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Directors vs. Critics: BSR's debate (2nd comment)
Who critiques the critics?
Who will hold theater critics accountable? Other critics, for one. But the Internet offers an even more effective solution.
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Directors vs. critics: BSR's debate (1st comment)
Theaters, critics and delusions of injustice
At Broad Street Review's debate on theater criticism, three Philadelphia directors largely ignored the panel's Internet-based critics and mostly complained instead about the Inquirer. Earth to directors: Hip theatergoers no longer care about, much less read, the Inquirer.
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"Vigil' and older audiences at the Lantern
Why was I the only one laughing?
The wicked humor of Morris Panych's Vigil comes mostly at the expense of older audiences. That's bad news for cutting-edge theater in Philadelphia.
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What the pros can learn from "The Cappies'
Teaching the Tonys a thing or two
The Cappies, an international project for high school theater and journalism students, is an awards show without commercials or long-winded acceptance speeches. And it's refreshing to see kids cheering for something other than sports.
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"Miss Saigon' at the Walnut
Beyond Butterfly
The Walnut's new production of Miss Saigon reaffirms the quality of its authors' work when they were at their short-lived peak. This play is more compact and focused than Les Miz, and more nuanced than Madam Butterfly, the play and opera on which Miss Saigon is based.
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Ayckbourn's "My Wonderful Day' at the Wilma
Adults behaving childishly (and vice versa)
In My Wonderful Day, Ayckbourn has pulled off a rare feat: an adult comedy about adult childishness, abetted by the superb Wilma Theater production. It's the ideal tonic for an age that routinely confers responsibility on overgrown adolescents like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
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Derek Jacobi as "King Lear' in Brooklyn
Old and foolish
No dramatic work rails against the injustice of aging like Shakespeare's King Lear. So imagine the surprise of visiting the Brooklyn Academy of Music this month to find, in Derek Jacobi, a robust and defiant King Lear not at the nadir but at the height of his powers, with an audience laughing and cheering him on.
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Foote's "Dividing the Estate' at People's Light
A slice of dysfunctional Texas life
Horton Foote, a master at capturing the feel of people, place and time— in this case, rural Texas in 1987— is well served in this realistic People's Light production.
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A wordless "Macbeth' in New York
Shakespeare sans inhibitions (or words)
Sleep No More, the bizarre “immersive theater” experience, has emerged as this season's most popular Macbeth. Yet it's performed without any text. What does that say about how to reach audiences today with the classics?
Sleep No More. Punchdrunk production through June 25, 2011 at McKittrick Hotel, 530 West 27th St., New York. playing now through June 25, www.sleepnomorenyc.com.
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"My Way': Sinatra tribute at Walnut's Studio 3
Old Blue Eyes is back
My Way is as much of a tribute to Frank Sinatra's crowd and its ambience as it is to Old Blue Eyes himself. If you relish those folks and those times, here's a chance to renew old acquaintances.
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