Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The National Theater's production of "This House," a re-creation of British parliamentary politics in the 1970s, will be shown in a live screening at selected theaters on May 16. …
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"The Memory Show," a musical, reflects the tensions of caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease " and being someone with Alzheimer's disease.
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"Bunty Berman Presents ...," about a financially beleaguered Bombay movie producer trying to scrape together the money and momentum for a comeback, provides one of the immortal lessons of sh…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PM[SHARE]The Encores! production of Rodgers and Hart's "On Your Toes" features the killer legs of Irina Dvorovenko of American Ballet Theater and Christine Baranski's well-honed musical-comedy skills…
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In "Old-Fashioned Prostitutes (A True Romance)," a mind-bending play by Richard Foreman at the Public Theater, an aging man sifts through past encounters.
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"Nikolai and the Others," by Richard Nelson, brings Balanchine, the Stravinskys and other creative émigrés together for the weekend.
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Mike Bartlett's "Bull," directed by Clare Lizzimore at 59E59 Theaters, depicts desperate rivalry in an office where jobs are imperiled.
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Bountiful is a code name for the Fountain of Youth in Michael Wilson's revival of Horton Foote's "Trip to Bountiful," at the Stephen Sondheim Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PM[SHARE]"Here Lies Love," the exciting new poperetta conceived by the musician (and former Talking Head) David Byrne, sets a new standard for audience participation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PM[SHARE]Monday, April 22, 2013
A great actress and a fine, trenchant script are struggling to assert themselves at the Walter Kerr Theater, where Colm Toibin's "Testament of Mary" opened on Monday night. …
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Despite its violence, "Orphans," a revival of Lyle Kessler's 1985 play starring Alec Baldwin, Tom Sturridge and Ben Foster, has a soft touch.
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"The Assembled Parties" is an elegy to a breed of woman, a style of living and a genre of theater of which only vestiges remain in New York.
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
The blood runs warm in the Royal Shakespeare Company's vibrant production of "Julius Caesar," now at the Harvey Theater of the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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"Matilda the Musical," a British import adapted from Roald Dahl's 1988 novel, is a tale of empowerment told from the perspective of the most powerless group " little children. &nb…
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A factory owner and a drag performer combine efforts in "Kinky Boots," the new Broadway musical from Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper.
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Monday, April 1, 2013
In the Nora Ephron play "Lucky Guy," at the Broadhurst Theater, Tom Hanks makes his Broadway debut playing the newspaper columnist Mike McAlary.
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
The Encores! concert production of "It's a Bird ... It's a Plane ...It's Superman" is given a pitch-perfect staging by John Rando at City Center.
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The new "Breakfast at Tiffany's," on Broadway at the Cort Theater, is more faithful to Truman Capote's novella than the 1961 film was, yet far more melancholy.
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Playing a pop goddess in "The Bodyguard," the new musical based on the 1992 movie that starred Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, Heather Headley gives great diva.
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James Graham's "This House" finds suspense in the wheelings and dealings of Parliament; Heather Headley shines as a pop goddess in "The Bodyguard"; and William Boyd tries his hand at playwri…
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"The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night-Time," a play adapted from the novel about a boy who appears to have Asperger's syndrome, has opened at the Apollo Theater in London.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:15PM[SHARE]You can find Alan Bennett two ways on London stages: He's a character in a double bill starring Alex Jennings ("Hymn" and "Cocktail Sticks") and the author of "People," starring Frances de l…
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"Trelawny of the Wells" is a portrait of the Victorian era in theater; Betty Buckley brings her distinctive gifts to "Dear World," a revival of a notorious '60s flop.
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Friday, March 8, 2013
In tour-de-force performances, James McAvoy is a war-traumatized Macbeth and Kate O'Flynn is a girl aching to flee her bleak home town in "Port."
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