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'Hate' Is a Symphony of Bigotry

In Mexican playwright Luis Enrique Gutiérrez Ortiz Monasterio’s “I Hate Fucking Mexicans,” at the Flea Theater, the piling on of political incorrectness becomes almost poetic.

John Stamos on James Earl Jones in 'Fences'

Emmy-nominated actor John Stamos, who appeared along side James Earl Jones in "Gore Vidal's The Best Man," says Jones' performance in "Fences" gave him goose-bumps.

URTA Opens Doors to Equity Members

Starting next year, the University/Resident Theatre Association (URTA) will open its auditions to members of Actors' Equity looking to attend graduate school.

Be a Dancing Queen for a Day!

Broadway Fantasy Camp will show theater lovers what it's like to rehearse and perform as a real-life "Mamma Mia!" Broadway actor.

Theater Companies Bring Literature to the Stage in a Fresh Way

The Elevator Repair Service’s adaptation of “The Great Gatsby,” the Transport Group’s adaptation of a Jonathan Franzen essay, and For/Word Company’s adaptation of Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s writings reinvent adaptation.

'Modern Terrorism' Is a Comic Misfire at Second Stage

Jon Kern’s depressingly shallow comedy “Modern Terrorism,” at Second Stage Theatre, never escapes its sitcom setup but unaccountably won the Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award for playwriting.

‘In the Summer Pavilion’ Imaginatively Peers Into Possible Futures

Paul David Young’s compassionate drama “In the Summer Pavilion” was a highlight of the 2011 New York International Fringe Festival and remains a quiet winner at 59E59 Theaters.

'Fade Out–Fade In' Gets the Musicals Tonight! Concert Treatment

Musicals Tonight! gives the Betty Comden–Adolph Green–Jule Styne flop “Fade Out–Fade In” the old college try, but this creaky 1964 Carol Burnett vehicle is a tough nut to crack.

Attend Actors’ Equity Membership Meetings in Your Region

Events for Equity members will be held in Oct. and Nov. in San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego, Atlanta, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Detroit, and Milwaukee.

Nonmusical Revue 'How to Be a New Yorker' Is Bland Tourist Fare

“How to Be a New Yorker,” the nonmusical revue of New York facts, sketches, and stereotypes playing at Sofia’s Downstairs Theater, mines obvious material in unimaginative ways.