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If/Then -
It really wouldn't be too much of a stretch to think of the new musical by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey as a modern fairy tale. . . Read
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Mothers and Sons - Having Tyne Daly on board helps Terrence McNally tackle the effect of AIDS crisis on four generations . . Read
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Les Miserables - A superb cast and fabulous new stage concept give this mega musical an exciting new life . . Read
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Aladdin -
Disney Theatrical's bright, lively, tuneful and also very funny stage adaptation of its hugely successful 1992 cartoon film . . Read
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Rocky - the hugely successful Academy Award-winning 1976 movie hit that spawned five sequels has been marvelously re-conceived as a Broadway musical. . . Read More |
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All the Way - In a season dominated by that most successful borrower from history, William Shakespeare, it's a real treat to have a freshly minted, full-bodied history play on Broadway. . . Read
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New York Off-Broadway
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The Library - Screen writerScott Z. Burns makes his stage debut with a behind the headlines drama . . Read
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Isolde - Richard Maxwell's latest is at times strange, dreamy, stinging, and comic. It's a complicated show to digest, but well worth the energy.
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Red Velvet - the London production enjoys a welcome run at St. Ann's Warehouse . . Read
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The Heir Apparent - David Ives has done it again with his uproarious all-in-couplet adaptation of a
17th century farce . . Read
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The Bardy Bunch - Stephen's Garvey's musical puts Shakespeare cheek by jowl with the TV families Partridge and Brady. . . Read
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I Remember Mama - If you've been following the Transport Group's work, you'll recognize this re-conceptualized revival as yet another example of the company's mission of "visually progressive productions of emotionally classic stories" . . Read
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King Lear at TFNA - For a Lear that speaks to the domestic home front, don't miss
English classical actor Michael Pennington . . . Read
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Beyond Therapy - The Tony winning cleverness of Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike has not rubbed off on his once shocking absurdist comedy Read
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London WallExtended to April 20th! - The Mint revival of John Van Druten's office comedy is an entertaining
picture of a by-gone era; and it has its parallels in today's world . . .
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My Mother Has 4 Noses - Closing early on 4/19! This is a love story. The love is between singer/songwriter Jonatha Brooke and her mother, Darren Stone, a victim of Alzheimer's Disease.
Depressing, right? Actually not. . . Read
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London
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Birdland - Simon Stephens' provocative play about the vacuity of celebrity and wealth with an outstanding performance from Andrew Scott
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Pests - What's most remarkable about Vivienne Franzmann's play is the language . . Read
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Broadway's 2005 musical version of the Michael Caine and Steve Martin film comes to London with the admirable Robert Lindsay in the lead . . Read
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I Can't Sing - Comedian Harry Hill has penned a musical comedy based on all the characters and scenarios from the popular televisual reality singing contest. . . Read
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Other Desert Cities -
Jon Robin Baitz's tense and gripping play is the perfect piece in which to experience the new and highly effective in the round formation at the Old Vic.
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Fatal Attraction -
James Dearden has adapted his screenplay for the stage with a different ending. Not even the great director Trevor Nunn can get high drama out of it . . Read
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Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward's script is well conceived and stands the test of time, and so does Angela Lansbury as his eccentric spiritualist Madame Arcati. . . Read
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Urinetown -
A number of producers have tried and failed to bring this musical to
London, so all
credit to the management of the relatively new St James's Theatre and director Jamie Lloyd for mounting such a handsome production that's creating a real buzz.
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New Jersey
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South Pacific - this classic musical has an invigorating freshness and vitality thanks to the enlivening direction by Rob Ruggiero.Read More |
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California
Slowgirl Greg Pierce's 2 character play is slow but it's steady. And it wins the race if what's prized is skilled simplicity .. . .
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Camp David -
Lawrence Wright's treatment of the historic facts is careful and comprehensive, and he's added is color, the human frailties of those concerned.. . .
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TIMELY QUOTES
I like to feel I'm a test pilot, trying to see if this thing will fly. Well, of course with Shakespeare you know it flies, but I still try to forget that anyone else has ever played the role.—Jeremy Irons comment on tackling a Shakespeare role, will ring a bell with many of his fellow thespians in this Shakespeare-stuffed On and Off-Broadway season. (see,Shakespeare, Shakespeare Everwhere
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