Anne Kauffman

Off-Broadway Review: “The Bedwetter” at Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda Gross Theater (Closed Sunday, July 10, 2022)

June 13, 2022 | Off-Broadway, the bedwetter > | "The Bedwetter", Adam Schlesinger, Ahron R. Foster, Anne Kauffman, Ashley Blanchet, Atlantic Theater Company, Bebe Neuwirth, Caissie Levy, Charlotte Elizabeth Curtis, Charlotte MacLeod, costume design by Kaye Voyce, Darren Goldstein, dialects by Kate Wilson, Ellyn Marie Marsh, Emily Zimmerman, hair and wig design by Tom Watson, Joseph Verlezza, Joshua Harmon, lighting design by Japhy Weideman, Linda Gross Theater, Margot Weintraub, music direction by Henry Aronson, music supervision and coordination by Dean Sharenow, orchestrations by David Chase, projection design by Lucy Mackinnon, Richard Hodge, Rick Crom, Sarah Silverman, scenic design by Laura Jellinek, sound design by Kai Harada, Telsey + Company / Rachel Hoffman, Theatre Reviews Limited, Zoe Glick

Comedy is usually a successful way to approach any discussion about a difficult and awkward situation and often eases the tension surrounding the stigma that might be associated with the uncomfortable problem. Comedy writers have used this technique for years creating some of the most successful sitcoms that deal with controversial social issues. It may be more difficult to implement…

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Off-Broadway Preview: “The Bedwetter” at Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda Gross Theater

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce casting for the world premiere production of “The Bedwetter,” a new musical with a book by Drama Desk Award winner Joshua Harmon and Emmy Award winner Sarah Silverman, lyrics by Emmy Award winner Adam Schlesinger and Sarah Silverman, music by Adam Schlesinger, and direction by…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Hundred Days” Transforms Love’s Limits at New York Theatre Workshop

With their recent collaboration with Sarah Gancher and Anne Kauffman, Abigail and Shaun Bengson (“The Bengsons”) have redefined the meaning of the theatrical convention of the musical. Without elaborate sets, costumes, large ensembles of singers and dancers, and multi-million-dollar budgets, The Bengsons have successfully mounted a stunning musical with a believable story and a brilliantly executed score. “Hundred Days,” currently…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Mary Jane” at New York Theatre Workshop”

October 6, 2017 | buried child, Off-Broadway > | "Mary Jane", Amy Herzog, Anne Kauffman, Brenda Wehle, Carrie Coon, Danaya Esperanza, Dave Bova, Emily Rebholz, J. Jared Janas, Japhy Weideman, Joan Marcus, Kathy Fabian, Laura Jellinek, Leah Gelpe, Lisa Chernoff, Liza Colón-Zayas, NYTW, Susan Pourfar

In Part One of Amy Herzog’s “Mary Jane,” currently playing at the New York Theatre Workshop, Mary Jane (Carrie Coon) is at home caring for her two-and-a-half-year-old son Alex. She shares that responsibility with several professional caregivers, including Sherry (played with compassionate expediency by Liza Colón-Zayas) and Donna, the incompetent nurse the audience never sees. Alex, born at twenty-five weeks…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Sundown, Yellow Moon” at the McGinn/Cazale (WP Theater)

March 20, 2017 | LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway, the nap > | Anne Kauffman, Anne L. Nathan, Ars Nova, Eboni Booth, Greg Keller, Isabella Byrd, JD Taylor, Jessica Pabst, Lauren Helpern, Leah Gelpe, Lilli Cooper, Matt Frey, Michael Pemberton, Off-Broadway, Peter Friedman, Rachel Bonds, Sundown, The Bengsons, Theater Reviews, Tow Foundation, WP Theater, Yellow Moon

At sundown, when objects lose their precise “black-and-white” identity, the yellow moon begins to assume the role of providing “light.” Moonlight is far more forgiving than sunlight – it is the light of all things Eastern, leaving the bright Western light to its own devices of conditional judgement. It is the salvific murkiness of the yellow moon that draws fraternal…

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