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‘Stinky Cheese Man’ at the Arden
Sublime silliness for kids of all ages
The Arden's energetic adaptation of an award-winning book skewers fairy tales and leaves audiences in stitches.
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‘Eclipsed’ and ‘Head of Passes’ in New York
Women of color in the spotlight
Women of color are claiming center stage in New York theaters this season, embracing challenging roles and delivering commanding performances of uncommon magnitude.
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Laura Eason’s ‘Sex with Strangers’ by PTC (1st review)
Emily Dickinson meets Donald Trump
In Sex with Strangers, Laura Eason explores an original theme: The Internet’s role in exacerbating the rise of arrested adolescence among grown men.
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'Always . . . Patsy Cline' at Walnut's Studio 3
When a superstar needs a friend
In Always… Patsy Cline, a Texas housewife meets her idol, and the rest of us share vicariously in the joyous entertainment of the moment.
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Quince Productions’ ‘Rodeo’
Something different from Quince
Quince Productions takes a break from gay-themed plays for Philip Dawkins's unashamedly silly Western.
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2 minute read
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'An Octoroon' at the Wilma (second review)
"We only got each other"
The shared history portrayed in An Octoroon is inescapable, and it demands that whites and blacks confront it together.
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Shakespeare’s ’King and Country’ cycle in Brooklyn
A hollow crown, indeed
These productions of Shakespeare’s so-called “Henriad” offer a thrilling opportunity to see one of the world’s most celebrated theater companies at the top of its game, not to mention a total immersion in a turbulent chapter in British history (1393-1415) that resonates with lessons for today’s would-be kings.
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Quintessence Theatre's 'Doctor Faustus'
Better than we bargained for
Quintessence Theatre honors Christopher Marlowe’s dark play with humor and spectacle that doesn’t diminish the play’s serious themes.
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Jennifer Haley's 'The Nether' at InterAct
A plausible near future
Theater science fiction is more like the literature than the movies; as The Nether shows, it can posit frightening futures extrapolated from what's happening today.
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'An Octoroon' at the Wilma (first review)
Looking in a funny mirror
The Wilma's production of An Octoroon gives us an often funny and theatrical, yet also brutally honest, look at race in America.
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