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Off-Broadway News: Irish Repertory Theatre Announces Encore Presentation of A. R. Gurney’s “Love Letters” Beginning Wednesday, September 5, 2023

August 11, 2023 | News, Off-Broadway > | "Love Letters", A.R. Gurney, Brooke Shields, Charlotte Moore, Ciarán O’Reilly, David Roberts, Irish Rep, Irish Repertory Theatre, J. Smith-Cameron, John Slattery, Matthew Broderick, Talia Balsam, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Victor Garber

Irish Repertory Theatre (Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director and Ciarán O’Reilly, Producing Director) announced today that they will present an encore run of Love Letters by A.R. Gurney, directed by Ciarán O’Reilly (Endgame), following sold-out performances this past spring. The encore run will take place this fall, featuring five performances with returning star, Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick, joined by Talia…

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Off-Broadway Review: The Church Is on Trial in Landmark Productions “The Saviour” at the Irish Repertory Theatre (Closed Sunday, August 13, 2023)

New York theater goers know Marie Mullen from her performance in “The Cripple of Inishmaan” as Billy Claven’s Aunt Kate who talks to stones, and from her performance in “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” as Meg who is desperate to escape from her tyrannical mother. Mullen returns to the New York Stage to play Maire the “Monster Irish Mother” in…

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Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Preview: “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” (Closed Sunday, August 6, 2023)

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (PSF) is proud to present Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, written by acclaimed playwright Lanie Robertson with musical arrangements by Danny Holgate. Philadelphia award-winning artists Amina Robinson and Ebony Pullum reunite to stage the production which previews July 19 and 20, opens Friday, July 21 and runs through August 6 in the Schubert Theatre at…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Triple Threat” at Theatre Row (Closed Sunday, July 30, 2023)

July 17, 2023 | LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway > | "Triple Threat", Brendan Gaul, Brett Henenberg, David Roberts, James T. Lane, Jeremy Daniel, Jeremy Daniel Photography, Kenny Ingram, lighting design by Emmanuel Delgado, lighting design by T’ij D’oyen, set design is by Teresa L. Williams, sound design by DJ Potts, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Theatre Row, Traverse32

James T. Lane portrayed choreographer Paul Williams in the American tour of “Ain’t Too Proud” and his many Broadway roles have included “Chicago” (Billy Flynn), “Kiss Me Kate” (Paul), “King Kong,” “The Scottsboro Boys” (Ozie Powell and Ruby Bates), and “A Chorus Line” (Richie Walters). Lane’s movie and television credits are equally impressive including his recurring role on Peacock’s “The…

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Broadway Review: “Grey House” at the Lyceum Theatre (Through Sunday, July 30, 2023)

June 23, 2023 | Broadway > | "Grey House", Alyssa Emily Marvin, Andrew Morrill (Director of Artistic Sign Language), Christina Grant (Makeup Design), Claire Karpen, Colby Kipnes, Cyndi Coyne, Daniel Reece, David Caparelliotis (Casting), David Roberts, Eamon Patrick O’Connell, Ellenore Scott (Movement Consultant), Emma Safiyah Haeri, Erin Rosenfeld, Joe Mantello, Katie Gell and Robert Pickens (Wig and Hair Design), Laurie Metcalf, Levi Holloway, Luca Thomas, Lyceum Theatre, Mia Sinclair Jenness, Millicent Simmonds, MurphyMade, Natasha Katz pable(Lighting Design), Or Matias (Music Supervisor and A Cappella Arranger), Paul Sparks, Rudy Mance (Costume Design), Scott Pask (scenic design), Sophia Anne Caruso, Tatiana Maslany, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tom Gibbons (Sound Design), Winsome Brown

Years (decades, centuries, eons) of interminable suffering hang over the gables of Grey House. And while there is no forgiveness or redemption within, the walls of the house encase unrelenting guilt where it remains hidden tapping out its own somber language of confession. Things do more than go bump in the night in “Grey House” Levi Holloway’s tale of horror…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground” at Theatre at St. Clements (Extended through Wednesday, August 30, 2023)

June 20, 2023 | days of, Off-Broadway > | “Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground”, Adam Weinstock of Red Spear Productions, David Roberts, Esquire Jauchem, Joe Huppert, John Rubinstein, LDK Productions LLC, Maria Baranova, Michael Deegan and Sarah Conly, Peter Ellenstein, Richard Hellesen, Sarah Conly, Table 7 Strategy LLC, Theatre at St. Clement's, Theatre Reviews Limited, Victoria Morris of Lexikat Artists

