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Women playing male roles in Shakespeare is a time-honored tradition, about to be refreshed in "Julius Caesar," coming to St. Ann's Warehouse.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:25PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 3, 2013
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Thursday, June 27, 2013
In Daniel Pearle's debut play with LCT3, young Jake " never shown onstage " has an affinity for dressing like the Little Mermaid, among others female heroines.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 13, 2013
Nell Benjamin, the author of "The Explorers Club," and Jennifer Westfeldt, who plays the lead role, say their own experiences with male condescension helped them shape the play's heroine.&nb…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 27, 2013
John Malkovich, who will play the lead in "The Giacomo Variations" at City Center, recently discussed rakes, roués and his own more discreet charms.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Walter Kerr Theatre, New YorkThe Testament of Mary, a monologue scripted by novelist Colm TóibÃn from his novella of the same name and performed by Fiona Shaw, boasts the most unusual …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:16PM[SHARE]Public theatre, New YorkImelda Marcos, the shoe-crazed wife of ex-Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, loved the nightlife. A habitué of Studio 54, she installed a disco ball in her New Y…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:53AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 17, 2013
In her first visit to New York, Marisol Valles Garcia watches a "poetic impression" of her life story, which includes four months as the police chief in a community controlled by drug cartel…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:51PM[SHARE]Friday, April 5, 2013
Al Hirschfeld theatre, New YorkMost New Yorkers would hesitate to don the dazzling footwear displayed in the new Broadway musical Kinky Boots. When you live in a city of potholes, sloping si…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:57AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Broadhurst theatre, New YorkNora Ephron's Lucky Guy is a profane love letter to the lost, rollicking world of New York tabloid journalism. It is also a tribute to its real-life fallen son, t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:50AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 28, 2013
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Friday, January 18, 2013
Richard Rodgers theatre, New YorkDoes Broadway need another revival of Tennessee Williams's Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, its third in three years? Perhaps not. But when an actor such as Scarlett J…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:08AM[SHARE]Monday, December 10, 2012
Gerald Schoenfeld theatre, New York"Always be closing." That maxim of salesmanship seems positively caustic when projected on to the curtain during the Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AM[SHARE]Friday, November 30, 2012
Music Box theatre, New YorkKatie Holmes, the celebrity divorcee and box office draw, is a lovely and slender young woman, even when garbed in the drab midwestern wear required of Theresa Reb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:19PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 28, 2012
For Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes, whose Pulitzer Prize winner, "Water by the Spoonful," begins a run in New York this month, writing plays keeps her tethered to her family and hometown, Philadelp…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18PM[SHARE]Monday, November 12, 2012
Classic Stage Company, New YorkLast summer, at least three different Uncle Vanyas bestrode New York stages. Recent years have also witnessed fields of cherry orchards, a small flock of seagu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:01PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 30, 2012
We're used to complaining about unscripted interruptions " but sometimes the external world can affect a play in a good wayBack in the summer, just at the close of DruidMurphy's devastating …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 20, 2012
The novelist Ayad Akhtar is confounding expectations in his screenplays and his debut play, "Disgraced," set for the Claire Tow Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:39AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 13, 2012
Three Chicago theater buddies " the director Dexter Bullard, the actor Michael Shannon and the playwright Craig Wright " make their Broadway debut with Mr. Wright's "Grace."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 24, 2012
From the sweaty solidarity of baking auditoriums to fireflies flickering at dusk outside, summer theatre has a special allure. And then, of course, there's aircon ...For a while, the Ice Fac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:37AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 12, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
It may not always be deliberate on the part of the playwright, but plays that plunge you into theatrical confusion can be a pleasureLast week, I found myself in familiar environs " in the da…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 5, 2012
Monday, June 11, 2012
It was a weak year for musicals but an excellent one for plays, with Corden scooping the best actor award from a remarkable shortlist. But it was host Neil Patrick Harris who stole the showI…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:21AM[SHARE]Friday, April 13, 2012
Venus in Fur is the latest play to tempt audiences into ogling its scantily clad cast. Now stage stars are being rated on sex appealA woman with long, blonde hair and a heavily lipsticked mo…
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