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Theater Review: ‘John Proctor is the Villain’ with Sadie Sink – Powerful,...
John Proctor is the Villain Playwright Kimberly Belflower’s briskly paced John Proctor is the Villain, superbly directed by Danya Taymor, examines Arthur Miller’s The Crucible through a feminine lens....
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Theater Review: Glass. Kill. What if if Only. Imp.
Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp Metaphor rides high in the four one-act offerings thematically threaded by British playwright Caryl Churchill in Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. The suite of plays...
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Theater Review: ‘Irishtown,’ a Rip-Roaring Farce, Starring Kate Burton
Irishtown In the hilarious, briskly paced Irishtown, written by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth and directed for maximum laughs by Nicola Murphy Dubey, the audience is treated to the antics of the successful...
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘We Do the Same Thing Every Week’ by Robert Leverett
About his 1957 book The Cat in the Hat Theodore Geisel once said, “It is the book I’m proudest of because it had something to do with the death of the Dick and Jane primers.” The vapid “Dick and Jane”...
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Theater Review (Off-Broadway): ‘Maddie: A New Musical’
The Players Theatre on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village is an old-school venue. Lamplit walls. Worn seats. Echoes of three quarters of a century of shows scuffing the floor and whispering about...
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Opera Review (NYC): Heartbeat Opera Reimagines Gounod’s ‘Faust’
With musical wizard Dan Schlosberg on a break, would Heartbeat Opera’s latest production, a reimagined Faust, offer the musical magic that has made its predecessors so deliriously impactful and fun?...
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Theater Review: ‘Goddess’– Music Is Love
Goddess When the mythic goddess Marimba fights with her mother and opposes her mission to make war, she escapes to earth and becomes Nadira. There, she finds refuge in fiery jazz club Moto Moto...
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Theater Review: (CSC) ‘Bus Stop’
Bus Stop William Inge’s subtly deep drama Bus Stop at Classic Stage Company sports comedic elements. Presented on Broadway in 1955, the play rarely enjoys a revival. On close inspection, one wonders:...
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Opera Review: ‘Zemlinskys Zimmer (Zemlinsky’s Room)’ from the little OPERA...
An ongoing revival of the music of Alexander Zemlinsky takes to the stage at BAM Fisher this weekend as the little OPERA theatre of ny delivers what it calls Zemlinskys Zimmer (in English, Zemlinsky’s...
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Theater Review (NYC): Shakespeare’s ‘Henry V’ from Smith Street Stage
The most stirring portrayal I can remember of Shakespeare’s King Henry V is the one by a woman, McLean Peterson, in Smith Street Stage’s current production at Carroll Park. Is that ironic? No. It is...
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Theater Review (NYTW) ‘Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole’
Lights Out: Nat “KIng” Cole at New York Theatre Workshop In Lights Out, when Dulé Hill steps out onto the New York Theatre Workshop stage as Nat King Cole performing his last show (on December 17,...
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘A Letter To Lyndon B. Johnson or God: Whoever Reads...
The gutsy physical-theater duo of Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland have won three Edinburgh Fringe First Awards, and it’s no wonder. While their show A Letter To Lyndon B. Johnson or God: Whoever Reads...
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Theater Review: John Krasinski, No Nice Guy in ‘Angry Alan’
Angry Alan When cruelty spools out gently and gradually, a witness to it barely notices. But after, in Angry Alan, a wholesome, middle-aged man morphs from a butterfly of geniality into an ugly,...
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Review: ‘Music for New Bodies,’ a Symphonic Concert Opera by Matthew Aucoin,...
“Immersive” is an overused word in theatrical discourse these days – or maybe an overdone concept, an effect aspired to a little too often. But immersiveness doesn’t have to be deliberately coded into...
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Theater Review: Jean Smart Shines in ‘Call Me Izzy’
Call Me Izzy It was a wise casting choice to engage Jean Smart for Call Me Izzy. Of course the beloved Hacks star, a six-time Emmy Award winner and Tony nominee, draws fans anxious to see her after...
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘Polishing Shakespeare’ by Brian Dykstra
Contemporary playwrights sometimes try their hand at writing in verse, and why not? Shakespeare and his contemporaries and artistic heirs did it. Molière did it. Even T.S. Eliot did it. But few modern...
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Theater Review: ‘Heathers: The Musical’ with Casey Likes, Lorna Courtney,...
Heathers: The Musical A revival of Heathers: The Musical, based on the cult classic film Heathers (1988) written by Daniel Waters, has rocketed onto New World Stages. With book, music and lyrics by...
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Theater Review: H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘The Whisperer in Darkness’ from RadioTheatre
It’s been a few years since I’ve experienced an “H.P. Lovecraft Festival” show from RadioTheatre. They’ve been a mixed bag, but this year’s entry, The Whisperer in Darkness, is a strong one. Adapted...
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Theater Review: A Superb ‘The Weir’
Drinks and Spirits in a Remote Irish Pub The significance of Conor McPherson’s The Weir, currently in its fourth revival at Irish Repertory Theatre, has evolved for our time. The drama with comedic...
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At each performance of F***ed Up Fairytales, game audience members play games to help choose which three of five fairy tales we’ll see staged. But these are not your childhood versions of...
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