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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Review: In ''Tis Pity,' Forbidden Love, the Most Attractive Kind by Charles Isherwood

The central characters in John Ford's play, from Red Bull Theater, are about as star-crossed from the get-go as you could get.

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Monday, April 27, 2015

Review: 'Carousel,' a Broadway Turn at Lyric Opera of Chicago by Charles Isherwood

This darkest of the major musicals by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II fits quite snugly into even the most doom-ridden opera season.

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Sunday, April 26, 2015

Anne Hathaway's Solo Turn as a Fighter Pilot in 'Grounded' at the Public Theater by Charles Isherwood

The Oscar-winning actress plays a cocky pilot raining bombs down from afar on Iraq and Afghanistan in this play by George Brant, directed by Julie Taymor.

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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Review: 'Airline Highway' Is a Portrait of the Underclass of New Orleans by Charles Isherwood

In Lisa D'Amour's dark comedy, the characters would rather not think about the unhappy past or the foggy future.

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Review: 'Doctor Zhivago,' the Broadway Musical by Charles Isherwood

The stage adaptation of Boris Pasternak's novel and David Lean's film stars Tam Mutu and Kelli Barrett.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Review: 'Hamlet' as an After-Party That Got Out of Hand by Charles Isherwood

The Classic Stage Company's modern-dress production features Peter Sarsgaard as the Danish prince still coming to grips with the wedding of Gertrude to Cladius.

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The Week Ahead: Yael Farber's 'Nirbhaya' at the Lynn Redgrave Theater by Charles Isherwood

This documentary drama recounts the story of Jyoti Singh Pandey, who was subjected to a brutal gang rape in India that subsequently led to her death.

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Monday, April 13, 2015

Theater Review: Review: 'Iowa' Is a State of Absurdity at Playwrights Horizons by Charles Isherwood

An oppressively antic show, about the uneasy relationship between a teenager and her mother, plays like a series of songs, scenes and sketches with little connecting tissue.

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Sunday, April 12, 2015

Review: 'An American in Paris,' a Romance of Song and Step by Charles Isherwood

This gorgeously danced, and just plain gorgeous, production directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon pays tribute to the 1951 movie of the same title.

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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Vanessa Hudgens in a Squeaky Clean 'Gigi' on Broadway by Charles Isherwood

Ms. Hudgens plays Colette's teenage courtesan-in-training opposite Corey Cott in the musical's revival at the Neil Simon Theater.

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In 'Buzzer,' a Relationship Strained on the Urban Frontier by Charles Isherwood

Tracey Scott Wilson's play at the Public Theater examines the start of urban gentrification in a rough neighborhood from an intimate point of view.

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Review: 'Hand to God' Features a Foul-Talking Puppet by Charles Isherwood

This Robert Askins black comedy about the divided human soul stars a ruthless sock puppet.

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Friday, April 3, 2015

Review: 'The Undeniable Sound of Right Now,' a Lament for a Dying Rock Club by Charles Isherwood

In Laura Eason's drama at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, a gritty live-performance space confronts the rise of electronic music and rave in the 1990s.

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Friday, March 27, 2015

Theater Review: Review: 'The Originalist,' About Scalia, Opens in Washington by Charles Isherwood

John Strand's drama, having its world-premiere production at Arena Stage, stars Edward Gero as the Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

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Thursday, March 26, 2015

Review: 'New York Spring Spectacular' Barrels Into Radio City by Charles Isherwood

"New York Spring Spectacular," a lavish new show with the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall, features imposing sets, 3-D effects and breathless promotions of the city's attractions.

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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Review: Daniel Beaty as Paul Robeson in 'The Tallest Tree in the Forest' by Charles Isherwood

In Mr. Beaty's new solo show at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, he embodies the life story of Robeson, the African-American performer, and sings his songs.

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Monday, March 23, 2015

Theater Review: Review: 'Small Mouth Sounds,' Silence at a Spiritual Spa by Charles Isherwood

Bess Wohl's new play at Ars Nova follows six troubled souls through a weeklong intervention without words. Only their guru talks.

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Sunday, March 22, 2015

Review: 'I'm Looking for Helen Twelvetrees' Explores the Life of an Early Talkies Movie Star by Charles Isherwood

David Greenspan's elliptical drama follows a 16-year-old boy from Los Angeles on a bus trip across the country in search of his movie-star idol.

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Thursday, March 19, 2015

Review: 'The Heidi Chronicles,' With Elisabeth Moss, Opens on Broadway by Charles Isherwood

Ms. Moss plays the title role in the vibrant revival of the 1989 Tony-winning Wendy Wasserstein play that contemplates a woman's debate of motherhood vs. career.

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Review: 'Paint Your Wagon,' Starring Keith Carradine, Opens at Encores! by Charles Isherwood

Lerner and Loewe's 1951 musical about the California gold rush " which has never had a Broadway revival " arrives at City Center, directed by Marc Bruni.

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Review: 'Hunchback of Notre Dame' at Paper Mill Playhouse by Charles Isherwood

There is a surprising self-seriousness to this polished but ponderous musical, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.

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The Week Ahead: 'The Tallest Tree in the Forest,' a Play About Paul Robeson by Charles Isherwood

The life and career of the athlete, actor, singer and civil rights activist is brought to dramatic life in this play, written by and starring Daniel Beaty.

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Monday, March 16, 2015

Review: 'Placebo,' With Carrie Coon, Opens at Playwrights Horizons by Charles Isherwood

Melissa James Gibson's play centers on a couple preoccupied by his unfinished classics dissertation and her clinical trials of a drug.

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Sunday, March 15, 2015

Review: Doug Wright's 'Posterity,' a Portrait of Ibsen by Charles Isherwood

The Australian actor John Noble plays Henrik Ibsen and Hamish Linklater plays the Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland in this drama loosely based on real events.

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Monday, March 9, 2015

Review: 'The Liquid Plain,' a Naomi Wallace Drama at the Signature Theater by Charles Isherwood

Ms. Wallace's soggy play centers on two runaway slaves in Rhode Island who hope to board a ship to freedom in Africa.

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Friday, March 6, 2015

Review: In 'Reverberation,' Singles Adrift in the Big City by Charles Isherwood

In Matthew Lopez's new play, a free-spirited woman and her reclusive gay neighbor form a sustaining friendship.

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Monday, March 2, 2015

Theater Review: Review: 'The Mystery of Love and Sex' Looks at Identity and Secrets Too by Charles Isherwood

In Bathsheba Doran's perfectly wonderful new play, a young woman's parents wonder how to adjust to her evolving relationship with a childhood friend.

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Review: 'Brooklynite,' a Superhero Musical with Matt Doyle and Nicolette Robinson by Charles Isherwood

In this goofy, family-friendly musical, a team of superheroes wrestles with romance, a would-be supervillain and the prospect of a life after crime-fighting.

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Review: David Ives, in 'Lives of the Saints,' Mixes Gags and Philosophy by Charles Isherwood

In six short plays, Mr. Ives ("Venus in Fur"), presents unsettling coincidences, revelations from the dead and a man in love with a washing machine.

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Review: 'The World of Extreme Happiness,' About China and Gender by Charles Isherwood

This drama's heroine seeks a better life in the big city, but frustration and compromise enter the picture.

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Sunday, February 22, 2015

Review: 'The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey,' James Lecesne's One-Man Play by Charles Isherwood

In his one-man show about a teenager's murder, Mr. Lecesne portrays a detective, a hairdresser and several other characters.

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