Theatre
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Blues Is a Woman
Custom Made in San Freancico
By: - Aug 09th, 2017After development at music venues, the musical revue "Blues is a Woman" has begun a theatrical run at Custom Made Theater in San Francisco. In a memorable production, six women wail and moan and plead in a rewarding evening of blues standards and original music by lead singer Pamela Rose in a format that is as informative as it is entertaining.
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Hair in Chicago
Revisiting the Age of Aquarius
By: - Aug 08th, 2017A half century later in the spirit of the Summer of Love there is a revival of Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical. Two and a half generations of later it still casts magical spells. Nancy Bishop takes on a trip down memory lane.
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The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga
World Premiere of Min Kahng Musical in Bay Area
By: - Jul 15th, 2017New musical based on comic book focuses on the Japanese immigrant experience in the turn-of-the-century San Francisco The how's scenic design draws inspiration from comic strips. The world premiere production of The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga by Min Kahng runs through Aug. 6
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Sleeping Water by Saburo Teshigawara
Transforming Dance at the Rose Theatre
By: - Jul 14th, 2017Saburo Teshigawara of Karas is a choreographer with a special vocabularly, focusing on the arms and hands, which we discover are the most expressive parts of the body.
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The Legend of Georgia McBride
Southeastern Premiere of Play Near Miami
By: - Jun 09th, 2017Drag queens are a hoot in GableStage's engaging production of The Legend of Georgia McBride. The energy is palpable in South Florida theater company's production of Matthew Lopez play. The Legend of Georgia McBride will whisk you away from worries for 90 hilarious minutes.
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The Cripple of Inishmaan
Irish Black Comedy in West Palm Beach
By: - May 30th, 2017Actors find humanity in a South Florida production of Martin McDonagh's darkly comic play. The Cripple of Inishmaan is unpredictable, entertaining and accessible. This stellar production is on-stage through June 4.
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NY Theatre Workshop Continues the Saga
Mfonsio Udofia's Her Portmanteau
By: - May 27th, 2017Watching works in process at the New York Theatre Workshop provides special drama. The shows are mounted to perfection and the acting is superb. It must be as helpful to a young playwright crafting her work as it is engaging to audiences when theatre like the Ekpeyoung Saga begins to unfold.
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Sojourners at NY Theatre Workshop
Nine Part Nigerian Family Saga
By: - May 27th, 2017The New York Theater Workshop mounts consistently first-rate productions of interesting plays, some new and some old. Two parts of a projected nine play saga of a Nigerian family that comes to America are now playing. As we consider immigration to this country it is well to be reminded in emotional detail of our welcoming country.
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Mary Chase’s Harvey at Court Theatre
Down the Rabbit Hole
By: - May 25th, 2017Harvey is that 6-foot-tall white rabbit and he is introduced to us by Elwood P. Dowd, played by Timothy Edward Kane in a warm, genial, slightly off-kilter way. Elwood is everyone’s friend and he’ll be sure to buy you a drink at Charlie’s and introduce you to Harvey. ”I always have a wonderful time, wherever I am, whoever I’m with,” Elwood says.
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The My Way Residential
Geraldine Aron World Premiere at Irish Theatre
By: - May 24th, 2017Geraldine Aron was born in Galway and lived for 20 years in South Africa and other African countries; she now lives in London. She dedicated this play to Pumla Lolwana and her children Lindani, Andile and Sesanda, whose tragic story inspired Byron’s story. The Irish Theatre of Chicago staged Aron’s hit play, My Brilliant Divorce, in 2015.
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It Shoulda Been You
Direct From Broadway to Florida's Actors Playhouse
By: - May 22nd, 2017It Shoulda Been You offers a fun, frantic wedding experience at Actors Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre. The music all has been called "Broadway's Most Uproarious Family Affair." A stellar South Florida cast performs farce with flair.
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Archduke at Mark Taper Forum
World Premiere of Rajiv Joseph Play
By: - May 19th, 2017Cleveland-born playwright Rajiv Joseph, had a breakthrough with “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo.” It premiered at Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, CA. in 2009. “Bengal Tiger”, then performed at the Mark Taper Forum (MTF) in 2010, before moving to Broadway; becoming a Pulitzer Prize finalist. “Guards at the Taj” following in 2016, again premiering at the Kirk Douglas Theatre; establishing him as a major American playwright. “Archduke”, his current dark, comedy, had its world premiere at MTF in Los Angeles.
