Tuesday, January 24, 2017
This updated version of Henrik Ibsen's 1867 verse drama includes rock and pop songs as it centers on an adventurous Scandinavian lad.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:04PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 22, 2017
This play by Bekah Brunstetter ("Oohrah!") follows a teenager in the 1990s through early adulthood, and a pioneer girl in the 1800s. Both are named Jane.
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Samuel J Friedman TheatreExtraordinary performances help to bring the decorated playwright's 1979 script to life for the first time on BroadwayThe Broadway debut of August Wilson's Jitney by…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Paul Cameron's Hardy's new play at the Ensemble Studio Theater focuses on two actors, one a success in pornography, the other just a journeyman player.
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Nothing much happens in this Under the Radar festival play about mellow headbangers by Philippe Quesne. But it's a wonderful nothing.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:12PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Box office records are being broken a theater-goers flock to popular shows " but what's behind the sudden surge?In early January, just days after the Times Square ball had made its annual pl…
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Ethel Barrymore Theater, New YorkAndrew Upton's Platonov is set in 1990s Russia, a country between communism and oligarchy. Between them, its star and Richard Roxburgh bring it fully to life…
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From Under the Radar to Coil to American Realness and beyond, the curtain's going up on several January festivals that insist on engaged audiences.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Big stars from Cate Blanchett to Sally Field and yet more stage adaptations of classic movies are set to dominate the boards in the new yearIf what's wanted is farce and tragedy, drama and v…
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Musical revisits an important and shameful past of the internment of Japanese Americans but story on stage fails to deliver distinctive and rich performances The forced internment of 120,000…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12AM[SHARE]Monday, December 12, 2016
New York Theatre WorkshopAn army barracks provides a striking setting for Sam Gold's take on Shakespeare's classic that minimizes questions of race and amps up toxic masculinitySam Gold sets…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04PM[SHARE]The year began downbeat and ended oddly, with Dear Evan Hansen and Heisenberg among the highlights as Cirque du Soleil fell flat with ParamourWhen history books come to discuss the Broadway …
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This Douglas Turner Ward "satirical fantasy" from 1965 has been revived by the Negro Ensemble Company, performed largely by black actors in whiteface.
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This play by Hillary Bettis, about a fictitious Florida tourist attraction, sits uneasily somewhere between gritty naturalism and magical realism.
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The creators of the buzzy high school-set production talk about the dangers of the digital world for teenagers as their play hits BroadwayDuring its development, the creators of Dear Evan Ha…
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Jason Bishop's "Straight Up Magic" and "The Illusionists: Turn of the Century" offer audiences a chance to feel bewitched, bothered and bamboozled.
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The Longacre Theatre, New YorkSluggish songs, a plodding plot and a lack of urgency makes this adaptation of Chazz Palminteri's yarn of gangsters and forbidden fruit, frigid and forgettableA…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 27, 2016
Neil Simon Theater, New York The girls are now above the age of consent, but there's still not much else to thank heaven for in this awkward stage version of the 50s filmIn a celebrated nove…
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In "Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science," the Food Network personality serves up a menu of challenging fare. Tequila and pumpkin spice liqueur with mouthwash, anyone?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:02PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Wherever we fall on the political spectrum, we're going to see our desires and fears reflected in the art we encounter, especially in theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:36PM[SHARE]Monday, November 21, 2016
Pershing Square Signature Center, New YorkThe latest production of the 1966 tale by Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields and Neil Simon of a romantic optimist boasts thrilling choreography and a dazzl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 20, 2016
Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop musical, Hamilton, has reignited Broadway. But his talent doesn't end there. Alexis Soloski finds out moreCreator and star of the musical phenomenon Hamilton, Li…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 17, 2016
The former Saturday Night Live comedian is well cast as the rebellious teacher but the play's theme of straight white superiority has left it feeling dustyIt has been 27 years since Dead Poe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM[SHARE]St Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, New YorkThe awkward monologuist offers up a compelling and, at times, excitingly unpredictable one-man show about a small, furry protagonist The star of Mouse: …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
This semidocumentary play at the Public Theater, from the spoken-word collective Universes, may be the most frightening and exciting piece of theater now up.
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