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79-year-old Kathryn Grody’s hilarious, insightful, and theatrical self-written solo show is a witty exploration of aging and the inevitability of death.
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A veteran female Manhattan therapist’s combative sessions with a deeply troubled young gay man are depicted in this galvanizing contemporary drama.
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Tony Danza is majestic as the rogue grifter father of two troubled estranged half-brothers in this twisty and resonant psychological family drama.
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The romance between a young Black man and a young white woman in the United States enrages many in this dreamy and edgy fable-like performance piece.
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Hercule Poirot investigates the English country house murder of an atomic scientist in this spirited revival of Agatha Christie's 1930 first play.
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The 1923 postmodern absurdist classic of capitalistic oppression is hauntingly revived: Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jennifer Tilly, and the cast all standout.
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Rebecca De Mornay is ferocious as a hardboiled dame in John Patrick Shanley's wild black comedy about a lesbian romantic triangle with film noir nods.
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James Agee, Delmore Schwartz, and his wife Gertrude Buckman are all vividly depicted in this absorbing and affectionate biographical theatrical fantasia.
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Patrick Page is tremendous as Shakespeare's bloodthirsty Roman general in this lurid revenge tragedy; the production dazzles and the cast is dynamic.
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H.G. Wells' 1936 novella is freely adapted for the stage. At a French seaside hotel in 1940 we learn of creepy goings on in an English village.
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Daniel Radcliffe is tremendous as an Englishman coping with his mother's suicide attempts; the audience participates in this exhilarating solo show.
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Jean Genet's writings are an inspiration for this exuberant and beguiling performance piece; nudity is plentiful and an American flag is burned.
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John Kelly is awesome as an outsider artist in this spellbinding solo performance piece adapted by Beth Henley and conceived by director Martha Clarke.
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A goofy 1980's sci-fi musical spoof: the jovial behemoth's seclusion is threatened by the town's dastardly mayor. A dynamic cast lands the many jokes.
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Veteran performer Steve Epstein's enthralling confessional solo show is an ode to yesteryear New York as well as a personal psychosexual exploration.
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Caravaggio brings a prostitute to his Rome studio in 1600 to model for his Death of the Virgin painting in this fascinating and well-presented short play.
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A young Black woman reunites with her older Black Mixed Martial Artist half-brother in this exhilarating yet thoughtful dysfunctional family drama.
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Nicholas Ray's daughter's autobiographical fantasia chronicles her dysfunctional upbringing. James Dean also appears in this theatrical presentation.
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A searing dramatization of the little-known 1931 event of a Jewish lawyer who took Hitler to court in Germany; he was later persecuted for this.
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Tony-winners Santino Fontana sang and Susan Stroman spoke, and the winners for librettist and lyricist were fêted during this annual commemorative event.
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Vocalist Bob O'Hare's exhilarating cabaret tribute show to the legendary performer contains familiar and esoteric songs from hits and flops.
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The angst over and the travails of publishing Anne Frank's diary are depicted in this smart fantasia; Otto Frank interacts with the ghosts of his family.
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The 1979 IRA killing of an English soldier in Belfast is the core of this powerful and twisty present-day drama that is filled with flashbacks.
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Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood are awesome in this wrenching revival of Tracy Letts' wild 1996 underclass drama of drinking and drugging in a motel room.
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Two new dramas by an unheralded New York playwright, a Clifford Odets revival, and a Beckett triple bill were among the outstanding productions this year.
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