Tuesday, October 22, 2013
"Fun Home," a heartbreaker of a musical, in which one woman tries to solve the mystery of who her father really was, is based on a memoir by Alison Bechdel.
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Saturday, October 19, 2013
Over the last three decades, the National Theatre has come to feel like a homeThe chief theatre critic of the New York Times, Ben Brantley regularly attends National Theatre productions. If …
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A South Dakotan takes on her inner Elvis, and channels support from Theodore Roosevelt, in the TEAM company's new buddy comedy at the Bushwick Starr.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:21PM[SHARE]"Honeymoon in Vegas," a musical that just opened at the Paper Mill Playhouse, is set in a surreal time-warp version of that city while evoking classic Broadway tradition. &n…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:20PM[SHARE]The Menier Chocolate Factory will present "Merrily We Roll Along," Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's 1981 musical, Wednesday in movie theaters.
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The Classic Stage Company's production of "Romeo & Juliet" is Tea Alagic's interpretation of the Shakespeare classic, featuring a sumptuous and seething Lady Capulet.
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Friday, October 11, 2013
"Honeymoon in Vegas," a musical that just opened at the Paper Mill Playhouse, is set in a surreal time-warp version of that city yet evokes classic Broadway tradition.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:18PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Norbert Leo Butz plays a whopper-spinning traveling salesman in this Broadway musical celebrating tall tales, based on a the novel and film.
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
In Jon Robin Baitz's "Film Society," set in 1970s South Africa, a young teacher tries to stay above the political fray by burying himself in his extracurricular film club. &…
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John Tiffany's stunning production of Tennessee Williams's "Glass Menagerie" promises to be the most revealing revival of a cornerstone classic for many a year to come. &nbs…
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"Arguendo," which brings together strippers and Supreme Court justices, is an argument for the right to free expression within an argument for the right to free expression. …
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"Not What Happened," by the playwright and performance artist Ain Gordon, opens on Wednesday as part of the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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"Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play," by Anne Washburn at Playwrights Horizons, imagines a postdisaster world where the retelling of a "Simpsons" episode helps create security and culture. …
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In Horton Foote's "Old Friends," a clutch of "Mad Men"-era swingers find their lives becoming unmoored when a local beauty returns home after a long absence.
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Friday, September 6, 2013
The whimsical "Hatmaker's Wife," by Lauren Yee, brings to the stage a talking wall, a Cheeto-eating golem and other deviations from reality.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:03PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 5, 2013
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Monday, August 26, 2013
In his revival of "Anna Christie" at the Berkshire Theater Group, the director David Auburn finesses Eugene O'Neills creaky plot with a calm, persuasive production.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:24PM[SHARE]Sunday, August 25, 2013
Friday, August 23, 2013
Monday, August 19, 2013
In the Berkshires, Olympia Dukakis in "Mother Courage," and Tina Packer in "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" soften harsh and mean maternal instincts.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:54PM[SHARE]Sunday, August 18, 2013
In the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival production of "King Lear," a sylvan world surrounding the Boscobel House and Gardens is transformed from enchanted daylight into deepest night. …
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