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‘This’ is Really Itnew
There’s something potent about Melissa James Gibson’s haunting new play This at Playwrights Horizons, something that draws you into the story even as you find yourself intermittently annoyed by the prospect of more floundering yuppies coming to terms with their mortality.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
12-10-2009 |
Theater
Broadway's Next Big Hit Starts Now with the World Premiere of New Musical 'POP!'new
POP!, the Andy Warhol musical that's world-premiering at the Yale Repertory Theatre this month, takes place as a fever dream inside Warhol's head after the famed artist is shot inside his cavernous work studio The Factory on June 3, 1968.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
12-08-2009 |
Theater
Thespians on Wheels: Joan Lipkin's DisAbility Project is on a Rollnew
On this sunny September morning, Lipkin is about to launch the fourteenth season of the DisAbility Project, one of the few theater groups in the country that produces original shows and promotes disability rights.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
11-13-2009 |
Theater
Inside One Man's Mission to Produce a Play About Porn Classic 'Deep Throat'new
David Bertolino is a family-oriented suburban dad who created SpookyWorld. But the one-time "hauntrepreneur" sold his scary theme park to pursue his real dream: writing and producing a warts-and-all play about the porn film Deep Throat.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Hart |
10-29-2009 |
Theater
Macbeth Like You've Never Seen it Beforenew
Sleep No More a new, strange take on Macbeth, is a site-specific series of episodes in various pockets of a four-floored school building. Spectators are asked to wear masks as they explore the school's 44 rooms, many of them elaborately decorated and some of them boasting dramatic scenes staged by actors who wander about the building.
Boston Phoenix |
Steve Vineberg |
10-22-2009 |
Theater
Director Ping Chong Turns His Spotlight on Six Colorado Springs Locals With Disabilitiesnew
"Whether we do it in Tokyo, or Holland, or Germany, it's about being 'other' in those places or being marginalized in those places and giving voice to people who are marginalized."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
09-24-2009 |
Theater
Green Day Electrifies Musical Theater at the Berkeley Rep with 'American Idiot'new
The rock opera adaptation of Green Day's multiplatinum 2004 smash American Idiot is going to challenge the very definitions of punk, theater and musical.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
09-02-2009 |
Theater
John Leguizamo Goes from Chi-Chi to Sidnew
John Leguizamo is currently touring with his latest performance piece, John Leguizamo Live!. I recently talked to him about the show, his past performance pieces and some tumultuous moments in his Hollywood career.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-12-2009 |
Theater
A New Crop of Scrappy Troupes is Making Opera Accessible in Chicagonew
Chicago has a new crop of stereotype-busting little opera groups playing at bargain prices in intimate venues -- including the neighborhood pub. Faced with the traditional opera world's shrinking ticket sales, dying audiences, and dearth of opportunity, these artist-entrepreneurs are looking to crack that world open and cozy up to the masses.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
07-27-2009 |
Theater
Orlando Opera Fans Get the Shaft, While the Former CEO Gets a Cruisenew
The Orlando Opera recently suspended its operations and filed for bankruptcy. Meanwhile, the opera board paid off contracts, gave its employees severance pay and, in a particularly stunning display of tone-deafness, now wants to send the CEO who oversaw the opera's collapse on a Caribbean cruise as a birthday surprise.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
06-25-2009 |
Theater
Roberto Benigni Puts His Love for Dante's 'Divine Comedy' Onstagenew
The exuberant and very talkative Italian clown Roberto Benigni's one-man show In Tutto Dante is built around Benigni's passion for Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, and -- though performed mostly in English -- culminates in a reading of a canto in Italian.
Chicago Reader |
Tony Adler |
06-15-2009 |
Theater
New Orleans Theater Company Slices Up the Camp Classic 'Valley of the Dolls'new
Forty years before Lindsay, Britney and Paris, there were Neely, Jennifer and Anne, whose bedhopping, booze-swilling and "doll"-popping gave readers a peek into the tawdry side of showbiz.
The Bard Meets Local Politics at Tulane's Shakespeare Festivalnew
A production of King Lear faithful to Shakespeare's language but set in 1960s New Orleans kicks off the 16th season of the annual Shakespeare Festival at Tulane University.
Spielpalast Cabaret's Latest Show is Unbelievably Entertainingnew
Burlington's homegrown troupe of scantily clad merrymakers, the Spielpalast Cabaret, celebrates its eighth year with a delightful new show.
Seven Days |
Elisabeth Crean |
05-22-2009 |
Theater
'Quixote' and a Cast of Pro and Homeless Actors Come to a Philadelphia Churchnew
People from disparate social, financial, racial and religious backgrounds gather together at Philly's Broad Street Ministry and examine spiritual and social questions as one. And now, a bunch of them are acting, singing and dancing in a New York theater renegade's site-specific extravaganza, Quixote.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
05-19-2009 |
Theater
