ba…
Van Hove's energetic cast is too often lost among the video images which is sad because they are a wonderfully scrappy group of actor/dancer/singers who give their all. (I'm told that th…
Although director/choreographer Kathleen Marshall has given the Transport Group production staged at The Abroms Arts Center a rousing production, the major problem still exists with the stor…
If one were to come to conclusions about the Netherlands after seeing the three ballets presented by the Nederlands Dans Theater at the New York City Center, the Netherlands would clearly co…
With its eloquent nods to conceptual art, good-natured comedic tone and superior performance, "The Artist Will Be With You in a Moment" is an intelligent entertainment.
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The inspiration for "About Love" is Ivan Turgenev's "First Love," one of the greatest of all novellas. Subtitled "a play with songs and music," that is exactly what it is: a dramatic present…
There is plenty of over-the-top acting, physical antics and far-fetched story lines, all perfectly acceptable ingredients for a zany gender-bending farce. The only thing missing are the laug…
The declarative lyrics are written by Mr. Goldstein and the show's composer Michael Friedman. Mr. Friedman was a notable musical theater figure who died of HIV-related causes in 2017, at the…
Vivian Neuwirth's "Mr. Toole" is a fitting tribute to a charismatic teacher and a brilliant author. However, the play, in the form it currently is in, seems to have been shoehorned into a sh…
However, it's not until the second act that the play generates many laughs. Here, the tables turn on Jim. Gloria, returning to Kingston, has gained self-assurance from her escapades in the s…
Mixing fiction and fact, new Signature Theatre Residency playwright Lauren Yee's "Cambodian Rock Band" is an engrossing, entertaining and appalling  investigation into the Khmer Rouge's g…
Some books and movies and poems do not lend themselves to theatricalization, and that's certainly the case with "Incantata," which is currently being given its American premiere at the Irish…
Ballet Vlaanderen was founded in 1969 by dancer/choreographer Jeanne Brabants, and the present artistic director since 2015 is Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, who is known for his own award-winning ch…
One of the most interesting attributes of this play (apart from the clever title being a less common and unharmful definition of the word "faggot") is playwright J. Julian Christopher's insi…
"Spicy. Cajun. Alfredo. With Bourbon Infused. Crumbled. Bacon" is the hoped-for path to victory for the pivotal Memphis cooking competition in award-winning playwright Katori Hall's upliftin…
This illustrates the biggest problem with "Suicide Forest": it takes on too many issues, jumping from social to sexual to mythological to intimate family subjects. Making the play ev…
