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Show Showdown: January 2015
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Saturday, January 24, 2015. Between Riverside and Crazy. In the truly amazing Between Riverside and Crazy. The wonderful Stephen Adly Guirgis signals us quickly that all is not what it seems. Pops, the old man in the wheelchair, is neither ill nor injured. The people who call him Dad are not his children. And the one-line description that is being widely used to descibe the play ( Between Riverside and Crazy. Stephen McKinley Henderson, Liza Colon-Zayas. Photo: Kevin Thomas Garcia. Links to this post.
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Show Showdown: October 2014
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Thursday, October 30, 2014. I wasnt around forty-three years ago, when David Rabes Sticks and Bones. Premiered at Joseph Papps Public Theater, the second work in his trio of plays about Vietnam (the other two being The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel. Links to this post. Monday, October 27, 2014. Every stage musical is a reflection of its place, time, and culture, and this is no less true for Bedbugs! Than it is for something comparatively celebrated or canonized- say South Pacific. Or In the Heights.
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Show Showdown: May 2015
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Friday, May 29, 2015. What does it mean to be a nice girl? And is it really a positive label? In Melissa Rosss Nice Girl. At the Labyrinth, Jo (the smart and subtle Diane Davis) doesnt feel nice at all. She knows that she is angry and even bitter, and that she only carries out the actions that make her seem nice because shes too passive not to. Links to this post. Tuesday, May 26, 2015. The King and I. The King and I. In the production of The King and I. The show doesn't lack strengths. O'Hara's sing...
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Show Showdown: John
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015. No one path leads to an indelible, unforgettable performance. Sometimes an actor takes a classic, timeless role and makes it truly their own, to the point where anyone else repeating it seems pointless. For me, Vanessa Redgrave's fearless Mary Tyrone (in 2003's. Long Day's Journey Into Night. And Simon Russell Beale's intense, broken Lophakin (in Sam Mendes' underrated production of. Or Audra McDonald's Billie Holliday in. Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill. Caroline, or Change.
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Show Showdown: Nominations for the 11th Annual New York Innovative Theatre Awards
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Nominations for the 11th Annual New York Innovative Theatre Awards. I believe this is the entire list. And If You Lose Your Way, or A Food Odyssey. Maha Chehlaoui, Nick Choksi, Damon Daunno, Rachel Rusch, Josh Sauerman, Terrell Donnell Sledge,Leah Walsh. Christopher Bellant, Laura Bozzone, Joe Danbusky, Ted McGuinness, Patrick Melville, Taylor Anthony Miller. Much Ado About Nothing. Smith Street Stage, Inc. Run For Your Wife. Short Life of Trouble. Wandering Bark Theatre Company.
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