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Off-Broadway Review: Transport Group’s “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” at Abrons Arts Center

It is such a treat to walk out of a theater feeling refreshed, happy, and relieved that you can still believe that there are good people in the world doing good things. Upon leaving the Abrons Arts Center after viewing a production of the updated revival of “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” I was not depressed, sad, angry, or confused, which…

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Off-Broadway Review: Sensibility Reigns in “Summer and Smoke” at Classic Stage Company

Begun in 1945, and first produced in 1947, Tennessee Williams called “Summer and Smoke” a “drama of sensibility.” Rich in allegory, yet grounded in realism, the play explores the deep conflicts between body and soul and between the sacred and the profane and examines the themes of the marginalized and the results of having a poorly integrated sexuality. Currently running…

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Off-Broadway Preview: Classic Stage Company and Transport Group Present Tennessee Williams’ “Summer and Smoke”

Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Doyle and Executive Producer Jeff Griffin, and Transport Group, under the leadership of Jack Cummings III (Artistic Director) and Lori Fineman (Executive Director), present a new production of Tennessee Williams’ SUMMER AND SMOKE, directed by Jack Cummings III, Artistic Director of The Transport Group, beginning performances Friday, April 13 at…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Picnic and Come Back, Little Sheba: William Inge in Repertory” at Transport Group Theatre Company at the Gym at Judson

“Picnic and Come Back, Little Sheba: William Inge in Repertory” at Transport Group Theatre Company at the Gym at Judson leaves one longing for more William Inge and more Transport Group – perhaps a trifecta that includes the 1955 “Bus Stop.” Inge’s themes of deep angst, “small ambition,” the search for identity and purpose, lost (or abandoned) youth, choices and…

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“Once Upon A Mattress” at the Transport Group Theatre Company at the Abrons Arts Center (Closed January 3, 2016)

Imagine a Kingdom – not just any Kingdom – where the Leader is under a spell that renders him mute and cannot be broken until the “mouse devours the hawk.” The Leader has no voice therefore no power. Imagine. Wait, there is such a Kingdom, in fact several of them where the leaders seem to be under spells that prevent…

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“I Remember Mama” at the Transport Group at the Gym at Judson (Closed Sunday April 30, 2014)

“I Remember Mama” at the Transport Group at the Gym at Judson (Through Sunday April 30, 2014) Written by John Van Druten Directed by Jack Cummings III Reviewed by David Roberts and Joseph Verlezza Theatre Reviews Limited Memory is a tricky thing. Remembering events from one’s past is fraught with complications. Like dreaming, remembering puts the one remembering in complete…

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“Almost, Maine” at the Gym at Judson (Closed Sunday March 2, 2014)

February 5, 2014 | no exit 2014, Off-Broadway > | Tags:

“when by now and tree by leaf/ she laughed his joy she cried his grief/ bird by snow and stir by still/anyone’s any was all to her” – E. E. Cummings Ginette (Kelly McAndrew) and Pete (John Cariani) provide the dramatic context for Mr. Cariani’s “Almost, Maine” currently running at the Gym at Judson and already extended one week even…

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