Theatre
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Huang Ruo and Basil Twist Team-up in New York
St. Ann's Warehouse Holds Magical Moments
By: - Mar 18th, 2022Book of Mountains & Seas, a new opera by Huang Ruo and Basil Twist, takes us out of ourselves and our space into a new and exotic world. Yet we are anchored in human concerns. Huang Ruo originally adapted The Book of Mountains and Seas, a work created in China in the 4th century BC and set its spirit in a vocal-theater for twelve singers. Full of good humor and infinite curiosity, Ruo comments on the visions possible with this unusual number: 2, 3, 4, 6. He uses all the combinations seamlessly.
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Boston Symphony Performs Stunning Wozzech
Carnegie Hall Hosts
By: - Mar 16th, 2022The Boston Symphony with Andris Nelsons at the helm performed Alban Berg’s Wozzeck at Carnegie Hall. The composer left an early performance of Georg Buchner’s play on which the opera would be based, remarking: this must be an opera and I will compose it. The Boston Symphony gave a defining performance of the work.
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Williamstown Theatre Festival
Back Inside This Summer
By: - Mar 15th, 2022The 2022 Williamstown Theatre Festival season promises laughs, singing, and introspection, including a thrilling new suspense comedy, a disarmingly personal and intimate WTF-commissioned world premiere play, and a musical concert event celebrating Frank Loesser's magnificent score from The Most Happy Fella, retold with dazzling new orchestrations
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Opera Philadelphia Returns with O Festival
Premiere Opera Company Surprises and Delights
By: - Mar 15th, 2022Opera Philadelphia will return with the O Festival in September. 2022.
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Stage Musical Adaptation of Frozen
National Equity Production in Ft. Lauderdale
By: - Mar 12th, 2022An equity national touring production of Frozen is playing in Ft. Lauderdale through March 20. Performances are at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. There are visual delights galore, but they do not overshadow a story with heart. The stage adaptation is darker than the film.
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Prayer for the French Republic at Manhattan Theatre Club
Joshua Harmon and David Cromer Team Up
By: - Mar 12th, 2022Joshua Harmon’s Prayer for the French Republic has been extended until March 27 at the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York. In constructing a multi-generation family on stage, playwright Joshua Harmon has given director David Cromer a rich opportunity to explore presentation.
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Red Winged Blackbird by Alyosha Zim
Produced by SparklePlenty Productions
By: - Mar 11th, 2022In part, “Red Winged Blackbird” is a classic play about two special generations of Americans – the parents being from the “greatest generation” who sacrifice all for their progeny, and the children being of the loving but self-indulgent “flower power” generation
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Shakespeare & Company
March Mash-up: Contemporary Readings and Comedy
By: - Mar 10th, 2022Shakespeare & Company will present March Mash-up: Contemporary Readings and Comedy on Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27.
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The Tempest
Oakland Theater Project
By: - Mar 10th, 2022Productions in the intimacy of Oakland Theater Project’s venue continue to be among the most daring, provocative, and entertaining in the Bay Area. In taking on William Shakespeare’s political fantasy, “The Tempest,” the company offers a stunning, if somewhat confusing, rendering of this compact study of the illicit taking of power and land.
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Touch of the Poet at Irish Repertory Theatre
Richly Rewarding Live Performances
By: - Mar 10th, 2022The Irish Repertory Theatre was preparing to present Eugene O’Neill’s Touch of the Poet when Covid struck and theaters closed. Sets were ready. Costumes had been fitted. Rehearsals underway. Ever inventively, the troupe re-grouped to put the production on streaming. Directed by Ciarán O’Reilly, this work was a masterful performance on screen. Now it is back live
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The Chinese Lady at The Public Theater
Premiere by Barrington Stage Arrives in New York
By: - Mar 07th, 2022The Chinese Lady produced by Ma Yi Theater Company and The Public Theatre has arrived in New York. This production was created for its world premiere by The Barrington Stage Company and Ma Yi. Written by Lloyd Sun, Ralph B. Pena directs. Women’s history month is the occasion for this mounting.
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Verdi's Otello
At Livermore Valley Opera
By: - Mar 07th, 2022Despite its musical and dramatic excellence, “Otello” has never achieved the audience popularity of “Aida” or Verdi’s great middle-period trio of “La Traviata,” “Il Trovatore,” or “Rigoletto,” which are among the most performed operas year after year.
