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Stoppard's "Heroes' at the Lantern (1st review)
Take that, Godot! Or: Band of brothers, refusing to go gently
Beckett's Waiting for Godot argued that life is absurd but suicide is no solution; there is only waiting. In Heroes, Tom Stoppard offers a new twist: Even in a world without purpose, he suggests, heroics are possible.
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Robert O'Hara's "Bootycandy' at the Wilma
Alice (black, gay and male) in a 21st-Century Wonderland
The characters coping so ludicrously with issues of sexual desire in Robert O'Hara's stinging and original satire all happen to be black or gay (or black and gay)— that is, they're authority figures who've never exercised real authority.
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"The Assembled Parties' on Broadway
Terms of estrangement
In Richard Greenberg's witty comedy drama, The Assembled Parties, life doesn't turn out as expected for an extended upper class New York family. But does Greenberg have a substantive message to deliver, or is he just out to entertain us with witty dialogue and plot contrivances?
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Philip Dawkins's "Failure: A Love Story'
A whimsical survival course
Failure: A Love Story is an enchanting poetic fable in which members of the Fail family make the most of life's tragedies by spinning their own narratives to turn back the clock.
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"Here Lies Love': Imelda Marcos in New York
Bedazzled
How could an entire starving nation fall under the sway of a dazzling charlatan like Imelda Marcos? The disco-style poporetta Here Lies Love will seduce you in much the same way. Unfortunately, it neglects to address the greatest irony of all: what happened to Imelda after the music stopped.
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5 minute read
Bruce Graham's "North of the Boulevard'
Bruce Graham grows up
Bruce Graham has written so many plays that it may be appropriate to describe his work as facile. But his last two works provide credible characters wrestling with difficult decisions.
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"Orphans' on Broadway: The Boston Marathon link
Two abandoned brothers, then and now, or: Does this story sound familiar?
I saw Orphans when it opened in the 1980s, and remember being repelled by its violence and ferocity. Not now. This hilarious, harrowing absurdist drama sheds chilling insight into the two brothers charged in the Boston Marathon bombing.
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'Pippin,' 'Kinky Boots' and 'Matilda' on Broadway
Cross-dressers of the world, unite! (and other Broadway musical fantasies)
When it comes to musicals, Broadway is a three-ring circus this season. Pippin, Kinky Boots and Matilda are all high-flying spectacle and daredevil entertainment, offering instant gratification and plenty of cotton candy.
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Virgin Mary, Sue Mengers and Ann Richards in NY
Three tough women
With whom would you rather spend an evening alone? A Hollywood super-agent, the mother of Jesus, or the former governor of Texas? These are your choices among one-woman shows on Broadway.
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6 minute read
"South Pacific' revival in Wilmington
Still younger than springtime
South Pacific's mix of wartime action, drama, comedy and song still works. The current Delaware production is quite moving. But who today would think of a sexy 44-year-old man as "old"?
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