Wednesday, August 20, 2014
In "Dead Behind These Eyes," the theater company Sister Sylvester lends a mike and a soundtrack to a set of characters inspired by John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger."
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Cate Blanchett and Isabelle Huppert engage in intense, whiplash physicality in a rip-roaring production of the Jean Genet play, directed by Benedict Andrews, at City Center.
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A revamped version of the musical "The Visit" at the Williamstown Theater Festival stars Chita Rivera as a billionaire who returns to her hometown, carrying a lethal grudge.
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Daniel Sullivan's fast-moving if stiff-jointed production of "King Lear," starring John Lithgow, opened at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
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"Between Riverside and Crazy," a new play by Stephen Adly Guirgis, centers on a retired policeman threatened with eviction and his extended family and friends.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014
A theater critic imagines a clash of the greatest versions of Shakespeare's melancholy prince, as portrayed by John Barrymore, Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton and others.
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Friday, July 25, 2014
Three plays with particularly passionate women are running in London: "Medea," "Bakersfield Mist" (with Kathleen Turner) and Noël Coward's "This Was a Man."
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London productions, like "Wolf Hall," "Bring Up the Bodies," "Handbagged" and "The Crucible" prove there's nothing so enthralling as gossip.
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The Oscar-winning film that pondered the sexual and writing habits of William Shakespeare is adapted for the stage in "Shakespeare in Love: The Play."
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Productions of the comedies "Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense" and "The Importance of Being Earnest" operate on the "it's only a play," calling attention to the artifice with which the…
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A new production of "Richard III" at Trafalgar Studios in London offers a bureaucratic functionary of a leader, portrayed by Martin Freeman.
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"Let the Right One In," at the Apollo Theater in London, turns your emotions inside out in a way you probably haven't experienced since you were a teenager.
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Ben Brantley on the revival of "Miss Saigon," Sean O'Casey's seldom-seen "The Silver Tassie," and Peter Brook's latest offering, "The Valley of Astonishment."
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014
The beloved great uncles of British humor perform for loyal and new fans in their new production, "Monty Python Live (mostly)," at the O2 Arena in London.
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"Great Britain," Richard Bean's satire about the phone-hacking scandal that brought down a newspaper, opened on Monday night at the National Theater amid gleeful expectations.
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R. C. Sherriff's 1928 play "Journey's End," based on his memories of life in the trenches, anticipates the absurdism and existentialism of Beckett.
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Cherry Jones plays a character who runs a bed-and-breakfast that becomes an early shelter for battered women in the earnest, thoughtful drama "When We Were Young and Unafraid."
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Jack O'Brien's pleasure-filled production of "Much Ado About Nothing" in Central Park pits Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater as Shakespeare's sparring partners Beatrice and Benedick.
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