Tuesday, June 6, 2017
The experimental troupe Sister Sylvester reworked its script after the subject of this play, a young Turkish woman, was killed in Syria.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:06PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 31, 2017
This Broadway musical inspired by Tupac has some exhilarating dance numbers. If only we could care about the charactersPour one out for Holler if Ya Hear Me, the dead-on-arrival Broadway juk…
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Video clips, incense and guided meditation are mashed up in Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble's offbeat exploration of courtship in the age of the app.
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Monday, May 22, 2017
The decision of Edward Albee's estate to deny production rights over the casting choice of a black actor has reignited a debate over theater's relationship with raceLast week, a casting dire…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Ain Gordon's messy, heartbreaking show is both eulogy and autobiography, capturing the exciting and ungentrified city he knew in the 1970s.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:06PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Atlantic Theater, New YorkA show filled with masterful mind-reading and nifty tricks successfully announces the celebrated mentalist's stateside arrival off-BroadwayDon't lie to Derren Brown…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48PM[SHARE]Monday, May 15, 2017
Friday, May 12, 2017
A staged reading at Town Hall revisited confirmation hearings for President Trump's cabinet nominees, with charismatic stars as the politicians.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:33PM[SHARE]As musicals continue to break records, straight plays are struggling " with Sally Field-starring The Glass Menagerie the latest casualty of the seasonTom, the narrator of Tennessee Williams'…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 11, 2017
Ms. Benton, a star of "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812," talks about proving that women who look like her can play the girl who saves the day.
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Tuesday, May 2, 2017
In this collaborative work by the company Bucket Club, a sighting of the mythical monster forces an evolutionary biologist to confront her unhappy past.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:18PM[SHARE]Bette Midler, Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline provide some A-list glamour for this year's nominations, but there's no love for Amélie and Significant OtherAt the Tony awards this year, a com…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 27, 2017
Golden Theater, New YorkLaurie Metcalf gives a thrilling performance in a speculative follow-up to Henrik Ibsen's defining 1879 masterworkThere are sofa plays and dinner table plays. Plays a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Monday, April 24, 2017
"In a Pickle," at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, is "The Winter's Tale" for 2- through 5-year-olds. More emphasis on the sheep, less on the scary stuff.
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Shubert theatre, New York Even if the shtick is predictable, Midler " paired with David Hyde Pierce " shines in an exhaustingly energetic revival of the 1964 musical comedyBefore our benight…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:31AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Monday, April 17, 2017
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Friday, April 7, 2017
Daydream yourselves back to the golden age of circus at Madison Square Garden. It hardly matter that the conceit doesn't always work.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:31PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 6, 2017
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
False starts and outmoded techniques make this latest iteration of Noël Coward's creation seem dated, leaving its star with too much heavy liftingSt James Theater, New YorkDressing gown e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 4, 2017
The actor, who is on Broadway in The Glass Menagerie, talks about being typecast and struggling to find roles while balancing life as a parentLast fall, Sally Field turned 70. Her celebratio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM[SHARE]Monday, April 3, 2017
The Walter Kerr Theatre, New YorkThe Pam MacKinnon-directed adaptation of the whimsical 2001 film struggles to deliver the goods, hemmed in by a saccharine songbook and passionless plotIn Am…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48PM[SHARE]Kate Hamill and Eric Tucker, the team behind 2014's "Sense and Sensibility," are back with a breathless "Vanity Fair" adaptation at the Pearl Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 30, 2017
The play, by Zayd Dohrn, finds conflict between freedom and fundamentalism in a story of a marriage between the children of Middle Eastern immigrants.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:31PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 26, 2017
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