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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Monday, September 28, 2015

This Spring Awakening is more than a revival



Spring Awakening
Spring Awakening - a unique new take of a musical already acclaimed for its uniqueness. . . . Read More


Spring Awakening
Spring Awakening - a unique new take of a musical already acclaimed for its uniqueness. . . . Read More

Friday, September 25, 2015

Re-imagining a 1930 sex operation: Sommerfugl at 4th St.Theater


Sommerfugl
Sommerfugl - American culture may have reached its transgender moment but, at the 4th Street Theater it's evident that some New Yorkers (ordinarily a blasé lot) are squeamish about the science of sex reassignment. Read More

Monday, September 21, 2015

Nicole Kiddman dons a lab coat in Photograph51



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Photograph 51 Nicole Kidman is mesmerising as a woman scientist uncredited for her role in discovering the structure of DNA. . . . Read More

The New Morality-- a slight but beautifully stage Edwardian comedy at the MInt



 The New Morality
The New Morality - This Edwardian domestic comedy has a Shavian flavor, that Harold Chapin would surely have developed more had he lived long enough . . . . Read

Friday, September 18, 2015

The Christians-- this thoughtful exploration of faith is not for believers only



The Christians
The Christians - Lucas Hnath's intriguing play about the divisiveness of different visions for being true to one's faith. . . . Read More

Monday, September 14, 2015

Another chance to see Richard Maxwell's Isolde

Isolde Isolde - Richard Maxwell's play revisited at Theatre for a New Audience's Polonsky Shakespeare Center .

Friday, September 11, 2015

Desire: 6 playwrights take Tennessee Williams's short stories


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Desire
Desire - An Evening of Plays based on Six Stories by Tennessee Williams - Inevitably there are sweet reflections of and references to some future Williams plays and the characters who inhabit them

Thursday, September 10, 2015

The Legend of Georgia McBride: Great fun, great performances,touching



 
 The Legend of Georgia McBride
The Legend of Georgia McBride - a hilariously entertaining tribute to the art of drag performance -- and it has something to say as well Read More

Monday, September 7, 2015

People, Places and things--a potent look at addiction



 People, Places and Things
People, Places and Things Duncan Macmillan's involving play about addiction and rehab has a brilliant performance from Denise Gough . . . . Read More

Whorl Inside a Loop-- yet another drama to take us inside the prison world



 Whorl Inside a Loop
Whorl Inside a Loop - covers immense territory; but neither the script or the production penetrates the sparkling surface that the authors and directors have contrived. . . . Rea

Friday, September 4, 2015

Catch Anna Ziegler's A Delicate Ship while you can!


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A Delicate Ship
A Delicate Ship - Anna Ziegler's intriguing play about an ill-fated love triangle Read More

Thursday, September 3, 2015

A new Gurney play always an event for his fans-- even if a minor event



Love & Money
Love & Money - A. R. Gurney's new play is a case of little new and quite a bit that's borrowed . . . Read M