Goof Troupe: Little Lord’s “Skinnamarink”
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On Broadway, “Kiss Me, Kate” Is True To Fashion, For Better Or Worse
Anyone who tells you that Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate isn’t, or can’t be, a kick in the teeth to...
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“Skinnamarink” at Next Door at NYTW
Skinnamarink is a deliriously diverting new production by Little Lord, a performance ensemble that...
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Theatre Of The Real And Embracing The Politics Of The Current Moment: Heidi Schreck’s “What The Constitution Means To Me”
“Man can change the world with bayonet and with science, but only art can renew it, in play, in...
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Great Ape: “Chimpanzee” at HERE Arts Center
Of all the non-human animals that human animals love, the primate is the most embarrassing. (The...
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“Be More Chill” Brings Broadway Viral, Rewiring The High School Musical
The high school musical’s calling card has always been the “be yourself” thematic. A nerdy,...
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At SoHo Playhouse, “Fiercely Independent” Demystifies Divorce
In 1977, Margaret Trudeau somewhat famously told People Magazine that “it takes two to destroy a...
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Who’s His Daddy?: Jeremy Harris’ “Daddy” at Signature Theatre Center
The English author Samuel Butler once quipped grimly that the death of a father was “a new lease...
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Invigorated By A New Cast, “My Fair Lady” Continues to Enchant Broadway
Lincoln Center has reissued its mandate for Lerner and Loewe’s 1956 classic, casting off whatever creative anxiety earlier dogged the production and staging a decidedly lighter, exuberant My Fair Lady.
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“Ajijaak On Turtle Island”: New York Stories Old And New
On a recent Sunday afternoon, at the New Victory Theater, timelines collided. The New Vic, founded...
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At Roundabout, Can “Merrily” Still Roll Along, Reimagined?
Fiasco Theater has dared to tempt fate yet again with Merrily, staging a buoyant, light-on-its-feet reimagining that’s stripped the musical of its original clutter, aiming, instead, for the story’s thematic heart.
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Tears of a Clown: “American Juggalo”
What is a juggalo? Let me think for a second…Oh! He gets butt-naked and then he walks through the...
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Meshuggah, Nein? “Fiddler” In Yiddish
In 2004, Gwen Stefani, lately of the band No Doubt, released a song called Rich Girl which sampled...
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Subtle and Striking, Irondale’s Timely “The Life of Galileo” is Epic Theater
Irondale’s innovative and triumphant “Galileo” is Bertolt Brecht at his most excellent, cradled by an ensemble of dynamic and invested performers and pitched inevitably toward its audience with a playful, conscious eye toward its own didactic mission.
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The Spirit Of Judson In A New Millennium: The Legendary Collective Still Oscillates Between Canonization And Transience
Until the beginning of February, the New York MoMA is mounting an exhibition on Judson Dance...
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“City Of No Illusions” Takes Refugees To The Border Of Life And Death
“City of No Illusions,” a political comedy that stages the modern refugee crisis inside a funeral home.
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Pie in the Sky: Eliza Bent Delights With “Bonnie’s Last Flight”
I follow a strict protocol of attitudinal class warfare when I board airplanes. As I walk proudly...
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Truth And “True West”
Sam Shepard’s True West has always been a magnet for celebrity hamming, particularly in the role...
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Two Bold Shows by Women of Color at Mabou Mines
When I entered the theater at Mabou Mines for Edisa Weeks’ performance of Three Rites: Liberty, my...
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China, Liberia, America: A Suite Of Women’s Stories
In an intimate performance space in New York’s East Village, a quietly consequential experiment is...
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