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Dede M. Ayite on crafting the costumes for the multi-era comedy By the Way, Meet Vera Stark --- How do you give outfits subtext? That's one of the many challenges Dede M. Ayite faced designing the costumes for Signature Theatre Company's revival of Lynn Nottage's By the Way, Meet Vera Stark. The story of the titular character, a Depression-era black...

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Why This 50-Year-Old Play Is Not a Period Piece

By GERARD RAYMOND

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 • Directing • 0 comments Share This

Wed Feb 20, 2019 • Directing • 0 comments Share This

The urgency of Signature Theatre's revival of Boesman and Lena --- Yaël Farber says she leapt at the opportunity to direct Signature Theatre Company's revival of Athol Fugard's 1969 apartheid-inspired allegory Boesman and Lena. "Like all truly great theatre, it's a deceptively simple premise; in fact, the simplicity is its power," she explains....

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His Third Go as Tevye, His First Time in Yiddish

By LINDA BUCHWALD

Tuesday, February 19, 2019 • Musicals • 1 comment Share This

Tue Feb 19, 2019 • Musicals • 1 comment Share This

Steven Skybell on starring in Folksbiene's Fiddler on the Roof --- Fiddler on the Roof has been following Steven Skybell his whole life, much like the fiddler does Tevye in the musical. The actor first played that iconic Jewish patriarch at 17 at Michigan's Interlochen Arts Camp. Four years later, he tackled Tevye at Yale. Now, at an undisclosed yet...

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5 Theatres You Need to Know: Black Theatres in NYC

By REGINA ROBBINS

Friday, February 15, 2019 • 5 Theatres to Know • 3 comments Share This

Fri Feb 15, 2019 • 5 Theatres to Know • 3 comments Share This

Where to see African-American artists and the black experience on stage --- Over the past few years, many high-profile NYC theatres have been making a noticeable effort to spotlight African-American artists, both on stage and behind the scenes -- see the rise of playwrights such as Jeremy O. Harris, Donja R. Love, Ngozi Anyanwu and Jackie Sibblies...

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Barbara Walsh on Her Turbulent New Role

By RAVEN SNOOK

Friday, February 15, 2019 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

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The Tony nominee serves snacks and sass in the immersive absurdist comedy Bonnie's Last Flight --- Even though Barbara Walsh has made a living doing what she loves for the past four decades, she still vividly remembers when she didn't. "I waited tables like a lot of actors do, and I had an office job for about 10 seconds until I broke the Xerox machine,"...

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Unlocking the Mystery of Patricia Highsmith

By DIANE SNYDER

Thursday, February 14, 2019 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Thu Feb 14, 2019 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Peggy J. Scott on the challenges of playing the notorious crime writer --- Peggy J. Scott didn't know much about Patricia Highsmith when she was cast as the late novelist in Joanna Murray-Smith's Switzerland. But between the play's world premiere at Hudson Stage Company in Westchester County last year, and the current Off-Broadway run at 59E59 Theaters,...

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'Spaceman,' Take Two

By NED MOORE

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 • Off-Off Broadway • 0 comments Share This

Wed Feb 13, 2019 • Off-Off Broadway • 0 comments Share This

After having to abort the mission last year, a sci-fi show counts down to opening --- Making theatre is never easy, but the process has been especially arduous for the creators of Spaceman, a psychological thriller finally landing Off-Off Broadway after a yearlong delay. Set inside a life-size space module, Loading Dock Theatre's one-woman show chronicles...

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Is Porn Empowering or Degrading for Women?

By ALLISON CONSIDINE

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 • Off-Off Broadway • 0 comments Share This

Tue Feb 12, 2019 • Off-Off Broadway • 0 comments Share This

Inspired by a true story, Exposed explores female sexuality in the modern age --- At a time when students take out an average of $37,172 in loans to pay for college, it's no wonder young people are desperate to find ways to avoid such debilitating debt. Recognize Theatre's Exposed at MCS Theatre explores the journey of one such undergraduate, an enterprising...

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