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Euripides is mixed with the pandemic, Black Lives Matter and climate change, during this entrancing performance piece; George Bartenieff appears via audio.
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A game cast portray the iconic "Star Trek" characters in this affectionate and well executed spoof of the 1982 movie with shades of "The Next Generation."
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Chinese American writer-performer Wesley Du's exhilarating and heartbreaking solo show chronicles his journey from poverty to being a blues guitarist.
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Yasmina Reza's modern classic absurdist comedy of manners is given an uproarious revival by a NYC theater company dedicated to those with disabilities.
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An embittered woman contrives to have a disaffected standup comedian roast her imperious mother and her boyfriend in this intriguing black comedy.
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The white Steve Krantz pays tribute to his deceased Black wife Naimah Hassan in his searing and humorous solo show; they were a notable NYC comedy team.
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Sachi Parker is comic, fierce and chilling as an about to be evicted mother who manipulates her two adult sons in this searing dysfunctional family drama.
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A shipwrecked man, a couple's epic journey and giant grotesque figures, are featured in this festival curated by Barbara Busackino and Basil Twist.
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Jessica Chastain is glorious as Nora in this modern, stripped-down and concise adaptation which is magnificently performed and has a stunning effect ending.
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Triumphant Christine Pedi as Lady Bracknell and an exquisite cast enact this frothy and faithful sequel to Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest."
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Matt de Rogatis' Brick, Courtney Henggeler's Maggie, Alison Fraser's Big Mama and Frederick Weller's Big Daddy, are all entrancing in this spirited revival.
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An adult brother and sister discover that their feet have become rooted to the ground in this ravishing theatrical fable; absurdism meshes with poignancy.
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Parker Posey as Chekov's aging insecure actress is the chief virtue to this faithful well-mounted updating which panders to its upper crust audience.
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The Antigone myth is reset to the 1930's Depression era U.S.A. in this challenging play about two troubled sisters and their disturbed twin half-brothers.
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A captivating presentation of a trio of 1920's-set one-act plays by the neglected Black American writer Eulalie Spence; it's performed by a sparkling cast.
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Chazz Palminteri is dynamic in this staged reading of Lyle Kessler's dark comedy presented at the Actors Studio to commemorate its 75th anniversary.
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Magnetic Katie Holmes portraying a Hollywood actress is a bright spot in this unsatisfying muddled drama which has been given an overblown production.
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Bina Sharif and her husband Kevin Mitchell Martin uproariously portray locked-down NYC roommates in her thoughtful play about society during the pandemic.
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John Douglas Thompson as the blind tyrant and Bill Irwin as his jittery servant are awesome in this mesmerizing revival of Beckett's existential classic.
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The show business veteran's charming memoir chronicles his 1940's Bronx childhood, youthful ascent in the film industry and career as a theater producer.
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Bohdan Boychuk, Honor Molloy and Ronán Noone's works were performed by sparkling casts as a finale to the Origin Theatre Company's 1st Irish Festival 2023.
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Actor Michael Mellamphy triumphs in this solo "thriller in rhyme," as a legal Irish immigrant unemployed bartender who gleefully embraces a life of crime.
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Backed by a dynamic band, the "Rent" star's engaging musical solo show chronicles the deaths of his mother and Jonathan Larson, and the show's journey.
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Comedian Kim Kalish and actor Orlagh Cassidy each perform affective self-written solo shows in repertory dealing with death, grief and reflection.
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The pandemic inspired venerable gay actor and playwright Eduardo Machado to create this swirling memory play centered around the 1980's AIDS crisis in NYC.
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