Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Dan Hoyle's play, an affectionate portrait of a South Bronx facing gentrification, is inspired by conversations with borough residents.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:57PM[SHARE]MCC, New YorkDespite the raunchy one-liners, comedy about a couple falling in love in a cancer ward is really about the people mask difficult emotions, especially in familiesAs places to mee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:52PM[SHARE]Theater for the New City's production, positioned as a cracked "One Thousand and One Nights" of sorts, shows the difficulty of translating prose works to the stage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:55PM[SHARE]Leslie Odom Jr said last week that despite Hamilton's success, he's still not being offered the roles a white actor would be. Will things ever change? We speak to actors and casting agents a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:19PM[SHARE]Claire Tow Theater at Lincoln Center, New YorkBranden Jacobs-Jenkins's latest is his usual mix of complex ideas with impossible time constraints, so expect a series of knots rather than a fr…
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The theater sensation of the decade scooped a record 16 Tony nominations. Here are 16 reasons Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop musical broke new groundTony awards: Hamilton musical makes history…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:56PM[SHARE]Mr. Rogers, whose play "Universal Robots" is opening at the Sheen Center, said science fiction "makes tackling challenging ideas a lot more fun."
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Roles were spread around this year, but women are often still playing victims. Our critics discuss what worked, what didn't and what they hope to see.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:57AM[SHARE]A dark take on the family drama in the post-financial crisis era, The Humans has been one of the most critically raved-about plays on Broadway for yearsStephen Karam is of two minds about th…
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As James Corden fans waiting to see One Man, Two Guvnors in the West End now know, the big-name actor may not be the one you see on stage. But sometimes these performances are the bestYou've…
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Pershing Square Signature Center, New YorkEisenberg is such a skilled practitioner of the comedy of mortification it's surprising he can talk through all the feet in his mouth " but is it ti…
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Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, New YorkThe Wall Street maniac rides again in a musical rich in synth pop and buff bodies, but the meaning of the original novel slides off the slick surroundingsH…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:34PM[SHARE]Vallejo Gantner, the artistic director of PS122 who will step down when a replacement is found, said, "You want to leave when the going's good."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:01PM[SHARE]The adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's modern classic couldn't survive in a competitive theater landscape where only the very best is good enoughThe Broadway run of American Psycho, the music…
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This solo show, part of the Brits Off Broadway festival at 59E59 Theaters, imagines that "Friends" couple struggling in a long-term relationship.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:02PM[SHARE]Lyric Theatre, New YorkThe popular circus troupe's first Broadway show is a cacophony of ridiculous extravagance, from an erotic aerial pas de deux to … zombiesFitfully thrilling and consi…
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The performer, playwright, composer and director Mike Iveson has preoccupied himself with what makes us human in his new sci-fi song cycle, at the Kitchen.
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Manhattan Theatre Club, New YorkThe multi-narrative work sees the cast " including Charlie Cox " shift through neurological oddities. But is the whole thing too cerebral for its own good?Ima…
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Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, New YorkCush Jumbo performs Jospehine Baker with such passion that it comes to seem less like homage and more like invocationErnest Hemingway called Josephin…
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Manhattan Theater Club, New YorkPlaywright Penelope Skinner offers a powerful portrait of an anguished woman fixating on the prospect of a baby as a source of affection, hope and escapePenel…
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Brooklyn Academy of Music Harvey Theatre, New YorkThe 1998 production faltered, but David Hare's play is back with Everett physically transformed to play the famed wit, sharp of mind but foo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:38PM[SHARE]Vineyard Theatre, New YorkA tender unconventional new play explores the furore created by Sholem Asch's play God of Vengeance, a flashpoint in Jewish and queer theatrical historyIn 1923, God…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:38PM[SHARE]Monday, May 16, 2016
Signature Theater, New YorkQuiara AlegrÃa Hudes' new play, which shares a director with Hamilton, has a fierce compassion for its characters and an ardent love for New York's diversityIn …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PM[SHARE]Sunday, May 15, 2016
Lunt-Fontanne Theater, New YorkHarvey Weinstein has spent millions trying to make a film about Peter Pan's author fly on stage " but though the child stars shine, the music is leadenDo you b…
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The actress, nominated for a Tony for playing an office manager and mother from Scranton, Pa., knew from an early age that she wanted to be onstage.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016
The theater sensation of the decade scooped a record 16 Tony nominations. Here are 16 reasons Lin-Miranda Manuel's hip-hop musical broke new groundTony awards: Hamilton musical makes history…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:50PM[SHARE]Monday, May 2, 2016
Second Stage TheatrePop score and outcast protagonist hit all the right notes as Benj Pasek and Justin Paul production explores intense issues " and critiques internet culture Can a performa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 1, 2016
St Ann's Warehouse, BrooklynBenedict Andrews' poignant new staging of Tennessee Williams's play, imported from London, feels utterly contemporaryTennessee Williams' play has travelled a rath…
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