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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Review: In Beckett's 'The End,' a Nameless Man Stares Down Death Onstage by Laura Collins-Hughes

The company Gare St. Lazare Ireland has adapted this short story into a minimalist play consisting of a monologue.

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Monday, November 2, 2015

Review: 'Death of a Salesman' in Yiddish by Laura Collins-Hughes

New Yiddish Rep is performing Arthur Miller's play at the Castillo Theater.

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

George Takei Guides 'Allegiance,' a Musical, Not a Starship by Laura Collins-Hughes

Mr. Takei's memories of his family's imprisonment in the United States during World War II inspired the Broadway musical "Allegiance."

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Thursday, October 22, 2015

For Big Outdoor Site Specific Stuff, Location, Location and Good Weather by Laura Collins-Hughes

This theater festival produced by Anne Hamburger at Hudson River Park in Chelsea presents new works by younger artists.

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Exploring the Cold War History Behind 'Perfect Arrangement' by Laura Collins-Hughes

Matthew Coffey, the daughter of the actress Julia Coffey, was involved in similar government operations as the one outlined in the play.

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Friday, October 16, 2015

Review: 'Chase: What Matters Most?': Banking After the Apocalypse by Laura Collins-Hughes

Five employees of Financial Bank report to work every day, even though their customers have vanished, in this production by Animals Performance Group.

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Monday, October 12, 2015

Review: 'Would You Still Love Me If …,' With Kathleen Turner, Touches on Gender Identity by Laura Collins-Hughes

This play, which starts its director, Ms. Turner, centers on a lesbian couple and a possible gender change

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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Review: 'Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally,' a Phone's Tale by Laura Collins-Hughes

Kevin Armento's play follows an affair between a high school boy and his algebra teacher from the perspective of the boy's self-aware cellphone.

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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Review: 'Pondling' Looks Deep Into the Heart of a Disturbed Child by Laura Collins-Hughes

Genevieve Hulme-Beaman's solo play, in which she stars, is part of the Origin Theater Company's 1st Irish festival at 59E59 Theaters.

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Monday, September 21, 2015

Review: 'Sex of the Baby,' a Tale of Desire and Betrayal by Laura Collins-Hughes

Matthew-Lee Erlbach's play centers on two gay men seeking to have a child, and a prospective birth mother who ends up having an affair with one of them.

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Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Review: In 'Little Thing, Big Thing,' a Nun, a Criminal and a Social Conscience by Laura Collins-Hughes

Donal O'Kelly's "Little Thing, Big Thing" is not the moldy old caper you might expect.

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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Women's Voices Theater Festival Celebrates Female Playwrights by Laura Collins-Hughes

The Women's Voices Theater Festival, which runs through Nov. 22, will present 56 world-premiere productions at 51 participating theaters.

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Monday, September 7, 2015

Review: 'They Are Gone' Is Kathryn Hamilton's Play About Protest and Apathy by Laura Collins-Hughes

This multimedia work blends fiction and reality as it speaks to the power of artists to incite action with images.

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Friday, September 4, 2015

Review: Two Bergman Films, Adapted on a Philadelphia Stage by Laura Collins-Hughes

"Persona" and "After the Rehearsal," both directed by Ivo van Hove, have their American premieres at the FringeArts festival.

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Sunday, August 30, 2015

Review: 'Magic Trick,' the Tale of a Breakup in the World of Burlesque by Laura Collins-Hughes

This play finds a young woman who uses a wheelchair experiencing a breakup with her boyfriend.

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Friday, August 28, 2015

Tennessee Williams Short Stories, Now as One-Acts by Laura Collins-Hughes

Wednesday in 2d graf is Sept. 2 Playwrights including Beth Henley, David Grimm, Marcus Gardley and John Guare talk about adapting Williams's stories for the Acting Company.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Review: Taking In the New York International Fringe Festival, From Ferry to Theater by Laura Collins-Hughes

With nearly 200 productions, navigating this festival can be difficult, but it can also be a surprisingly happy theatergoing experience.

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

After Outcry Over Diversity, Manhattan Theater Club Is Making a Change by Laura Collins-Hughes

Manhattan Theater Club's coming season of productions solely by white male playwrights led to a sometimes heated discussion on Twitter and other social media outlets.

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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Review: 'Grey Gardens' Is Revived in Its Real Setting, the Hamptons by Laura Collins-Hughes

This musical about two relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is playing in Sag Harbor, N.Y.

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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Review: In 'Steve: A Docu-Musical,' Colin Summers Honors an Online Mystery Lyricist by Laura Collins-Hughes

Mr. Summers's one-man show details his online correspondence with the title's inspiration: a man, possibly Australian, who submitted lyrics to him over seven years.

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Review: In 'The Comedy of Errors,' Twins Lead to Confusion by Laura Collins-Hughes

Kelley Curran steals the show in Taibi Magar's staging of this comedy, presented in Lenox, Mass., by Shakespeare & Company.

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Monday, August 3, 2015

Review: In 'Freight,' a Black Man Follows the Script for Five Incarnations by Laura Collins-Hughes

In Howard L. Craft's century-spanning play at Here, J. Alphonse Nicholson plays a minstrel, a faith healer, an F.B.I. informant, an actor and a homeless man.

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Review: 'Paradise Blue' Rekindles Racial Drama in 1949 Detroit by Laura Collins-Hughes

This jazz-infused play at the Williamstown Theater Festival stars Blair Underwood as a bullying nightclub owner and De'Adre Aziza as the alluring stranger who comes to town.

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Review: 'Antigona,' From Noche Flamenca, Pairs Rhythmic Dance With Greek Drama by Laura Collins-Hughes

The odd-couple match of flamenco and ancient Greek tragedy in this production at West Park Presbyterian Church makes an "Aha!" kind of sense of the Sophocles work.

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Monday, July 20, 2015

Review: 'Awake and Sing!,' a Depression-Era Family Drama by Laura Collins-Hughes

This play by Clifford Odets, directed by Stephen Brown-Fried at the Public Theater, is about a struggling Bronx family with aspirations.

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Critic's Notebook: Review: New York Musical Theater Festival Includes 'Deep Love' and 'Pope!' by Laura Collins-Hughes

Among the offerings at this festival is a work in which the lead character wants to be the pope.

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Friday, July 17, 2015

Review: In 'The International,' Those Who Treat a Massacre as Entertainment by Laura Collins-Hughes

Tim Ruddy's three-monologue drama takes place during an unnamed conflict that seems very much like Bosnian Serb forces' slaughter of thousands of Muslims in Srebrenica.

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'Spring Awakening' Revival Requires Signing in Lieu of Singing by Laura Collins-Hughes

The Broadway-bound musical production, which blends hearing and deaf performers, held an open casting call for deaf actors this week.

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Manual Cinema Presents the Semi-Gothic 'Ada/Ava' by Laura Collins-Hughes

The shadow-puppetry troupe makes use of music, cinematic techniques and art works to create its shows.

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Monday, July 13, 2015
Thursday, July 9, 2015

Review: 'Losing Tom Pecinka' Challenges Audience to Get the Message by Laura Collins-Hughes

Purposefully formulaic characters, a gender bend and a ghost with the name of a company member come together in this sendup of a play.

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