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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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'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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'The Royale' and 'The Effect' in New York
Strong statements on small stages
This spring, while Broadway fills its tank with high-octane musicals and star-driven revivals, provocative new plays like The Royale and The Effect are replenishing the smaller stages.
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Tony Lo Bianco in 'The Little Flower' at the Prince
A politician of the past with a message for the present
We are living through a season of political complaint. Fiorello La Guardia, in Tony Lo Bianco's one-man show, The Little Flower, is more than relevant; he is today's news.
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Shaw's 'Saint Joan' by Quintessence Theatre
The saint we need, but don't want
Quintessence Theatre Group's revival of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan shows how contemporary a classic can, and should, be.
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‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ at Walnut Street Theatre
A golden grotto of star stuff, and other gender issues
A rollicking good comedy about pirates and crocodiles and star stuff has me laughing while asking questions about gender parity, trans issues, and child abuse. Why can’t I just enjoy the show and forget about all that other stuff?
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