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What do you do when you realize you're living a lie? That is the question nineteenth-century Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen asked in A Doll's House, which follows the bourgeois Nora as sh…
It's an involving 85 minutes of theater as the double-cast characters (played by Ãdám Boncz and Sarah Lemp) play off of each other, inflicting and deflecting their inner pain, s…
There in an absurdist, comical over the top, gut punching, tear inducing quality of presenting that makes Uncle Vanya, scenes from country life not only a great production, but something tha…
Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes is horrendous behavior relaxed to a laugh, a pause, by the handsome Jon. It is a brave choice for Jackman. Brave in its realistic portrayal of those w…
Gotta Dance! a good time. If you like dance or musical theater, you will enjoy yourself. Should you go? Sure. But I don't know if you gotta!
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In Seagull:Â True Story, currently playing at the Public Theater, writer Eli Rarey; and creator/director Alexander Molochnikov welcome us into the wild and wooly world of their imaginatio…
Heartbreak Hotel isn't just telling a story, it is a reveal of the emotional chaos we've all experienced.
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Teatro La Plaza's Hamlet is a jubilant dance with mortality and disability (sometimes literally). With the show's run at Theatre for a New Audience ending on April 4, see this dazzling play …
Iris Bahr's one-woman show, Stories From the Brink: My Festive Near Death Adventures, is exactly what it needs to be. If you want to see a personal narrative that is comedic, dramatic, and v…
In a world where war is ever present, Milo Cramer lifts us from today and drops us into live-action Korean War propaganda: a performance enticing us of the camaraderie and satisfaction fo…
Since 2003, director Jesse Berger and his Red Bull Theater have revived lesser-known works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Now, along with Broadway legend, Patrick Page (he originated…
If you're a fan of Poe and his work, this is the opportunity to have a wonderful experience.
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In case it's not clear with my above aligorical observation, yes do go see Spider Rabbit as you don't often get to see this type of theater, and we all need theater to challenge us to be bet…
Like taking a back seat to the driving forces of international diplomacy and getting an inside understanding to how things really work and don't work. We as citizens usually only see the new…
MasterVoices' Sins and Grace delivered an evening of exceptional artistry: Fauré's transcendent Requiem alongside the dazzling world premiere of SEVEN: A Cycle of Sins, with stellar soloist…
Bringing together five philosophers from vastly different eras and schools of thought to discuss a Greek classic whose epic themes echo across generations may sound like the most interesting…
The evening was rich with classics;
Beethoven, Chopin, Gershwin, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Debussy and more, displayed in all their magnificence on one stage. One instrument, so many …
TOUCH - Anthony Rapp's skills as a performer take center stage so easily that we hardly notice the new characters appearing. Â Two former students who are now grownup and one power literar…
Grace (Shannon Tyo) and her three sisters are gathering for Jesa, a Korean ceremony honoring their parents"a ritual of loved ones gathering to ask for the blessings of the dead. But, while t…
This is a beautifully crafted piece that is given to us. Â It is not extraordinary in its narrative. Â It is extraordinary in its attention to universal details. Â In its attention to …
It is 120 minutes of great storytelling with music and song that will fill your heart and head and bring you laughter and joy. It is a story for our time, for any time where those in charge …
A crackerjack show that comes at you like the crack of a whip, funny and thought provoking, that will have you thinking long after the funny has subsided.
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Despite an excellent, thoughtful set design, evocative music and clever plot conceit, PLAN C suffers from a lack of cohesion, perhaps due to the collective nature of its development. Too ma…
Review by Betsyann Faiella My Joy Is Heavy By Abigail + Shaun Bengson Presented by New York Theatre Workshop I was a total newbie to The Bengsons, a writing/performing couple known for works…
I noticed I have been singing and humming the songs that Frank Dain gave us in his superb March 1st show at Don't Tell Mama. Â THAT is how much Frank Dain hooked me.
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