
off-broadway
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‘Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord’ Off Broadway Review: She Sews Pandemic Masks of Comedy, Not Tragedy
By Thom Geier | November 7, 2021 @ 11:09 AML.A.-based performance artist finds humor and close-to-home truths during the pandemic
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‘The Last of the Love Letters’ Off Broadway Review: Ngozi Anyanwu’s She Said-He Said Takes a Sci-Fi Turn
By Thom Geier | September 13, 2021 @ 8:00 PMThe actress-playwright’s opening monologue raises expectations that aren’t quite fulfilled in the second part
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‘What Happened?’ Off Broadway Review: Richard Nelson Leaves Rhinebeck for a Change
By Thom Geier | September 10, 2021 @ 12:35 PMA sequel to 2019’s ”The Michaels“ revisits the lives of dancers abroad
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’72 Miles to Go…’ Theater Review: 3 Citizens Plus 2 Immigrants Without Documentation Equal 1 Family
By Robert Hofler | March 10, 2020 @ 6:00 PMDespite missteps into the land of sitcoms, Hilary Bettis’ new play exposes an immigration disaster
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‘Unknown Soldier’ Theater Review: Michael Friedman’s Musical Explores the Fuzziness of Memory
By Thom Geier | March 9, 2020 @ 5:30 PMEstelle Parsons stands out in a new musical by a composer who tragically died too young
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‘The Unsinkable Molly Brown’ Theater Review: Meredith Willson’s Classic Musical Gets a Major Rewrite
By Thom Geier | February 26, 2020 @ 7:00 PMBeth Malone’s heroine is now a paragon of early-20th-century progressivism
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‘The Woman in Black’ Theater Review: A Hit Ghost Story Returns to the Pub
By Thom Geier | January 23, 2020 @ 6:00 PMStephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of Susan Hill’s novel returns to its roots
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‘The Crucible’ Theater Review: Bedlam Offers a Visceral Take on Arthur Miller’s Witch-Hunting Classic
By Thom Geier | November 21, 2019 @ 7:00 PMEric Tucker’s stripped-down approach to the material yields strong results
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‘The New Englanders’ Theater Review: A Drama About 2 Gay Dads and Their Biracial Daughter
By Thom Geier | October 2, 2019 @ 7:00 PMJeff Augustin’s smart but underwritten play imagines a different kind of family
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‘Runboyrun’ and ‘In Old Age’ Theater Review: Nigerian American Immigrants Can’t Shake the Past
By Thom Geier | September 23, 2019 @ 5:00 PMMfoniso Udofia’s new plays center on a woman coping with the legacy of the past — both hers and her husband’s
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‘Hercules’ Theater Review: Can Disney’s Animated Hero Go the Distance to Broadway?
By Thom Geier | September 2, 2019 @ 1:58 PMAlan Menken adds a few new songs to his 1997 film score for this Public Theater production
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‘The Way She Spoke’ Theater Review: Kate del Castillo Explores Violence Against Women in Mexico
By Thom Geier | July 18, 2019 @ 7:00 PMIsaac Gomez’s Off-Broadway drama has a jarring split personality
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’17 Border Crossings’ Theater Review: Thaddeus Phillips Vouches for the Highs and Lows of Travel
By Thom Geier | April 15, 2019 @ 6:00 PMImagine a travel-themed edition of ”The Moth Radio Hour,“ souped up with nimble lighting and smoke effects
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‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ Broadway Review: A Timely Blend of the Political and Personal
By Thom Geier | March 31, 2019 @ 5:00 PMWriter-performer Heidi Schreck’s new show never mentions Brett Kavanaugh — but is all about the rights and voices of women in American history
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‘Fleabag’ Theater Review: Phoebe Waller-Bridge Creates a Millennial Update on Bridget Jones and Carrie Bradshaw
By Thom Geier | March 7, 2019 @ 6:05 PMThe British actress-writer’s frank and hilarious one-woman show was the basis for a six-part Amazon Prime series