Stylistically speaking, this is to theatre what Jackson Pollock is to pre-modern art. Creators Tina Kronis and Richard Alger have begun with that humid William Inge piece Picnic and run it through the shredder with what the program refers to as "other Cold War texts." Select flakes of the resultant ...
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It's a matter of record that humorist James Thurber was not a very nice man. One of his favorite things was to break up friendships; co-workers on The New Yorker became wary of his dealings. This personality trait of Thurber's probably contributed a great deal to his special ...
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Out of the brightly hued vision of writer/director Stephen Legawiec comes this majestic production. Combining fairy tales, musical theatre, and martial arts to eclectic effect—well, Peking Opera if we must—the production somehow manages to also include intelligent and effective acting. An older woman (Dian Kobayashi in a ...
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The Jekyl-and-Hyde act Matthew Yang King performs in East West Players' current, high-octane production of The Tempest is something to behold —it's nearly as acrobatic as the very physical production itself. In director Andrew Tsao's unique vision, King is double-cast in the play's two least similar roles ...
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Presented by Primary Stages, in association with Morton Wolkowitz, at Primary Stages, 354 W. 45 St., NYC, May 8-June 23.
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Presented by the Chekhov Theatre Ensemble at the Theatre at St. Clements, 423 W. 46 St., NYC, May 11-June 23.
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The Groundlings have never been more witty, satisfying, and consistent than in this newest collection of sketch and improv comedy. The material is crisp and inventive, never relying too much on wacky caricatures, and the improv has never been more spontaneous and quirky. Under Deanna Oliver's adroit direction, each ...
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A Fabulous Monsters production is a work in progress. The company keeps at it until it gets it right, then keeps at it some more. Like the battle of good and evil raging in this newly expanded, refined, relocated replay of Hindu poet Valmiki's 2,000-year-old drama the struggle ...
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Presented by MCC Theater, casting by Bernard Telsey Casting, at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, 410 W. 42 St., NYC, Feb. 26-March 22.
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The title of Bernard Farrell's Irish comedy refers to one character's misunderstanding, and truncation, of four words in a famous Frank Sinatra song, as this trite gag gets run into the ground. (Hint: The song has to do with a nocturnal meeting of strangers.) That's the level ...
