Theatre
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Shakespeare & Company 2018
Conflating Old and New
By: - Jan 23rd, 2018Shakespeare & Company announces its 2018 summer season. Exploring themes of Delight, Deceit, and Desire, the season includes three Shakespeare plays: Macbeth, As You Like It, and Love's Labor's Lost; plus the New England Premiere of Morning After Grace by Carey Crim; Creditors by August Strindberg adapted by David Greig; Heisenberg by Laurence Olivier Award winner Simon Stephens; Mothers and Sons by Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally; and HIR by Pulitzer Prize finalist Taylor Mac.
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The Road to Mecca by Athol Fugard
Notable South African Playwright
By: - Jan 23rd, 2018Esteemed South African playwright and novelist, Athol Fugard is noted for plays such as Master Harold…and the Boys, “Blood Knot, Sizwe Banzi is Dead, and the novel made into a movie, Tsotsi. Although Road to Mecca ultimately reached Broadway, the spotty production history of this powerful play is inexplicable, as in the right hands, it is a penetrating drama.
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Our Great Tchaikovsky by Hershey Felder
At TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
By: - Jan 22nd, 2018The inimitable Hershey Felder has carved a special niche in theater as a portrayer of great music composers. In his solo performances, he adeptly characterizes a composer and deftly performs his compositions on a grand piano.
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Five Mile Lake by Rachel Bonds
By Chicago's Shattered Globe Theatre
By: - Jan 22nd, 2018In Five Mile Lake, playwright Rachel Bonds tells the story of five young people and the small Pennsylvania town where they have connections. They portras their dreams and despair sympathetically, in amusing, sometimes eloquent conversations.
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Uma Thurman's Flawed Broadway Review
The Parisian Woman Ripped from DC Headlines
By: - Jan 22nd, 2018The Parisian Woman is not a great play and Thurman’s performance is lacking, BUT (and this is a big but), I had a thoroughly enjoyable time seeing it.
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Linda Reiter as Rose Kennedy
Tribute to Matriach of Political Dynasty
By: - Jan 22nd, 2018Linda Reiter creates a vivid replica of Mrs. Kennedy’s appearance and manner in Rose, the one-woman show written by Laurence Leamer and directed by Steve Scott.
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Zanna, Don't! in South Florida
Subversive Musical Near Ft. Lauderdale
By: - Jan 20th, 2018Zanna, Don't! is a charming musical that's escapist but makes you think a bit. A vibrant cast performs role-reversal musical with zest at Wilton Manor's Island City Stage. This bold musical never fails to engage
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Prototype Festival New York
Diving into Black Inscriptions
By: - Jan 19th, 2018Black Inscription, from Carla Kihlstedt, Matthias Bossi and Jeremy Flower, is a multimedia song cycle that follows a free deep sea diver on her journey to the ocean's embrace. This tone poem fills an open slot in the Prototype Festival for works that don't quite fit the opera category.
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Sandy Duncan Recalls Soaring Over Audiences
Former Peter Pan Star Lands in South Florida
By: - Jan 13th, 2018Former Peter Pan Sandy Duncan fondly recalls her past during interview at South Florida theater. Beloved star remains vibrant at age 71. Duncan to appear in Love Letters in Raleigh, N.C.
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Prototype Festival New York Three
Fellow Travelers by Gregory Spears and Greg Pierce
By: - Jan 13th, 2018The pressures of being of left political persuasion compounded by an illegal sexual preference were magnified in the Red Scare following the Second World War in the United States. Television brought McCarthy hearings into American homes. Terror was struck in the hearts of citizens. The story of two men who got snared by the scare tactics is touchingly told in Fellow Travelers, an opera which had its New York premier at the Prototype Festival.
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Woody Sez- the Life & Music of Woody Guthrie
At Westport Country Playhouse
By: - Jan 12th, 2018Woody Sez- the life & music of Woody Guthrie — now at Westport Country Playhouse intersperses his life story, mostly told by David M. Lutkin as Woody, with renditions of the music he made so famous.
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A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
National Tour of Musical in South Florida
By: - Jan 12th, 2018Murder has never been so much fun than in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder. An engaging non-equity touring production is playing Ft. Lauderdale's Broward Center for the Performing Arts. One actor plays almost 10 diverse characters in a tour-de-force performance/
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Prototype Festival Two
The Echo Drift by Mikael Karlsson
By: - Jan 11th, 2018The Echo Drift is the second opera staged by the Prototype Festival, a group of creative producers who are working to develop new opera using all the media available, as opera has done from its earliest beginnings.
