Thursday, August 16, 2018
Nederlander Theater, New YorkThe dated gender politics of the Julia Roberts hit fail to receive an upgrade in a shallow musical that falls apart on stageTuneful, schlocky, and deeply offensi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04PMMonday, August 13, 2018
Monday, August 6, 2018
Two lost souls (one literally back from the afterlife) meet in a gritty city park in Amina Henry’s overstuffed but empathetic play.
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A brief (recent) history of plays, films and TV shows exploring the fraught, sometimes predatory relationship between directors and their charges.
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Mr. Birbiglia’s solo show about becoming a father is at first excruciatingly funny and then just kind of excruciating.
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The outspoken star, who has recorded a ‘prayer for peace’, gives a few clues about how the show might end – and says why he’s more comfortable with fantasy than the real world“Let�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMThursday, July 26, 2018
Hudson Theatre, New YorkA zippy, frothy combination of songs from the Go-Go’s and a bawdy Shakespearean comedy plot delivers goofy, if forgettable, funJust your everyday genderqueer pastor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54PMMonday, July 23, 2018
Hayes Theater, New YorkA subversive look at masculinity boasts canny, self-aware performances and a shrewd dissection of gender rolesAt the end of the pre-show announcement for the Broadway …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18PMMonday, July 16, 2018
Rinne Groff’s new play, at the Public Theater, brings arguments about art and relationships to Coney Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
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In this production of J.M. Barrie’s 1904 play, Bernstein’s neglected score brings out the characters’ melancholic desires.
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The death of the show’s composer, Michael Friedman, makes this musical about loss an accidental and indispensable elegy.
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This Swiss mime troupe’s show “you & me” is like the Muppets, but heavily influenced by French surrealism and a few psychotropics.
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There have been complaints that “Fairview,” currently at Soho Rep, goes too far and complaints that it doesn’t go far enough.
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Monday, July 2, 2018
Thursday, June 28, 2018
Circle in the Square Theater, New YorkBased on a graphic novel memoir about growing up gay in a funeral home, this smart, sophisticated Broadway musical includes one astonishing performanceF…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AMTuesday, June 26, 2018
The magicians Joshua Jay and Vitaly Beckman, both in one-man shows in Manhattan, are exploring uses of enchantment. And kitchen supplies.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:18PMThursday, June 21, 2018
If Chris Green’s puppet theater piece is a work of political theater, it is abstract and unemotional in a time that seems anything but.
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They portray the title character in this play by Tracy Letts. In a conversation, they talked about their work and the production.
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This Manhattan Theater Club production, written by Donja R. Love and directed by Saheem Ali, is set in the antebellum South.
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Revisiting Rwanda 20 years after the brutal genocide there, two men meet again and fact and fiction are sorted out.
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After last year saw Kevin Spacey making a litany of bad jokes, this year’s celebration of Broadway was a kinder affair with a theme of inclusivity throughoutHas it really only been a year …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PMSunday, June 10, 2018
Mallory Catlett’s play, a multimedia meditation on memory and decay, imagines the characters of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” 30 or 40 years later.
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Monday, June 4, 2018
Three stars of the hit Tina Fey musical talk about their real-life high school years: the highs, the lows, the bullies and the bell bottoms.
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Majority rule (mostly). One play per playwright. How we put together the 25 Plays list, and a bid to remember notable writers and favorite works that missed the cut.
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Booth Theater, New YorkA starry cast delights in a glossy new version of the 1968 play that balances sharp wit with uncomfortable observationsSticks and stones will break your bones. Words w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18PM 
