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Sontag: Reborn -
Not having any preconceived ideas regarding Susan Sontag's literary prominence, either as a novelist, theorist, essayist et al, or more specifically the mystique that presumably surrounded her, this presentation affected me as a rather presumptuous assumption that her journal jottings have the stuff/heft of dramatic literature. . . Read
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The Tutors - Erica Lipez's new play gets an "A" for its smart dialogue and acting and "C" for its somewhat fuzzy plot. It's a fine ice-breaker for the Second Stage Theatre Uptown Festival 2013. . . Read
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Good Television -
Rob MacLachlan's script is compelling, fast and humorous. But at times motives and decisions are opaque, and MacLchlan doesn't venture all the way into the depths of reality's morality . . . Read
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Somewhere Fun - a terrific cast, smart production, lots of word play but ultimately disappointing . . . Read
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Tea for Three -
Given all that has been written about these presidents and their wives, there probably is not a great deal that is new here, but Bronka's delightful and insightful portrayal of these woman makes them come to life in a particularly theatrical way. . . Read
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Far From Heaven - The changes between the show's trial run at Williamstown and its arrival at Playwrights Horizon while not enormous, are substantial enough to make my second viewing a more emotionally compelling and generally engaging experience. . . Read
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle -This production's new translation, songs and merger of the ancient and Kremlin revolutions have not prevented director BrianKulick and his actors from clearly taking us into Brecht's world of Epic Theater with its typical introduction of music and audience interaction. . . Read
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The Weir - The Irish Repertory Theatre ensemble has brought out the best in Conor McPherson's stories. . . Read
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Basilica - Mando Alvarado's new play issometimes frustrating, occasionally brilliant and deeply compelling. . . Read
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New York-Broadway
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The Assembled Parties - Two parties, two decades
apart, at which those assembled in a spacious Central Park West
apartment to rejoice in the Amen moment when life's
complicated times can be forgotten long enough for all to enjoy a
dinner in a mood of joyous togetherness Extended yet again to 7/07. . Read More
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The Nance -Nathan Lane allows us to see into the heart-breaking core of a disconsolate man who is compelled to endure the slings and arrows of an unforgiving society, . . Read
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Matilda: The Musical - The very, very British musical has landed on Broadway with all its deliciously scary snap, crackle and pop in place. . Read
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Kinky Boots - Cindy Lauper and Harvey Fierstein have proven themselves fortuitously formidable partners who have found a formula that has transformed a so-what film into a so-fine musical. . . Read
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London
Midsummer Night's Dream -
Dominic Dromgoole directs a new production at Shakespeare's Globe on the South Bank starring Michelle Terry in the dual roles of Hippolyta and Titania and John Light as her consort, Theseus and Oberon. . . Read
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Race - An enjoyable English production of
David Mamet's 2009 play. Set in a New York lawyer's office it's is a fascinating study of the American legal process, when a white defendant seeks to hire this firm to get him off the hook in a rape case brought by an African American woman. . . Read
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Chimerica - Lucy Kirkwood's play satisfies at many levels. Political ideas are discussed, facts given about business and pollution, Chinese population policy and the crackdown by the Chinese police against information supplied to Western journalists shown, while never letting go of the search for the man with the shopping bags who stopped the tanks. It's also very exciting visually. . . Read
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To Kill A Mockingbird -In a stylish and animated production, Robert Sean Leonard graces the London stage at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park to play Atticus Finch, the hero of Harper Lee's famous novel . . .
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Relatively Speaking -
Alan Ayckbourn's 1967 comedy gets a magnificent revival from Lindsay Posner, in a production from the Theatre Royal Bath . . .
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Berkshires
News . . For details about shows at all major area venues see our Berkshires News Page .
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Bashir Lazhar
- The utter purity and poetry of this play that was the basis for an 84th Academy Award-nominated movie, Monsieur Lazhar. will linger long after the performance. . . Read
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New Jersey
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The Little Mermaid - Whatever were the major issues that plagued the stage version of the popular 1989 cartoon feature when it first opened on Broadway in 2008 seem to have been mainly and commendably resolved in this newly conceived staging at the Paper Mill Playhouse. . . Read
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The Playboy of the Western World -It's roundup time for all the playboys and playgirls to attend the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's splendid production of John Millington Synge's rollicking and rueful play . . Read
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Into the Woods - The Fiasco troupe's concept certainly casts it own unique spell on Sondheim's Grimmsian musical. . . Read
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California
Joe Turner's Come and Gone- Phyllis Rashad's production will make you a believer in August Wilson and the power of theater to shake you up and set you back down with a soul that feels a bit bigger. .. . .
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The Royale- Center Theatre Group has given Marco Ramirez' play the royal treatment. It may be a brief text for a small cast and a spare unit set, but the bold production reigns supreme. . . .
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Miss Julie- Neil LaBute's take on Strindberg is alas more of a muddle, with fascinating elements that refuse to mesh. . .
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Connecticut/Hudson Valley
Washington - DC
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The Hampton Years - Theater J is to be commended for its Locally Grown program that nurtures plays by Washington playwrights who deal with issues that go beyond the Jewish experience. . . Read
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Company - Matthew Scott, a very fine actor, glorious singer and good dancer is perfectly cast as Bobby in this uneven revival. . Read
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The Guardsman -Ferenc Molnar's play still maintains much of its mittel European charm in its current translation by Richard'Nelson, but the exposition and running time of 2 hours and 45
minutes tests one's patience. . . Read
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New & Noteworthy- updated 5/16/13
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Philadelphia
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Heroes Tom Stoppard's charming adaptation of Gerald Sibleyras' play at the Lantern . . Read
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Elsewhere
2013 Shaw Festival Our
annual report's first reviews: The Breadwinner, Major Barbara, Guys and Dolls . . . Read More
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