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Why Ann Harada Is Excited About Her Crappy New Job
By JONATHAN MANDELL
Thursday, January 16, 2020  •   Acting  •    0 comments Share This
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The Avenue Q star has a great sense of humor about her role in Emojiland: The Musical --- "Sometimes you get to play glamorous roles, and sometimes you get to play a pile of poo," says Ann Harada. That's not a metaphor. The beloved character actress, best known for her scene-stealing turns in Avenue Q and Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella, is playing...
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An Unlikely Master of an Ancient Japanese Art Form
By JANICE C. SIMPSON
Thursday, January 09, 2020  •   Acting  •    0 comments Share This
Thu Jan 9, 2020  •   Acting  •    0 comments Share This
How Katsura Sunshine is introducing New York audiences to the timeless comedy of rakugo --- How did Katsura Sunshine, a white guy from Canada, become a master of rakugo, a traditional Japanese form of storytelling? It's a quirky tale which he recounts with self-deprecating humor along with fables in his "sit-down comedy" solo show Katsura Sunshine's...
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Shining a Spotlight on Artists with Disabilities at Under the Radar
By GERARD RAYMOND
Thursday, January 02, 2020  •   Acting  •    0 comments Share This
Thu Jan 2, 2020  •   Acting  •    0 comments Share This
The latest edition of The Public Theater's performance festival is more inclusive than ever --- The Public Theater's annual Under the Radar festival has always been about breaking boundaries by highlighting cutting-edge artists from around the globe. For its 16th edition, which runs January 8 to 19 at The Public and a smattering of partner venues,...
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From 'Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' to Monumental Theatre
By JONATHAN MANDELL
Thursday, December 19, 2019  •   Acting  •    0 comments Share This
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Emmy winner Luke Kirby returns to the New York stage in an epic production of a rarely seen play --- To fans of Slings and Arrows—a cult TV comedy about the behind-the-scenes drama at a Canadian theatre festival—it may sound like a lost plotline to hear that Luke Kirby is performing in an avant-garde production of a play by a dramatist...
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Harry Hamlin on His Return to His First Love: the Theatre
By REGINA ROBBINS
Thursday, December 05, 2019  •   Acting  •    0 comments Share This
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The TV star plays three different characters in One November Yankee --- Harry Hamlin initially starred in One November Yankee seven years ago, but he admits he was not writer-director Joshua Ravetch's first choice. Back in 2012, Ravetch had hoped to entice his friend, the late Robert Forster, to headline the play's world premiere in Los Angeles. The...
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Len Cariou on Just About Everything
By SANDY MACDONALD
Tuesday, December 03, 2019  •   Acting  •    3 comments Share This
Tue Dec 3, 2019  •   Acting  •    3 comments Share This
The Tony winner talks about his illustrious theatre career and his return to the New York stage in the dramedy Harry Townsend's Last Stand --- Veteran theatregoers know Len Cariou as a stage star, equally adept at Shakespeare and Sondheim. From the late '60s through the '90s, he was a regular on Broadway and off, headlining straight plays (Measure...
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Who Was Marie Curie's Amazing BFF?
By ALLISON CONSIDINE
Tuesday, November 19, 2019  •   Acting  •    0 comments Share This
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Kate Mulgrew and Francesca Faridany on playing two remarkable women in science --- If Marie Curie is just a name to you, you're not alone. Francesca Faridany admits she didn't know much about the two-time Nobel Prize-winning physicist and chemist until she landed the title role in Lauren Gunderson's The Half-Life of Marie Curie. Currently running...
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See a Tony Winner in a New Musical in Queens
By JOSE SOLÍS
Thursday, November 14, 2019  •   Acting  •    0 comments Share This
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Cady Huffman on why she had to play the title character in Marguerite --- Cady Huffman may be best known to theatre lovers for her work on Broadway, particularly her Tony-winning turn as the voluptuous Ulla in The Producers. But to her, all the city's a stage. She's done shows in Brooklyn; in the Bronx where she currently lives, she sometimes sings...
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