Lars von Trier’s “Breaking the Waves” Opera at PROTOTYPE: Opera/Theatre/Now
Both postmodern tragedy and ageless love story, Lars von Trier’s 1996 film seemed inevitable...
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New York
Catch as Catch Can: Holden at the New Ohio Theatre
Reading J. D. Salinger’s 1951 The Catcher in the Rye marks the moment in the lives of countless...
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Theatre Lie-Detector Test: NYC End-of-the-Year Roundup Edition
TRUE: Daniel Craig has real acting chops. If you doubted this because you thought the role of...
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A Dramaturg’s Process in NYMF’s NextLink Project
It is much more challenging to dramaturg a musical than a straight play because there are so many more elements to consider, assess, and attempt to balance out. I examine each song in the score in terms of style, tempo, tone, melody, and length.
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“Cut Piece for Pants Suit” in Madison Square Park
Once every four years most Americans sheepishly admit to trusted friends of similar political...
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“The Babylon Line,” Richard Greenberg’s New Play at the Mitzi Newhouse Theatre
Anyone so inclined could find plenty of reasons to carp about The Babylon Line, Richard...
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Chekhov Resonates: “The Hummm” at Dixon Place
Chekhov’s Three Sisters is distilled into vibration and iteration in The Hummm, a radical...
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Lynn Nottage’s “Sweat” at The Public Theatre
What a journey Lynn Nottage’s Sweat has had. When this gorgeously incisive play about heartbreak...
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The American Tour Of Contemporary Romanian Female Artists: Empowering Women
On the nights of November 18 & November 20, 2016, at Here Arts Centre, NYC, I was being...
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Theater Review: Helluva Theatre Takes on Shaw’s “Major Barbara”
Helluva Theatre Company—newly formed under the mission to produce plays from the traditional canon...
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“The Encounter” Is Merely A Circus Of Distorted Sounds
The Encounter, Simon McBurney’s two-hour intermissionless solo show on Broadway, which many...
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“The Wolves” Explores Character Issues Through Soccer Outside Of The Game
Although the PR images of leaping, lunging and levitating female soccer players seem to promise...
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Invoking the Spirit: “Sounds to Summon the Japanese Gods”
It is a musical piece without words. At Japan Society on Nov. 11, Sounds to Summon the Japanese...
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Larissa Velez-Jackson and Her “Star Crap Method”
The non-Broadway performing arts scene in New York is characterized by a painful lack of funding...
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“Request Concert” – Middle-Class Loneliness, Explored Without a Word
It’s hard to think of a play more diabolically suited to the era of reality TV, vanished privacy...
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MET Live in HD Continues with “Don Giovanni”
Returning to the Met’s Live in HD series is a moving production of Don Giovanni. Part of the charm...
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José Rivera Adapts Jean Genet’s “The Maids”
The Maids, September 29-October 23, The INTAR Theatre, New York City Invoking the...
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What is Live? Met Opera’s Live in HD
Live – what is it and why does it matter? The Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD series brings opera...
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“The Seedling Project” Premieres in NYC
The Seedling Project is an original play inspired by the true stories of women and men as they...
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“Nat Turner in Jerusalem” at New York Theatre Workshop
Richard Gilman, an old teacher of mine and a terrific critic, used to say that whenever he read...
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