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Talk to Your People by Dan Hoyle
Produced by The Marsh Theater
By: - Mar 06th, 2022“Talk to Your People” is a deserving show. One improvement would be if Dan Hoyle lost his facial hair for the duration. It renders a visual sameness to each depiction that can’t be overcome with wardrobe and accessories, and temporary facial hair could be applied as wanted for particular characters.
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Gordon Getty Premiers a New Opera in New York
New York City Opera and Festival Napa Valley Co-Present
By: - Mar 03rd, 2022The opera by Gordon Getty, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, had its New York premiere as an opera reimagined for film. Co-presented by New York City Opera (NYCO) and Festival Napa Valley, Getty’s fourth opera is based on the popular 1934 novella Goodbye, Mr. Chips and other stories by James Hilton.
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This Bitter Earth at TheaterWorks
A Thought Provoking Play
By: - Mar 03rd, 2022Neil and Jesse are two gay men who meet in NYC in 2012. This Bitter Earth shows us the story of their relationship through 2015.
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Gordon Getty Preludes His New Opera
Goodbye Mr. Chips Prmeieres at Walter Reade Theater
By: - Mar 01st, 2022Gordon Getty is his own man, as composer, librettist and supporter of the arts. His new opera, Goodbye Mr. Chilps, premieres on film on March 2nd at the Walter Reade Theatre. Berkshire Fine Arts asked a few questions.
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First Down at 59e59 Theaters
Dramatizing Protest by Beleaguered Minorities
By: - Feb 28th, 2022First Down is a terrific new play by Sevan now running at the 59e59 Theatres. Johanna McKeon directs the quartet to give us insight into the pain caused outsiders in the United States by people who were outsiders themselves when they arrived.
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Winter Theatre at Barrington Stage Company
11th annual 10X10 New Play Festival
By: - Feb 28th, 2022During the dead of winter, the arts in Pittsfield come to life with a festival. This is the 11th year of the annual 10x10 New Play Festival at Barrington Stage Company. The works were selected from some 200 plus submissions many of which trumped Trump.
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Sister Act
A co-production in South Florida
By: - Feb 27th, 2022A co-production of Sister Act is a divine treat in South Florida. MNM Theatre Company, along with North End Theater Company, and the City of Lauderhill are the presenters. "Sister Act," the stage musical, is faithful to the film while offering something fresh and new. The co-production runs through March 6.
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Queen Lear at Gorki Theater - Berlin, Germany
A perhaps foreboding production for Europe/World
By: - Feb 26th, 2022Everything is upside down in this production. A faint semblance to Shakespeare's King Lear remains as in a fever dream, or better yet as a trip beyond borders of human sanity.
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Music Man on Broadway
Thrilling Hugh Jackman
By: - Feb 26th, 2022After all my complaints, you may wonder why I recommend Music Man on Broadway so highly. Easy. Hugh Jackman and more Hugh Jackman, the glorious score and the sweetly romantic story.
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Today Is My Birthday By Susan Soon He Stanton
At Yale Rep
By: - Feb 24th, 2022While Today Is My Birthday is funny and can be touching, at times you wish author Susan Soon He Stanton had focused the work more. Many of the characters are interesting. Emily’s NYC friend, Halina could be a fascinating character but just when we begin to get involved in why she is doing what she is doing, the voice mail or call ends and we are on to something else.
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Salty by A.J.Clauss
Desert Ensemble Theatre (DET) of Palm Springs
By: - Feb 24th, 2022There is always humor and empathy to ease the pain of life’s ups and downs. The trick is to find it. Desert Ensemble Theatre (DET) of Palm Springs found it in their delightful production of “Salty”, written by A.J.Clauss that is innovatively staged by Artistic Director Jerome Elliott.
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Repertorio Espanol Mounts La Dama Boba
Lope de Vega Amuses and Moves
By: - Feb 22nd, 2022Lope deVega is not simply setting us up for a good laugh. The play takes a sharp look at the meaning of the ideal woman. What attributes are truly important? Is there room in marriage for the intellectually driven woman? Is there room for the woman who cannot enhance her husband's social standing? Is economic security the real motive for our emotional commitments?
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When There Are Nine About Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sally Deering’s Play at Chicago's Pride Arts Center
By: - Feb 22nd, 2022When There Are Nine, a world premiere play about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is an entertaining production that tells the public story of the late Supreme Court associate justice. Playwright Sally Deering positions her work as a dream play, taking place in Ginsburg’s mind, where she recalls important moments in her life and how she addressed challenges.
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