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Barrington Stage Company 2018
Three World Premieres and West Side Story
By: - Jan 11th, 2018The 2018 season of Barrington Stage Company which will feature three world premieres, including a major new musical from Tony Awards winners William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin, a new play from Off Broadway Alliance Award winner Lloyd Suh, and the first major production from playwright, Rachel Lynett. The season starts with Typhpid Mary by Mark St. Germain in the theatre named for him.
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Nevermore Based on Edgar Allan Poe
World Premiere Musical in Chicago
By: - Jan 10th, 2018Black Button Eyes’ darkly gothic production of Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe makes good use of the Edge Theatre’s spacious proscenium stage. The world premiere musical with book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Christenson is directed by Ed Rutherford.
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Best of Broadway 2017
It Was a Very Good Year
By: - Jan 10th, 2018Our correspondent, Karen Isaacs, shares the best of what she reviewed on Broadway in 2017.
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Finding Neverland on Tour
Musical About Peter Pan's Creation Plays Florida
By: - Jan 08th, 2018Finding Neverland is charming to a point, but lacks depth. An equity national touring production of the musical features acting that's too over-the-top. A musical about the birth of Peter Pan may delight young children despite its shortcomings.
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Best of Connecticut Theatre 2017
Top Ten Shows and Honorable Mentions
By: - Jan 08th, 20182017 offered superb theatre for Connecticut audiences. Our correspondent, Karen Isaacs, has a list of the Top Ten shows. In addition she lists twelve more productions worthy of critical recognition.
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Once on This Island
Music al Revival at Circle in the Square
By: - Jan 06th, 2018We welcome Karen Isaacs who covers theatre in New York and Connecticut. Here she has mixed responses to a revival of a 1990 musical. At Cicle in the Square Once on This Island evokes a Caribbean atmosphere. You might want to get your feet wet.
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Flashdance The Musical Near Ft. Lauderdale
Adaptation of Popular Film
By: - Dec 31st, 2017A regional production of Flashdance: The Musical achieves mixed results. The lead performer shines in Broward Stage Door Theatre's mounting of the production. Showstoppers "She's a Maniac" and "What a Feeling" make the show worthwhile seeing
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Pinafore with New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players
Enduring Humor and Truths
By: - Dec 29th, 2017High spirits prevail aboard HMS Pinafore as Little Buttercup distributes sweets and tobacco to the crew. Common sailor Ralph Rackstraw's mind, however, is on Josephine. He is in love with her even though she is pf another class. The prospective couple have sumptuous voices. Soprano Kate Bass has a wide ranging lyricism, with a bright top and an intelligent reading of song and phrase. Daniel Greenwood, an enticing edge to his big tenor.
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Houdini Comes to Wales
59E59 Theaters Unlock Him Through Daniel Llewelyn-Williams
By: - Dec 20th, 2017Can anyone outdo Harry Houdini? "A Regular Little Houdini" suggests yes. A young boy's fascination with magic and then escaptistry helps him save his family's honor. This charming and moving one-man show touches in ways that escape artists usually don't through a spellbinding performance by Daniel Llewelyn-Williams.
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School of Rock's National Tour
Broadway Musical in Florida
By: - Dec 20th, 2017Scorching School of Rock seems vital these days. An equity national touring production of the musical, based on the film, sizzles. Show will inspire you to "Stick it to the Man" (or Woman) yourself.
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The Secret Garden in South Florida
Ft. Lauderdale's Slow Burn Theatre Company
By: - Dec 19th, 2017Ft. Lauderdale theater company presents an enthralling production of The Secret Garden through Dec. 31. Humanity shines through in a well-acted, designed production. Humor and pathos combine to create a memorable theatrical experience.
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Mark Rylance in Farinelli and the King
London Production Opens on Broadway
By: - Dec 17th, 2017Much excitement attends the opening of Farinelli and The King which has come across the pond to the Belasco Theater in New York. Mark Rylance, winner of multiple Tony and Academy Awards, leads the cast. Consummate counter tenor Iestyn Davies, whose mother derailed him from a pop music career, wows audiences who have never heard a voice of such beauty. In the end, music triumphs.
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