Tuesday, April 19, 2011
"High," a play starring Kathleen Turner as a tough nun who tries to save a drug addict, is playing on a street of Broadway that has become a drug corner: Right next door is "The MotherF**ker…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 08:46PM[SHARE]Monday, April 18, 2011
The end of April offers the ultimate test for the Broadway decathlete: 10 openings in two weeks. The schedule of Broadway shows from January to July include: War Horse 4/14, Wonderland 4/17,…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 12:19PM[SHARE]Nikolai Khalezin and Natalia Koliada's powerful play is the most conventional, focused, and accessible of the three shows being offered in repertory by Belarus Free Theater.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:00AM[SHARE]Conceived by Natalia Koliada, Nikolai Khalezin, and Vladimir Shcherban this repertory offering of Belarus Free Theatre is most effective when most political.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 16, 2011
January, 2011 The Importance of Being Earnest American Airlines Theater Opened: January 12, 2011 Director: Brian Bedford Cast: Brian Bedford (as Lady Bracknell) Bedford directs and stars (in…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 12:52AM[SHARE]Friday, April 15, 2011
Before Chris Rock even appeared on stage, "The MotherF**ker With The Hat," despite its off-putting title, had me hooked. Veronica is talking on the phone with her mom, in-between snorts of c…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 03:56AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The Palestinian family in "Urge for Going" argues about what happened in 1948 and 1967, and why they now live in Lebanon, in "temporary camps built 60 years ago." But they argue the loudest …
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 11:53PM[SHARE]Monday, April 11, 2011
The most talked-about show this week in New York theater closed after four performances. That was the plan — an all-star New York Philharmonic "concert" of Stephen Sondheim's "Company.…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 01:16PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 10, 2011
The con man sums up his story shortly after "Catch Me If You Can" begins: "I flew over five million miles as a Pan Am pilot, practiced medicine at a top Atlanta hospital, and worked as a pro…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 08:32PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 9, 2011
Just about the time early in "Company" when Martha Plimpton karate chops Stephen Colbert to the ground " long before Neil Patrick Harris strips off his shirt and beds Christina Hendricks …
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 11:02PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 7, 2011
Born in the Depression, blessed with some of Cole Porter's most popular songs, and featuring a book equal parts funny, dopey and embarrassing, "Anything Goes" is being revived once again, in…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 09:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Laurie Metcalf, still best-known as the sister in "Rosanne" but currently mesmerizing audiences every night in "The Other Place," is the latest of a surprising number of faces familiar from …
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 07:28PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 5, 2011
He calls her darling and sweetheart. She calls him turd, an idiotic pig, and a horrible piece of meat. Today is the day Marie is going to tell Bruce that she is leaving him. There are severa…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 08:30PM[SHARE]Monday, April 4, 2011
It’s April, which means in the next three weeks, 13 shows will open on Broadway alone. In this week in New York theater, “Bengal Tiger At The Baghdad Zoo” opened, marking R…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 07:35PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 3, 2011
These true stories of sexual assault within the U.S. military, highlighting the institution's inadequate response, serve as effective advocacy but less successful drama.
SOURCE: Backstage at 02:24AM[SHARE]Friday, March 25, 2011
How four current productions are putting war on stage
War is a reality in at least three dozen places around the world today, and that reality is echoed on many New York stages this season, …
SOURCE: TDF at 02:46PM[SHARE]Friday, March 18, 2011
So subtle are the individual filigrees that make up this work of art, it is important to get every word, which is why it makes sense to get hold of the script " and why it was a disappointme…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 12:35PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 5, 2011
How Spider-Man’s mishaps reflect the long history of stage safety
Even before Christopher Tierney plummeted some 30 feet off a platform to become the fourth cast member with serious in…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:40AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 28, 2010
With wine and song, three performers push the genre envelope
It would be wrong to call Three Pianos a jukebox musical, even though it is a stage show created around a series of old songs. Af…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Artists discuss their responsibility to history
By JONATHAN MANDELL
Welcome to Part 2 of our two-part look at how Broadway is currently staging history. Today, we talk to Broadway artists ab…
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