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Halley Feiffer and Trip Cullman discuss collaborating on The Pain of My Belligerence at Playwrights Horizons --- "We joke that this is the healthiest relationship in our lives," says Halley Feiffer, gesturing to Trip Cullman. The playwright and director are longtime artistic partners currently working on their sixth project, the world premiere of...

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What's It Like Playing a Version of Barack Obama on Broadway?

By JEN GUSHUE

Thursday, April 18, 2019 • Broadway • 0 comments Share This

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Peter Francis James on the alternate universe of Hillary and Clinton --- In Lucas Hnath's Hillary and Clinton, currently running on Broadway, titular star Laurie Metcalf comes on stage and introduces the play as herself. She makes it clear that, even though the show is about a woman named Hillary with a husband named Bill who is losing the 2008...

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He Defied the Nazis, But Not on Everything

By REGINA ROBBINS

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

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Tony winner John Glover on playing a real-life bishop who defended people with disabilities during WWII --- Although John Glover is known for playing devilish villains onscreen (Lionel Luthor on Smallville, a devious millionaire in Gremlins 2: The New Batch, an abusive father in Shazam!), he gets to be a flawed hero in Stephen Unwin's All Our Children,...

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Why Michael Mayer Revisited His Youth for 'Burn This'

By GERARD RAYMOND

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 • Broadway • 0 comments Share This

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The Tony winner talks about directing the starry Broadway revival of Lanford Wilson's drama --- If you were taking bets on whether the tempestuous, mismatched lovers at the center of Lanford Wilson's Burn This would continue their relationship after the curtain falls, cynics would probably say no. That must make Michael Mayer, the director of the...

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She's Lighting Up the Underworld on Broadway

By REGINA ROBBINS

Monday, April 15, 2019 • Broadway • 0 comments Share This

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Great Comet star Amber Gray on her three-year journey with Hadestown --- Although the new Broadway musical Hadestown has been in development for more than a decade, creator Anaïs Mitchell and director Rachel Chavkin agree that it really started to gel three years ago when they staged an immersive concert-style incarnation Off-Broadway at New...

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A Thoughtful Appreciation of 'Star Wars'

By CAROLINE CAO

Friday, April 12, 2019 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

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How A Musical About Star Wars both celebrates and critiques the iconic saga --- Anyone who buys a ticket for A Musical About Star Wars is presumably familiar with George Lucas' space opera franchise. But with its Ewok and Wookiee growls, Wilhelm scream cues and other trivia and minutiae, this show isn't so much about Star Wars as it is about its fans. In...

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Predicting the Next Big Names in Costume Design for 25 Years

By RAVEN SNOOK

Friday, April 12, 2019 • Design • 0 comments Share This

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Why the list of Young Master winners at the TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards reads like a who's who of the industry --- Where do you look to find the next big name in theatrical costume design? For the past quarter century, the winners of the Young Master Award at the annual TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards have been a great predictor. Named for legendary costume...

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Giving 'Alice in Wonderland' an NC-17 Makeover

By MATTHEW WEXLER

Thursday, April 11, 2019 • Design • 1 comment Share This

Thu Apr 11, 2019 • Design • 1 comment Share This

Company XIV's resident designer on his sexy neo-baroque aesthetics for Queen of Hearts --- Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is constantly being reimagined for the stage, from big-budget musicals to plucky kids' shows, audacious ballets to a an immersive trip down the rabbit hole. But Company XIV's Queen of Hearts may be...

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