If there is such a language device as triple-speak, then Larry Gelbart is one of its masters. Gelbart, who helmed the TV sitcom M*A*S*H, has always excelled in fast-paced, tongue-twisted dialogue that would have made Groucho Marx proud. And, in the 1980s, the writer took his specialty ...
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Presented by Anonymous Allies as part of the seventh annual New York International Fringe Festival at the Fat Chance Productions Ground Floor Theatre, 312 W. 11 St., NYC, Aug. 9-23.
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JUDY GARLAND— A NIGHT IN THE LIFE...
In 1961, at the top of her game and enjoying her umpteenth triumphant comeback tour, Judy Garland walks into a little piano bar and joins a "name the show tune" contest because she just happens to know the song is from an MGM musical. She is persuaded by the engaging ...
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Presented by Nom de Plume Productions and The Powerhouse Theatre Company as part of the seventh annual New York International Fringe Festival at Our Lady of Pompeii Catholic Church, 25 Carmine St., NYC, Aug. 8-9.
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at the Lillian Theatre
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Here's a little twist on the audience experience: Five actors appear onstage in various main roles, then most do double duty as various friends, parents, or fantasies of these main roles; but the closer each gets to his or her "character" role, the more that performance seems refined. We ...
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The dating rules change exponentially in proportion to the number of religions or cultures represented in the couplings. Although traditional wisdom says you're not marrying the family, just the man or woman you have chosen, this may be one of the touchiest areas of human interaction in young people ...
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In playwright William Missouri Downs' drama, sparks fly as hotshot black defense attorney Ira (Spencer Scott) is paired with Jewish forensics expert Arlen (Matt Gould). The African-American lawyer and the white expert witness have been assigned to work on a racially charged murder case, involving a white cop who has ...
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Like Richard Greenberg's 2002 tragicomedy, The Dazzle, Mark Saltzman's new play is freely based on the real-life legend of the infamous Collyer Brothers in New York, 1919–1947. These orphaned sons of a wealthy gynecologist never grew up emotionally, progressing from youthful eccentricity to septuagenarian lunacy. They became ...
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Something About You and the 4th of July
Presented by Apricot Sky Productions at the American Theatre of Actors (Chernuchin Theatre), 314 W. 54 St., NYC, June 3-15.
