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Why Kimberly Senior enjoys helming shows that raise tough questions about our multicultural society --- At first glance, Aasif Mandvi's Sakina's Restaurant at Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre and Eleanor Burgess' The Niceties at Manhattan Theatre Club don't seem to have much in common. The former is a revival of a 20-year-old solo show in which the...

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Making Edna St. Vincent Millay Sing

By JONATHAN MANDELL

Monday, October 22, 2018 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

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How an iconic 1912 poem inspired an unconventional musical --- Veteran musical director Carmel Dean had worked closely with celebrated artists ranging from Green Day to Chita Rivera, but she panicked when she met Stephen Sondheim -- not because she revered him (although she does), but because he asked what she was working on. She had heard that he...

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How Do You Conjure a Feminist Icon Onstage?

By CAREY PURCELL

Friday, October 19, 2018 • Playwriting • 1 comment Share This

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How playwright Emily Mann turned Gloria Steinem's life into activist theatre --- Breaking new ground for women in theatre is nothing new for Emily Mann. The 66-year-old playwright and director, who has served as the artistic director of New Jersey's McCarter Theatre Center since 1991, was the first female to helm productions at many storied regional...

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How ABT's Fall Season Moves Beyond Ballet

By SUSAN REITER

Thursday, October 18, 2018 • Dance • 1 comment Share This

Thu Oct 18, 2018 • Dance • 1 comment Share This

American Ballet Theatre debuts two works that incorporate tap and contemporary dance --- This week, American Ballet Theatre returns to Lincoln Center with a fall season that is lean, adventurous and bracingly contemporary. Alongside works by eminent choreographers such as George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins (in honor of his centennial), Twyla...

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What Does It Mean to Be Human?

By DIEP TRAN

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

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Andrew R. Butler's new folk musical is set two centuries from now but speaks to today --- A man with long, unruly red hair and a matching beard takes the Ars Nova stage with a guitar. He says his name is Rags Parkland and he's going to be singing some tunes. He strums his instrument and croons a love song -- but his object of desire is surprising....

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There's a Reason Two Kurt Vonnegut Tales Are Onstage Right Now

By MICHAEL MARTIN

Tuesday, October 16, 2018 • Off-Broadway • 0 comments Share This

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How the master satirist's work speaks to today --- Kurt Vonnegut, best known for his acidic novels Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five, only wrote a handful of works for the theatre, mostly playlets that are rarely done. So when two shows with his byline are running Off-Broadway simultaneously, it practically qualifies as a festival. San Francisco's...

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Why Does the Audience Exit This Play Arguing?

By GERARD RAYMOND

Monday, October 15, 2018 • Broadway • 0 comments Share This

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Director Leigh Silverman helps explore heady questions in Broadway's The Lifespan of a Fact --- In this era of #AlternativeFacts and #FakeNews, a show called The Lifespan of a Fact sounds like it was written about where we are right now. However, this new Broadway play was inspired by real-life events that predate Twitter. The editor of a glossy magazine...

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Giving 'Oklahoma!' Bold New Moves

By ALLISON CONSIDINE

Friday, October 12, 2018 • Choreography • 0 comments Share This

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How choreographer John Heginbotham helped revitalize the Rodgers and Hammerstein masterpiece --- Guggenheim Fellow John Heginbotham has been creating his own celebrated contemporary dance-theatre pieces since founding his eponymous company in 2011. Choreographing classic musicals wasn't really high on his wish list -- until boundary-pushing director...

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