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Theatre News: Outer Critics Circle Awards Announce Honors for the 2019-2020 Broadway & Off-Broadway Season

May 11, 2020 | a strange loop, adam honore, Broadway, greater clements, News, Off-Broadway, pond theatre company, sea wall, soft power, tim j ryan off broadway >

The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications, present the recipients of this year’s special honors for the 2019-2020 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. Past OCC Award honorees Kristin Chenoweth, Bryan Cranston, Patti LuPone, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Patrick Stewart, announced this season’s honorees by video feed today, Monday May 11, 2020. In light of the current and unprecedented period…

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Broadway News: “The Inheritance” at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre Announces Final Weeks on Broadway

Producers Tom Kirdahy, Sonia Friedman Productions, and Hunter Arnold announced today that Matthew Lopez’ acclaimed play, THE INHERITANCE, directed by Stephen Daldry, will conclude its Broadway run on Sunday, March 15th. THE INHERITANCE began previews on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theater (243 West 47th street) on Friday, September 27th, 2019 and officially opened on Sunday, November 17th, 2019. At…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Scotland, PA” at Roundabout Theatre Company’s Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre

Bloody, gory, horror films certainly have been around for quite a while and have been successful in creating a cult audience that supports the genre. Transforming one of these for the stage would certainly be an audacious task. To go one step further, choose the horrific tale of Macbeth penned by William Shakespeare and take some extreme liberties to create…

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Off-Broadway Review: Colt Coeur’s “Eureka Day” at Walkerspace

What could go wrong at a private school whose board of directors (all five of them) make all decisions based on consensus and have only what benefits the community at heart. A board so committed to inclusion that the school’s cultural identity drop-down menu for prospective parents offers eleven choices. And if Eli (Brian Wiles) has his way, because of…

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Off-Broadway Review: Chatillion Stage Company’s “Tech Support” at 59E59 Theaters

Chatillion Stage Company’s “Tech Support,” currently running at 59E59 Theaters, begins with the play’s protagonist Pamela Stark (Margot White) frantically pacing around in her West Village well-appointed apartment as she remains on hold waiting for tech support for her malfunctioning printer. Pamela deals in antique books and when she finally reaches tech support, she tells Chip, “I need to pack…

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Off-Broadway Review: Ma-Yi Theater Company’s “Felix Starro” at Theatre Row

Currently running at Theatre Row, Ma-Yi Theater Company’s “Felix Starro” launches the Company’s 30th Anniversary Season. The musical is based on Filipino-American writer Lysley Tenorio’s short story of the same name that appeared in his 2012 collection “Monstress” in which “a famous Filipino faith healer and his grandson Junior conduct an illicit business in San Francisco, though each has his…

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Off-Broadway Review: Final Thoughts on the Engaging “Rinse, Repeat” at the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at the Pershing Square Signature Center

Performances of a new off-Broadway play begin with previews, advance through opening night and reviews, and settle into a run of some indeterminate length depending on original projections of success and extensions, finally closing leaving the play’s actors and creative team in the beginnings of yet another post-closing bereavement process. But what of the play itself? Did the run of…

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Off-Off-Broadway Review: “Just Outside the Door” at the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival

August 4, 2019 | i am, i will, i do, LGBTQ+, off-off broadway bound, Off-Off-Broadway, tim j ryan off broadway > | "Just Outside the Door", Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, Cate Cammarata, Danny Bryck, Debra Cardona, Esteban R. Alvarez III, Jeremiah Braiman, Kristin Mercer, LGBTQ, Natacha Cyran, Rory Kulz

Necromancy does not fare well in Esteban R. Alvarez III’s “Just Outside the Door” which just ended its three-performance run at the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival. The play’s protagonist is Robert (a troubled yet charming Danny Bryck) the desperate grandson who kidnaps his dying Abuela (a feisty and funny Debra Cardona) in order to save her, but must learn to…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Original Sound” at Cherry Lane Studio Theatre

What a pleasant surprise to walk into the Studio space at Cherry Lane Theatre and see a fresh, new look developed for the exciting new production “Original Sound” by Adam Seidel. Scenic designer, Justin Townsend has transformed the space into a multi-purpose set used for several different locations but always having the lingering aura of a contemporary, professional recording studio….

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Broadway Review: “Network” at the Belasco Theatre

When Howard Beale (a tortured yet determined Bryan Cranston) first admonishes his listeners to get out of their chairs, go their widows, stick out their heads and yell, “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore,” the audience at the Belasco Theatre erupts with a nostalgia that since the 1976 release of Paddy Chayefsky’s “Network” has…

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