A segment in Woody Allen's 1973 film comedy Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask) springs to mind as the metaphorical premise of Joanna Tamases' quirky autobiographical solo show becomes clear. Allen's zany skit personalized the inner workings of the human body ...
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"If youth knew, if age could," Henri Estienne wrote in the 16th century, and that was without having met Jamie (Matt Skaja) and his two roommates: Amelia (Kimberly-Rose) and Winston (Johnny Clark). Living in appropriate squalor in Greenwich Village, the three have attached themselves to their ambitions with youthful fervor ...
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There's something transformative-- almost magical, really-- about gardens. Working the earth, planting seeds, watching as thin spindly sprouts gain strength, stand tall, and eventually blossom with magnificent flowers is a spiritual, life-affirming experience. Frances Hodgson Burnett knew this, and she used the garden as a literal and figurative metaphor ...
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Presented by Inbond Management at the Gallery, 7 E. 27th St., NYC, July 18–Sept. 19, Monday evenings only.
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As farces generally have no political or social agenda, what you take from them is hearty enjoyment and an appreciation for skilled acting and comic timing. The Sierra Madre players deliver that with gusto.
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Mr. Shakespeare and Mr. Porter (Volume 1)
Barbara Vann's venerable troupe simply takes three Shakespeare titles, slashes the text down to the bare essentials, and inserts what it deems to be appropriate Cole Porter songs.
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The Holy Mother of Hadley, New York
In playwright Barbara Wiechmann¿s turgid drama, a young mother, Agnes (Lisa Clifton), believes she sees a vision of the Virgin Mary in her kitchen.
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If you're the sort who believes in ersatz mysticism, you might really enjoy this show by a cocky, good-looking young Israeli.
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Son of Rambowis at once charming and a tad dull. The tone is by turns delightful or cloying or both. It's an oddball amalgam.
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Through the filter of his demented, genius brain, a story that has a placenta as a protagonist becomes all at once a witty musical.
