tennessee williams and the drama of desire
This collection of six new plays based on Tennessee Williams' short stories is called "Desire,"...
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smooth sailing for dames at sea
It was a bad year — 1966. The U.S. had 250000 troops in Vietnam and anti-war protesters were fired...
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loyalties clash without complexity in broadways...
"Allegiance" tells an critical story. But it tells it with such puny style or wit or complexity...
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sylvia is a good dog gone time
"Sylvia" is an easy comedy to love. It's smart and a little bit silly and has a perky...
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a battle over a churchs soul
"The Christians" starts with a sermon.Pastor Paul (Andrew Garman) has news for his evangelical...
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powerful eclipsed shines off broadway
When we first meet The Girl in Danai Gurira's powerful "Eclipsed" at the Public Theater,she is...
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songbird takes on chekhov and makes it really sing
Tammy Trip (a charismatic Kate Baldwin) is a fading,middle-aged country star who longs to burn...
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a taut brooklyn tragedy in a view from the bridge
Eddie Carbone (Mark Strong) is a simple man of the 1950s. He works the docks in Red Hook as a...
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rape: not so funny
For most of her one-woman indicate,Adrienne Truscotte is wearing nothing below the waist — except...
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james earl jones and cicely tyson have chemistry...
"The Gin Game" suffers from an strange problem: James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson share a tender...
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how muslim players bring their faith to the field
The Takeaway speaks with with Roger Bennett,from “Men in Blazers” and “American Fiasco,”...
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dames at sea sails on to broadway
A show most distinguished for putting Bernadette Peters in the spotlight is getting a bigger...
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hardships and humanity at the holidays
The holiday season is approaching ... or looming,you might say, depending on how you feel about...
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mint theaters vintage off broadway comedy
Mint Theater artistic director Jonathan Bank discusses the modern production of Harold Chapin's...
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funny off broadway show shakes off the summer
The new Off Broadway exhibit "The Legend of Georgia McBride" by Matthew Lopez is a comedy...
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without kennedy as the swing vote, whats the...
On Wednesday,on the final day of the term, Justice Kennedy announced his retirement. We see at...
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review: berlin philharmonics beethoven cycle
The Berlin Philharmonic is performing all of Beethoven's symphonies this season,in what's...
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a fall theater preview
Labor Day,the semi-official end to the summer, is now in the rearview mirror. Which means that...
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a bond formed behind bars
A current Off Broadway play by Sherie Rene Scott and Dick Scanlan tells the...
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spring awakening returns to broadway with deaf and...
The Tony-winning musical "Spring Awakening" has returned to Broadway. Although the original...
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rhythm is gonna get you to broadway
A Broadway season just wouldn’t be complete without a jukebox musical it sometimes seems. This...
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keeping faith in america
Playwrights Horizons kicks off its descend season with "The Christians," a play by Lucas Hnath about...
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films to catch and skip at the box office this...
Every Friday, Rafer Guzman, film critic for Newsday, and drops by to review the recent releases...
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