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Iphigenia in Splott at 59E59 Theaters
Sophie Melville Electrifies
By: - May 18th, 2017The tale comes direct from Aulis and Euripides. Gary Owen has updated the sacrificial woman to the 21st Century, where in Wales, like many other places around the world, women are still being asked to make superhuman sacrifices. Sophie Melville's tour de force performance is superb.
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Maury Yeston's Nine the Musical
Show Based on Fellini Film in Florida
By: - May 15th, 2017Nine was performed impeccably by the cast in a South Florida production of the musical based on Fellini film triumphs at Broward Stage Door Theatre. The staging of Nine takes us into the mind of a frustrated filmmaker
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The King and I on National Tour
Award-Winning Production Visits Miami
By: - May 10th, 2017Lincoln Center Theater's The King and I is a richly-emotional experience. Performers shine in an equity national tour of popular musical about Anna and the King of Siam The perrenial musical proves relevant decades after its Broadway premiere.
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Paradise Blue by Dominique Morisseau
Chicago's Timeline Theatre
By: - May 10th, 2017Paradise Blue is the third play in Dominique Morisseau’s Detroit cycle, which was inspired by August Wilson’s Pittsburgh cycle. The other two plays are Detroit ’67, produced in 2013 by Northlight Theatre, which has scheduled the third play, Skeleton Crew, to open in January 2018. Timeline staged Morisseau’s Sunset Baby (set in New York) in 2016.
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Desert Rose Theatre's Clark Gable Slept Here
Michael McKeever's Hollywood Satire
By: - May 09th, 2017The Desert Rose Theatre, of Cathedral City, the only theatrical venue serving the LBGTQ community, is presenting a slick, snappy, and outrageously funny production written by Michael McKeever, that bills itself as a dark comedy spoof/satire entitled “Clark Gable Slept Here”, a Hollywood Fable directed by Resident Director and theatre co-Founder Jim Strait.
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Lauren Yee's Hookman in Chicago
Existential Slasher Comedy at Steep Theatre
By: - May 08th, 2017Playwright Lauren Yee calls her play Hookman an “existential slasher comedy.” And Steep Theatre’s new production takes her up on that with creative staging, solid performances, especially by the three female leads—and plenty of blood. Hookman is smartly directed by Vanessa Stalling
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Outer Critics Circle
2016-2017 Award Winners
By: - May 08th, 2017Surprise surprise! Bette Midler won for Hello Dolly. Will such wonders ever cease?
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Dianne Wiest as Winnie in Happy Days
Theatre for a New Audience Presents a Yale Rep Production
By: - May 07th, 2017Happy Days is here again, if not in the Democratic party, perhaps alive and well in Brooklyn. Dianne Wiest plays Samuel Beckett's iconic role with a marvel of tonal and emotional variety. The Theatre for a New Audience Production is mesmerizing.
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Harry Houdini in Miami
Show About Escape Artist at Arsht Center
By: - May 06th, 2017Fusion of magic, mystery, music and storytelling make Death & Harry Houdini captivating. Artists shine in play with music about famed escape artist. Disappear into the world of Harry Houdini in play at South Florida venue.
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Angel and Echoes at 59E59
Henry Naylor's Exploration of Women Warriors
By: - May 03rd, 2017Henry Naylor is known as a comic writer for the British shows Spitting Image, Headcases, Dead Ringers and Alistair McGowan’s Big Impression. In the last three years, he has written three plays about the conflicts in the Middle East that focus on women.
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A Length of Rope at The Muse
Brooklyn's Home for Circus and Immersive Events
By: - May 02nd, 2017The Muse is a special place in Brooklyn. Angela Buccini founded the space for artists to develop projects and then present them. A Length of Rope features Ariel Schmidtke joined by Strangely, & Above and Beyond Dance on May 5 at 8pm.
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2017 Tony Award Nominations
Shakespeare & Company's John Douglas Thompson
By: - May 02nd, 2017The classical actor John Douglas Thompson, known to Berkshire audiences for his many roles at Shakespeare & Company, is among the nominees for a 2017 Tony Award. He was inspired to pursue a career in theatre by attending an August Wilson play at Yale Rep. This season he played a supporting role in Wilson's play Jitney having its long delayed Broadway debut. He has also been nominated for a Drama Desk award.
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Other Than Honorable by Jamie Pachino
Geva Theatre Rochester, NY
By: - May 02nd, 2017In “Other Than Honorable” [the term for a military discharge that perhaps won’t penalize the recipient, as a “Dishonorable” one does], the central character is a former Army officer who resigned her commission “under sealed terms.” She is persuaded to defend a young female soldier who stabbed her Master Sergeant after he raped her.
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