An absent mother, a distant father firmly in the past, and a bitter rivalry between sisters stemming from one chronicling their childhood in a best-selling memoir—this is the backstory of Zakiyyah Alexander's '10 Things to Do Before I Die'.
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The first big question about Terry Gilliam's 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' involves how the filmmaker managed to complete the film when his star Heath Ledger died in the middle of shooting.
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Life for Christine (Alison Lohman) would seem reasonably far from hell given her position as a Los Angeles bank loan officer and her nurturing relationship with her college professor boyfriend (Justin Long).
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With an African-American in the White House striving to lead the United States through troubled times, the arrival of Carlyle Brown's 'Pure Confidence' in New York is both propitious and timely.
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When 'Vieux Carré' opened on Broadway, it was savaged by the critics as a second-rate effort by a played-out playwright and it barely eked out a two-week run. Reviewers of the day accused Williams of ransacking his old bag of tricks.
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Billy Eichner: Gay, White, and Terrified!
Don't be fooled by the title of Billy Eichner's new one-man show at Joe's Pub, because this gay comic isn't terrified of anything (certainly not of Hugh Jackman's handlers).
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The Success of Failure (Or, The Failure Of Success)
For an antidote to workweek weariness, see Cynthia Hopkins' astonishing and sweet space-opera-cum-self-discovery journey 'The Success of Failure (Or, The Failure of Success)'.
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Looking back on the "good old days" can be comforting in these trying times. But in this quintet of promising though never completely satisfying plays, even the golden age of Eisenhower and JFK are tinged with darkness.
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What a thrill to watch actors of Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company—accomplished performers all—as they come back to study the text of their noble kinsman William Shakespeare at the knee of the illustrious director John Barton.
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The one-person show is an unrivaled form for impressing a live audience with one's skills. It is also, alas, unparalleled as a vehicle for self-indulgence in front of a live audience. John Fortson is a handsome, earnest young man who loves surfing and his wife.
