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Video on Demand Review: The Irish Repertory Theatre’s “Meet Me in St. Louis: A Holiday Special in Song and on Screen” (Through January 2, 2021)

The Irish Repertory Theatre has been a leader in providing accessible online performances during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Digital Fall Season begam on September 22 featuring five Performances on Screen and three special events. All events are free, with donations suggested for those who can afford to give! Reservations are required to access Performances on Screen, and captions are available on Thursday…

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Theatre Magazine Preview and Interview: “Encore Monthly:” The New Theatre Magazine for the 21st Century

“Encore Monthly” is a new theatre magazine for the 21st Century. It celebrates everything we love about American theatre, whether it is happening on the stages on Broadway or on the pages we follow on social media. Launching on an initial bimonthly schedule, “Encore Monthly” will move into monthly print releases later in 2021 when Broadway theatres are expected to…

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Video on Demand Review: Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” Starring Jefferson Mays (through January 3, 2010)

“Scrooge,” Noel Langley’s 1951 black-and-white film adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” is perhaps the most celebrated version of the holiday classic. Notable among the several solo “A Christmas Carol” performances are those featuring Guy Masterson, Patrick Stewart, and Dick Terhune. But none of these matches the filmed version starring Jefferson Mays which is based on the acclaimed 2018…

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Video on Demand Review: San Francisco Playhouse’s “Song for a New World” (through December 31, 2020)

It is not at all news that theatre stages throughout the world have been dark and empty since the outbreak of COVID 19 and the rise of this virus to pandemic proportions, but it is also a redeeming fact that an incredible number of theater companies has begun to reinvent the collaborative art form, hoping to reach their audience through…

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Holiday Streaming Preview: “The Nutcracker” at Wethersfield Streams Free from December 23 through December 26

The Nutcracker at Wethersfield, a Covid-19 compliant “Nutcracker,” choreographed and directed by Troy Schumacher, runs this holiday season through December 26 at the glorious Wethersfield Estate in Amenia, NY (a two-hour drive north of Times Square), this watershed live production provides a guided immersive experience in a historical site. The Nutcracker at Wethersfield will then be streamed on demand, free…

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New Film Preview: “#valentinesday” – A Romantic Comedy About Modern Love and Dating – Coming February 2021

Dreambird Studios debut feature film, #valentinesday, produced by industry veteran, Mark Forstater (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) is set to be released on February 14, 2021. A modern day rom-com written by Sam Dudeck and Nathan Neuman, who also makes his directorial debut, will star Francis Lovehall (Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe”), Tessa Bonham-Jones (Wonder Woman 1984) and Finlay MacMillan…

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Broadway Review and News: “A Bronx Tale” at the Longacre Theatre Closes on Sunday August 5, 2018

“I went out into the world and I kept my/promise. I became somebody. I owed that to my/parents and to Sonny.” – Cologero The ingredients: a wonderful story of redemption by Chazz Palminteri; an outstanding cast; two (not one) directors with keen senses of staging (Robert De Niro and Jerry Zaks); captivating music by Alan Menken; engaging lyrics by Glenn…

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Broadway Review: “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” Sparkles at the Imperial Theatre

“I never thought that I’d end up like this./I used to be better.” – Pierre What is “The Great Comet?” The masterful musical, recently transferred to the Imperial Theatre on Broadway, seems to evoke disparate responses and critical interpretations. Some insist this is a complex musical requiring extensive knowledge of the French Invasion of Russia in 1812 and the ability…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA The Negro Book of the Dead” at the Pershing Square Signature Center

“Yesterday today next summer tomorrow just uh moment uhgoh in 1317 dieded thuh last black man in thuh whole entire world. Uh! Oh. Dont be uhlarmed. Do not be afeared. It was painless. Uh painless passin. He falls twenty-three floors to his death. 23 floors from uh passin ship from space tuh splat on thuh pavement. He have uh head…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Nat Turner in Jerusalem” at the New York Theatre Workshop

“Yes, and this country will either cease its injustice or it will slowly fall to ruin. Leave it while you can.” – Nat Turner The encounter between Nat Turner (played with a powerful morally ambiguous core by Phillip James Brannon), Thomas R. Gray (played with a palpable malicious intent by Rowan Vickers), and the Guard (also played by Mr. Vickers)…

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