Presented by Amas Musical Theatre at the John Houseman Theatre, 450 W. 42 St., NYC, Dec. 8-Feb. 6. Casting by Barry Moss.
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On opening night, without explanation or prior announcement to the press or public, Rex Smith and Krista Allen, advertised stars of this new comedy, were conspicuously absent. The only star remaining from the expected cast was Ed Asner—and he had no choice. Despite the attention this show received because ...
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A few years back, an offshoot of L.A.'s notorious Theater A-Go-Go company came up with the outlandish notion of staging a production of that cloying 1980s Brat Pack movie St. Elmo's Fire. With an ironic eye to the dated quality of the movie, the production was enacted ...
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Le Chat Noir (French for "The Black Cat") was a Parisian cabaret that opened in 1881 and hosted the era's cutting-edge poets, singers, dancers, and artists. The Edgemar Center, for a few weekends, is attempting to resurrect that cultural nightspot, at least in spirit. Although the concept is worthy ...
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Circus Theatricals' new production of the classic Molière comedy is a felicitous thing. The assembled cast is very strong, the play is broadly comic and subtly melancholic, and the direction and production values are top-notch. Director Jack Stehlin starts the play off at a low simmer, and by the conclusion ...
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Presented by the Joyce Theater Foundation at the Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave., NYC, March 15–20.
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at The Space
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Giant steely flats surround the stage, covered in torn strips of metal screen, mesh, shower curtain, and globs of paint. Colored light occasionally pours in from behind cutouts. Eric Hugunin's expressionist set serves as a compelling visual depiction of the shadowy mental world of murderer Roberto Zucco. It also ...
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George and Lennie are still fantasizing about "livin' off the fat a' the land" 68 years after they first drank from the banks of the Salinas River on their way to jobs bucking barley outside Soledad. After all these years, Steinbeck's timeless masterwork still evokes the loneliness and hardship ...
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Gary Mitchell's historical drama, set in 1798 Ireland, takes a little while to get going, but once it does it's a powerful experience. The Furious Theatre Company delivers a production appropriate to its name, a brutal look at the atrocities that can be committed in the name of ...
