
Culture
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‘Invisible Thread’ Theater Review: Musical’s Uganda Is Far From ‘Book of Mormon’
By Robert Hofler | December 2, 2015 @ 7:00 PMDirector Diane Paulus eschews the pyrotechnics of her recent Broadway outings to embrace a minimalist approach that suits this autobiographical musical to perfection
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‘Important Hats of the Twentieth Century’ Theater Review: Camp Meets High Fashion
By Robert Hofler | November 23, 2015 @ 7:40 PM”Orange Is the New Black“ writer-producer Nick Jones has fashioned a hilarious, always hallucinatory new Off Broadway comedy about a time-traveling clothing designer
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‘Steve’ Theater Review: Same-Sex Marriage Can Be Anything But Gay
By Robert Hofler | November 18, 2015 @ 4:30 PMMark Gerrard borrows from the Terrence McNally school of insult humor, with Kristin Chenoweth and Audra McDonald being trashed in jokes that don’t land
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‘Incident at Vichy’ Theater Review: Arthur Miller Rarity Looks Back at WWII France
By Robert Hofler | November 15, 2015 @ 7:00 PMThe playwright is at his best with the back and forth on whether the Nazis have no table manners or are the best audiences for music in the world
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‘Misery’ Broadway Review: Bruce Willis, Laurie Metcalf Play Crazy Cat and Injured Mouse
By Robert Hofler | November 15, 2015 @ 3:30 PMWillis gives a credible performance, but as a stage actor he doesn’t show much invention or variety
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‘A View From the Bridge’ Broadway Review: Ivo van Hove Strips Arthur Miller to the Bare Bone
By Robert Hofler | November 12, 2015 @ 7:00 PMMark Strong, in a powerful performance, turns Eddie Carbone’s tragedy into an utter inability and unwillingness to understand his own motives
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‘Dada Woof Papa Hot’ Theater Review: John Benjamin Hickey Grapples With New Kind of Marriage
By Robert Hofler | November 9, 2015 @ 7:00 PMPeter Parnell has a real ear for mixing up the new gay (family values) with the old gay (great, uninhibited sex), and having his lead character torn between the two
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‘Lost Girls’ Theater Review: Piper Perabo Is Mad as Hell at Men and Everybody Else
By Robert Hofler | November 9, 2015 @ 5:30 PMThe men in John Pollono’s new play are so verbally battered by women they could qualify for FEMA
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‘Allegiance’ Broadway Review: George Takei Looks Back at World War II
By Robert Hofler | November 8, 2015 @ 6:00 PMRather than focusing on the injustices suffered by Japanese Americans, this new musical finds its voice in the characters’ varied responses to discrimination
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‘On Your Feet!’ Broadway Review: Emilio and Gloria Estefan Pay Tribute to Their Own Success
By Robert Hofler | November 5, 2015 @ 5:59 PMAs self-promoting hagiographies go, this new jukebox musical makes ”Trump: The Art of the Deal“ look modest
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‘King Charles III’ Broadway Review: Princess Di’s a Ghost and Kate’s a Real Witch
By Robert Hofler | November 1, 2015 @ 3:30 PMMike Bartlett’s new play about the royal family has a smarmy appeal for theatergoers who’ve never read People magazine
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‘Therese Raquin’ Broadway Review: Keira Knightley Gets Caught Between Tragedy and Grand Guignol in Debut
By Robert Hofler | October 29, 2015 @ 6:10 PMNot everything goes wrong. As Therese’s lover, Matt Ryan is appropriately studly and manages to produce few laughs despite being stuck with clunky lines
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‘Sylvia’ Broadway Review: Matthew Broderick Must Choose Between Smart Wife or Sexy Talking Pooch
By Robert Hofler | October 27, 2015 @ 7:00 PMBroderick talks to his dog and his dog talks back to him in revival of 1995 comedy that first starred Sarah Jessica Parker
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‘The Humans’ Theater Review: Send in the Monsters. Don’t Bother They’re Here
By Robert Hofler | October 25, 2015 @ 6:00 PMMoney doesn’t sound as scary as zombies, but the suspense in Stephen Karam’s new play builds right up to the moment that the lights go out
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‘Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King’ Theater Review: ‘Daily Show’ Star Skips Snark in Benign Comedy
By Robert Hofler | October 23, 2015 @ 7:00 PMNeither raunchy nor political, this one-man show is the Indian-American Muslim’s answer to Billy Crystal’s ”700 Sundays“