Sunday, November 18, 2012
The past literally comes back to haunt the characters in “The Piano Lesson,†August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. Now, 22 years after its Broadway debut, this dee…
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There’s a lot of failed communication among the troubled characters in “The Good Mother,†about a single mother with a disabled daughter. But the biggest failure is playwr…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:12AMThere’s a lot of heat if not much substance in “Murder Ballad,†the new rock opera now steaming up the intimate confines of the Manhattan Theatre Club’s Stage II.
S…
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Eve Ensler, who told us everything we ever wanted to know about vaginas (“The Vagina Monologuesâ€), shifts her attention to the female teenage psyche in “Emotional Creature,…
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SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:17PMA true fondness for the British music hall is probably a prerequisite to fully enjoy the charms of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Rupert Holmes’ 1985 musical based on an unfinished novel …
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Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike manages the neat trick of being both a sometimes uproarious send-up of Chekhov and an affectionately heartwarming modern-day va…
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Yes, the sun will come up tomorrow, but it sure doesn’t shine as brightly in the new Broadway revival of Annie. James Lapine’s staging of this clockwork-perfect musical somehow m…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 07:21AMEven if your Yiddish is limited to the occasional oy gevalt, this won’t stop you from enjoying “The Golden Land.†This spirited musical revue about the Jewish immigration …
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‘a Twist of Water†offers two dramas for the price of one. The first is a tale of a single father’s struggle to raise a rebellious, adopted teenager. The second is a virtu…
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If the plot of the Pearl Theatre Company’s “Figaro†seems familiar, that’s because you’ve seen it before, only set to Mozart’s gorgeous music. For thi…
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‘Let me say right off I’m a witch,†the title character declares at the start of “Sowa’s Red Gravy,†and thank goodness she does, because it’s th…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:37PMIt’s such a pleasure watching the central character of “Mojo†blossom from precocious tyke to rebellious teen that you’ll barely notice she’s a puppet.
But a…
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Here’s the bad thing about experimental theater: It’s experimental, which means there’s a big possibility it will fail. Case in point: The Transport Group’s produ…
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Angelica Page waited a long time to do “Turning Page,†her solo show about her actress mother. Twenty-five years, in fact.
“There’s not been one book written about h…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:11AMAs the title suggests, there’s more than one Josh Cohen in “The Other Josh Cohen.†The good news is that both are very funny.
Longtime collaborators and friends David Ros…
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‘A Celebration of Harold Pinter†is richly deserved, and not for the reasons you might expect. This one-man show by British actor Julian Sands, in his New York stage debut, deals…
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Never mind that tinkly piano score you’ll hear at the start of “Falling.†Far from receiving a mawkish, “Hallmark Hall of Fame†treatment, Deanna Jent’s…
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The young audiences gasping at “Urban†probably have no idea they’re watching a depiction of life on the mean streets of Cali, Colombia. No matter: As Circolombia’s…
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Did Broadway really need another revival of Edmond Rostand’s 1987 romantic classic Cyrano de Bergerac a mere five years after the highly successful production starring Kevin Kline and …
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The years haven’t exactly mellowed Lewis Black. But why would they? If they had, he wouldn’t have an act. He gets angry so we don’t have to.
In “Running on Empty,�…
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You’ll discover what it feels like to disappear down a rabbit hole at “Then She Fell,†the fiendishly clever immersive theater piece inspired by the life and writings of �…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:52PM‘the Old Man and the Old Moon†is a hauntingly beautiful production, filled with ingenious lighting effects, lovely shadow puppetry and an accomplished and original folk music sc…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:49PMAs the title suggests, there’s a gimmick behind “AdA (Author Directing Author),†an evening of one-acts by rising Italian playwright Marco Calvani and the ubiquitous Neil …
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A fine cast acts their hearts out in Grace, Craig Wright’s drama now receiving its Broadway premiere. While this play about the collision between an Evangelical Christian couple and a …
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‘Whenever we talk about the theater, we’re talking about love,†Lynn Fontanne declares in Jeffrey Hatcher’s “Ten Chimneys,†about the actress and her on…
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Irish playwright Brian Friel has never been at a loss for words. And neither is Mag (Justine Salata), the 17-year-old who chatters on and on in “Lovers,†now getting its first ma…
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Ibsen's classic about a small town doctor who attempts to warn the citizenry about the local spa's contaminated waters. read more
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‘hard Times†is that rare musical where you walk in humming the tunes. In fact, it’s got to be the most tuneful show you’ll ever see about the 1863 Civil War draft …
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The raucous teenagers onstage seem perfectly normal at first. They’re playing an exuberant game of soccer, laughing and joking and at one point stopping to dance to a Beyoncé song.…
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