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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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"Saturn Returns," by Theatre Exile (2nd review)
The fault, dear Brutus, isn't in the stars
Noah Haidle's masterpiece about growing old without growing up comes together gracefully under the deft tutelage of director Brenna Geffers and dramaturg David White, insuring a three-dimensional drama in a single act.
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"Saturn Returns' by Theatre Exile (1st review)
Oh, grow up!
Noah Haidle's play portrays a selfish man at three stages of his life. Alas, he fails to grow or mellow with age. That's bad news for him, for his women, and ultimately for the audience.
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Kushner's "Intelligent Homosexual's Guide' in NY
Realism with a vengeance
Tony (Angels in America) Kushner has done it again with a rich, nourishing stew that clocks in at just less than four hours. Unlike other family dramas, Kushner's revolves around serious, intensely held positions on the political theories and socioeconomics that shaped the 20th Century.
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Inis Nua's "Dublin By Lamplight'
The eternal Irish dilemma: To arms, or to art?
Michael West's comic vision of an Irish theater production, circa 1904, offers actors suppressing revolutionary anger beneath comedy. It's an apt evocation of the cultural starvation brought on by political repression,with a thoughtful and moving production by the Inis Nua troupe.
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"Born Yesterday' and "House of Blue Leaves' on Broadway
Second helpings of comedy: Postwar Washington meets '60s Queens
Nothing revives Broadway glamor like the dazzling moment when a new star is born. ӬӬ That's happening right now in the current revival of Born Yesterday. Meanwhile, a star-studded revival of John Guare's 1971 black comedy, The House of Blue Leaves, reminds us of its influence on subsequent American comedy.
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