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Thursday, October 20, 2016

Therapy Becomes Theater in 'Wilderness' by Laura Collins-Hughes

The new multimedia piece, at the Abrons Arts Center, was based on the producer Anne Hamburger's experience with placing her son in wilderness therapy.

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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Review: A Portrait of Living With Mental Illness in 'The Pen' by Laura Collins-Hughes

The highlight of "Inner Voices," a program of three musical monologues presented by Premieres at TBG Theater, is "The Pen," sung by Nancy Anderson.

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Monday, October 17, 2016

Review: 'The Maids' in Puerto Rico, With Shifts in Power and Gender by Laura Collins-Hughes

This adaptation of the Jean Genet play puts two pairs of actors " one male, one female " in the title roles as servants yearning for freedom.

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Review: In 'The Loon,' the Birds Can Coo. Can You? by Laura Collins-Hughes

The new piece from the dance and theater company Witness Relocation is a meditation on middle age that does not want to go gentle.

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Friday, October 14, 2016

Review: 'Stuffed' Details Fights Women Wage With Their Weight by Laura Collins-Hughes

The play, written by and starring Lisa Lampanelli, is a patchwork of standup comedy and monologues that are only loosely sewn together.

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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Review: In 'The God Projekt,' He's Old and Alone but Still Almighty by Laura Collins-Hughes

This play features Kevin Augustine as a broken-down heavenly father who is better at making promises than answering prayers.

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Monday, October 3, 2016

Review: Shelagh Delaney's "A Taste of Honey," once a hit in the West End & on Broadway,revived by Pearl Theatre Company by Laura Collins-Hughes

Joan Plowright & Amanda Plummer played "Jo" to great acclaim, add REBEKAH BROCKMAN to that list since her memorable & assured performance is the chief attraction of Austin Pendleton's produc…

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Friday, September 30, 2016

New York International Fringe Festival Will Skip 2017 by Laura Collins-Hughes

Organizers of the summer festival, which has been produced for 20 years, say the hiatus will be used to reconsider the festival's mission.

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Thursday, September 29, 2016

Review: In 'Tomorrow's Parties,' Visions of the Planet's Future by Laura Collins-Hughes

A woman and a man conjure ever-morphing, wildly different ideas in this show from Forced Entertainment, part of the Crossing the Line Festival.

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Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Review: 'The Black Crook' Inspires Its Own Alcohol by Laura Collins-Hughes

The play, at the Abrons Arts Center, is adapted by Joshua William Gelb from the 1866 New York stage spectacular of the same name.

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Friday, September 23, 2016

Review: In 'A Taste of Honey,' She's Having the Baby. How Quaint. by Laura Collins-Hughes

Shelagh Delaney's play, once a hit in the West End and on Broadway, is revived by Pearl Theater Company.

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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Review: A 'Hamlet' That Wants to Get Closer by Laura Collins-Hughes

The Public Theater's Mobile Unit took on the challenge of presenting this play in a nontheatrical space in Harlem; now the cast will continue it in a theatrical one.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Review: 'Blossom,' a Puppet's Tale of Alzheimer's by Laura Collins-Hughes

Spencer Lott's play shines in its wordless moments as it follows the decline of a 76-year-old widower with Alzheimer's disease.

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Monday, September 12, 2016

Review: Nice Music, but in 'Maestro' He Doesn't Look a Thing Like Lenny by Laura Collins-Hughes

Hershey Felder plays that "telegenic ham" Leonard Bernstein in "Maestro," a solo show with songs, at 59E59 Theaters.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Playing a 'Game' to Reveal Uncomfortable Truths About Race by Laura Collins-Hughes

"Underground Railroad Game," opening at Ars Nova, is a squirm-inducing comic play concerning the legacy of slavery.

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Thursday, September 1, 2016

Review: 'The Trojan Women' Laments War and Bloodshed, From a Distance by Laura Collins-Hughes

Ellen McLaughlin's adaptation of Euripides' tale has its New York premiere at the Flea; the impetus for her work was the Bosnian War.

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Monday, August 29, 2016

Review: It's the Audience That's Captured by 'Caught' by Laura Collins-Hughes

What is true and what is a cultural expectation in this play about a Chinese dissident keep the audience guessing.

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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Review: A Welsh Family Clings to Native Soil in 'The Good Earth' by Laura Collins-Hughes

This brisk production from the company Motherlode concerns a village tempted by a stranger to move to new homes down the road.

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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Critic's Notebook: FringeNYC: Plays That Are Bold, Daring and Full of Lust by Laura Collins-Hughes

A critic revisits the festival for "The Box Show," "Thud!," a new "Cyrano," "Night of the Living N-Word!!" and "Roadkill."

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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Critic's Notebook: Finding Some Treasures at FringeNYC by Laura Collins-Hughes

A dozen-show dive into the New York International Fringe Festival, which has nearly 200 shows on offer.

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Thursday, August 11, 2016

How 4 Fringe Festival Shows Found Free Rehearsal Space by Laura Collins-Hughes

Artists in the New York International Fringe Festival used their creativity to secure rehearsal locations that wouldn't break the bank.

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Wednesday, August 10, 2016

'The Wolves' Uses Soccer to Visit a World of Teenage Girls by Laura Collins-Hughes

Sarah DeLappe's play focuses on coming of age, the closed ranks of a longtime unit and the loneliness of being an outsider.

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Monday, August 8, 2016

Review: The Gently Funny 'Newton's Cradle' at New York Musical Festival by Laura Collins-Hughes

Reviews of "Newton's Cradle," "Dust Can't Kill Me," "Camp Rolling Hills" and "Ludo's Broken Bride," all part of this annual gathering.

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Review: A Femme Fatale, a Private Eye and Dorm Mates, at Summer Shorts by Laura Collins-Hughes

Uneasy relationships feature in the three one-act plays in Series B of this 59E59 Theaters festival.

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Friday, July 29, 2016

Review: 'Quietly' Rivetingly Revisits the Troubles in Belfast by Laura Collins-Hughes

Owen McCafferty's rage-filled, mournful play, an Abbey Theater in Dublin production, is about terrorism, civil war and the damage that remains after the hatred cools.

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Thursday, July 28, 2016

Review: Talented Cast of Women Enliven 'Unexpected Joy' by Laura Collins-Hughes

In this musical about the complex relationship between four singers, the actors raise most of the characters above the level of the script.

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Unconventional Summer Stars, Including a Helicopter by Michael Paulson, Steven McElroy, Erik Piepenburg and Laura Collins-Hughes

This summer, these four performers will play roles they might not get a chance to tackle otherwise.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Critic's Notebook: In Defense of Candid Reviews, Minus the Nastiness by Laura Collins-Hughes

A critic revisiting Cape Cod in the high season muses about "The Kritik," a satire about theater, criticism and the nature of community in a small town.

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Monday, July 25, 2016

Review: Dark Comedy, a Farcical Marriage and the Self at the New York Musical Festival by Laura Collins-Hughes

"A Scythe of Time," "Icon" and "Eh Dah? Questions for My Father" investigate themes of death, love and cultural identity in funny and moving ways.

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Review: Gender, Shakespeare and a Search for Her Father by Laura Collins-Hughes

Lisa Wolpe's one-woman show, "Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender," weaves together memoir and passages from the playwright's work.

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Review: In 'The Power of Punctuation,' Judging Potential Mates by Their Texts by Laura Collins-Hughes

Natalie Margolin's play centers on three female college roommates whose bonds are tested by the strict rules they use for dating in the digital age.

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