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New York
Look Back in Anger- Director Sam Gold takes a stylized, super downsizing approach to John Osborne's "kitchen sink" realism . . .

Ionescopade, A Musical Vaudeville- The return of the wild and wacky vaudeville-styled revue that Robert Allan Ackerman conceived in the mid 1970s to celebrate the absurdist canon of Eugene Ionesco is sure to win new fans for the York Theater Company . . .

Russian Transport- With New Group founder Scott Elliott at the helm, Erika Sheffer's suspenseful new drama is staged with flair and a fine cast . . .

These Seven Sicknesses- As re-envisioned by Sean Graney this heaping serving of Sophocles' dramas makes for a vitally alive experience . . .

Hamlet: Uncut! - watching the American Theatre of Actors’ new uncut version of Shakespeare’s tragic masterpiece,you may discover that the play you thought you knew like the back of your hand is more Hydra-headed.. . .

The Consul- New York's "other Met" offers a rare opportunity to see the Menotti's opera which actually opened on Broadway and nabbed a Pulitzer Prize as a DramaCritics Circle award for best musical of 1950 . . .

Wit- While the indignities Cynthia Nixon's Doctor Bearing undergoes are indeed not easy to take, this is still an exceptionally rich play, a triple layered exploration not just of death but how we deal with life. . . .

Seth Numrich and Kathryn Erbe in Yosemite

Yosemite- The set is the star of this otherwise thematically obscure play. . .

Gob Squad's Kitchen (You've Never Had It So Good) - The Gob Squad returns to the Public for a beyond the Under the Radar Festival run . . .

Karen Graves and Bradford Cover in The Philanderer

The Philanderer- With excellent production values and acting, even at a somewhat too long 2 1/2 hours, this witty production of minor Shaw play is quite a major pleasure. . . .

Richard III- Kevin Spacey concludes The Bridge Project with a showboat performance as "The bottled spider" . . .

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London

Shallow Slumber- a new play by by a social worker about the haunting encounter between a social worker and her former client. . .

The House of Bernarda Alba- Emily Mann drops Lorca's much produced last drama into modern Iran.. . .

Travelling Light- The inspiration for Nicholas Wright’s new play at the National Theatre is the shtetls of Russia and the many Jewish filmmakers who made Hollywood what it is today.. . .

The Madness of George III- From his very first line fromDavid we know how well he is cast as this likeable monarch, who lost us the Americas and who suffered from bouts of madness, now thought to be the illness porphyria. . . .

The Trial of Ubu- Simon Stephens has written an abridged version of the French play which is performed as a Punch and Judy puppet play. . . .

Constellations - Nick Payne’s latest play for The Royal Court is a two hander on the possibilities of alternative actions and parallel existences. . . .

Our New Girl-an exciting example of new and original writing on an old theme. . . .

Richard II- Michael Grandage ends his reign as the Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse with Eddie Redmayne as Richard II . . .

Pippin- a bold reinterpretation that will no doubt provoke strong reactions from its audiences. However, whether you love it or hate it, there is no doubt that you will have experienced something truly extraordinary

The Comedy of Errors- this traditional comoedia from the Greco-Roman tradition, and rests on the enjoyment of farce, slapstick and caricature and director Dominic Cooke wastes no time in getting into the action. . .

< Juno and the Paycock- The National Theatre and The Abbey Theatre (Ireland's National Theatre) have come together for the first time with a co-production that must have taken great consideration to ensure that neither side of the Irish Sea felt excluded. . . .

Three Days in May- Ben Brown’s impressive play about the British Cabinet in 1940 . . .

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Connecticut

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Elsewhere

Penelope- Playwright Enda Walsh seems to be all over the place -- musical theater librettist, solo play in Brooklyn. . .and this at Chicago's Steppenwolf Downstairs Theater. . .

California Top of List

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Clybourne Park - Bruce Noriss's winning play gets another major production in LA's Taper. . .

Washington - DC
Red - Arena Stage audiences get a chance to see John Logan's gripping play about painter Mark Rothko . . .

New & Noteworthy updated January 23, 2012

Philadelphia Top of List

Microcrisis- Convoluted madcap transactions transpire but it’s not necessary to be knowledgeable about the messy details of financial instruments or large scale scams to enjoy Interac's production of Mike Lew's play . . .

New & Noteworthy in Philadelphia -- updated Jan 27, 2012- Philly Theater List + Visitors Guide Links

New Jersey Top of List

Matt Walton and Beth Leavel in Boeing-Boeing at the Papermill

Boeing-Boeing- This British adaptation of Marc Camoletti’s 1962 French farce is well served by this production . . .

The Convert- Danai Gurira’s gripping new play set in the region of South Africa now named Southern Rhodesia, on the first leg of its three-theater rolling world premiere. . .

Bakersfield Mist- an out-of-the-ordinary, almost out-of-the-blue —, but more importantly, outstanding— two-hander . . .

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