An Off-Broadway transfer of the satiric musical is still one of the hippest theatrical destinations in New York.
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The Irish Repertory Theatre stages Eugene O'Neill's rarely seen one-act with chilling intensity, featuring a titanic performance by John Douglas Thompson.
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Pantaleón y Las Visitadoras (Captain Pantoja and the Special Service)
A Spanish-language novel is adapted into a charming musical that celebrates no-frills sexuality.
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Such Things Only Happen in Books
Five rare one-acts from Thornton Wilder are a mixed bag, from short, charming playlets on religious themes to longer works of varying quality.
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The Playboy of the Western World
J.M. Synge's comic, lyrical 1907 masterpiece about a man who enchants a village by claiming to have murdered his father shines in a solid production by the Pearl Theatre.
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Annie Baker's splendidly sensitive new play is about the transience of meaningful connections.
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As Ann Landers in "The Lady With All the Answers," Judith Ivey is giving an inspiring master class in acting.
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Inventing Avi (and Other Theatrical Maneuvers)
A zany comedy about the theater that actually lands far more humorous punches than you would think.
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This solo play about a fictional author who wrote a book about the Galveston hurricane becomes a journey into one woman's regrettable nonexistence.
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How to Be a Good Italian Daughter (in Spite of Myself)
A solo show that traffics heavily in cliché without adding anything new to the genre of cultural-heritage narratives.
