Westside Theatre, New York Killer performances from Jonathan Groff and Tammy Blanchard bring a revival of the 1982 tale of a bloodthirsty plant to vibrant life The musical comedy our climate…
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24PMCatya McMullen’s work is a memory play, a friendship play, a delayed coming-of-age drama and briefly a romantic comedy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:42PMThe composer broke out with his touching musical “Ordinary Days.” He’s back with his biggest show yet, the ’70s-set tale of a treacherous burger cook with more than a resemblance to …
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:54PMThe Linda Gross Theater and the Atlantic Theater Company, New York The Tony-winning writer of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child stumbles with a navel-gazing show about an unconvincing group …
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMA hip-hop history lesson, a dizzy Dahl musical and a continent-hopping barbershop … we pick the finest new works of theatre since 2000 Jez Butterworth: the sage behind our No1 Continue rea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18PMWashington Square Park has certainly seen its share of eccentrics. But a parade of fur-clad, claw-footed Frenchmen turned a head or two.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMIn the new musical “Jagged Little Pill,” Alanis Morissette’s song about romantic betrayal has become a showstopper.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:06AMBradley Dean blasted the producers of “Bat Out of Hell: The Musical” when they canceled the tour. But that didn’t keep him from the rock-god thrill of his career in the New York run.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:54PMThe uptick in hauling older scripts, from Tootsie to Moulin Rouge, to the stage has left playwrights with many hurdles Here is a question from Tootsie, the Broadway musical about an out-of-w…
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMA post-apocalyptic Peter Pan story with book, music and lyrics by Jim Steinman is a masterpiece of overstatement. But try not to sing along.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:03PMThis fluid and nonlinear adaptation of Richard Wright’s novel is brisk, but its theatrics upstage its implications.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:32PMThe second program of “Summer Shorts 2019,” at 59E59 Theaters, is a patchy evening including a contribution by Neil LaBute.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36PMJake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge grapple with love, grief and vulnerability in “Sea Wall/A Life,” paired one-act plays on Broadway.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06PMWhat do two contemporary playwrights have in common with Anton Chekhov? A bunch.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:48PMAfter starring together in “The Last Five Years” and “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” Norbert Leo Butz and Sherie Rene Scott had a “fracture” in their relationship. How do you set that…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PMIn his musical memory play at the Public Theater, he’s no longer being indirect about the violence that shaped, and shadowed, his life.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:03PMWhat happens when the “Mindfreak” unplugs? A little less gore and a tribute to a magician who came before him. Plus: boob jokes.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:03PMChana Porter’s absurdist take on “Peer Gynt” finds a young woman trying on new identities but finding that none quite fit.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54PMJohn Lennon and Sam Shepard wrote sketches. The cast was unclothed. And it went on to a two-decade Broadway run. An oral history of one of theater’s unlikeliest hits.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:36PMJulia Jarcho’s new play is a squirmy, sinister meditation on female desire, with a whiff of ancient Greece.
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