It was only one day after Father’s Day. It was Juneteenth. As we walked to The Theatre at St. Clements to see “Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground,” we anticipated Richard Hellesen’s one-man show starring the incomparable John Rubinstein. We – as orphans – reflected on the lives of our fathers and, particularly, on their service in the United Stated Army…

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Broadway Review: “A Doll’s House” at the Hudson Theatre (Closed Saturday, June 10, 2023)

May 17, 2023 | Broadway > | "A Doll's House", 101 Productions (general management), Amy Herzog, Arian Moayed, Ben and Max Ringham (sound design, Brandon Allmon-Jackson (stage manager), Carey Rebecca Brown, Chris Cronin (associate sound design), CSA (casting directors), CSA and Alexandre Bleau, David Roberts, Domino Mannheim (associate lighting design), Enver Chakartash (costume co-design), Frank Lombardi (production stage manager), Franklin Bongjio, Henrik Ibsen, Jamie Lloyd, Jennifer Rias (choreographer), Jesmille Darbouze, Jessica Chastain, Jim Carnahan Casting, Jon Clark (lighting design), Jonathan Glew (associate director), Jose Joaquin Perez, Melisa Soledad Pereyra, Michael Carnahan and Wilson Chin (associate scenic design), Michael Patrick Thornton, Okieriete Onaodowan, Ricky Lurie (associate costume design), Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, Soutra Gilmour (scenic design and costume co-design), Tasha Lawrence, Theatre Reviews Limited

Amy Herzog’s compelling new version of “A Doll’s House,” Jamie Lloyd’s transcendent direction (2023 Tony Nominee), and Soutra Gilmour’s carnal scenic design create the landscape necessary to bring Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 brain-scape play to a new audience who want to deep dive into the Norwegian playwright’s treasure trove. Currently playing at the Hudson Theatre, this “A Doll’s House” gives 2023…

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The Outer Critics Circle (OCC) Announces the Winners of the 72nd Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards Commemorating the 2022-2023 Broadway and Off-Broadway Season

The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications, is pleased to announce the winners of the 72nd Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the 2022-2023 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. The awards ceremony honoring the winners will take place on Thursday, May 25 at 3:00PM in the Bruno Walter…

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Dance/Book News: “Movement at the Still Point: An Evening of Dance” One Night Only at the Joyce Theater Celebrates Release of Mark Mann’s New Book “Movement at the Still Point: An Ode to Dance” (Monday, April 10, 2023)

April 2, 2023 | a man of, chester, Dance, News, on that day, public theater, this land is made, water for > | “Movement at the Still Point: An Evening of Dance”, “Movement at the Still Point: An Ode to Dance”, American Ballet Theatre, and Curtis Holland, Argentine Tango dancers Dardo Galletto and Alonso Guzman, ballet, Barack Obama, Bradley Cooper, Broadway, Broadway’s Skye Mattox, choreographer and Princess Grace Award recipient Rena Butler, contemporary, David Guzman, David Roberts, former Merce Cunningham dancer Gus Solomons Jr., Gibney Company’s Artistic Associate Jie-Hung Connie Shiau, Hip-Hop, Jennifer Anniston, Joseph Verlezza, Karla Garcia, Margot Robbie, Martha Graham Dance Company, Martha Graham Dance Company principal’s Lloyd Knight and Xin Ying and former principal and Artistic Director Terese Capucilli, Megan LeCrone and Georgina Pazcoguin, modern, Morgan Marcell, musical theater, New York City Ballet’s Sara Mearns, Rhianna, Ricardo Zayas, Ryan Vandenboom, tango, tap, Tap artist Evan Ruggiero, The Joyce Theater, the legendary dancer and actress Carmen de Lavallade, Theatre Reviews Limited, vogue dancers Amadeo "Remy" Mangano and Ousmane “Omari” Wiles, York City Ballet

World-renowned celebrity portrait photographer Mark Mann celebrates the release of his new coffee table book Movement at the Still Point: An Ode to Dance with a one night only star-studded evening of dance at the Joyce Theater, Monday, April 10, 2023. Celebrating the power of expression, in movement and stillness, Movement at the Still Point: An Evening of Dance offers a multi-disciplinary and multi-generational program of…

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Broadway Review: “Life of Pi” Teases Mind, Body, and Spirit at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (Currently On)

Yann Martel’s 2001 novel “Life of Pi” is a coming-of-age story, the story of “one boy, one boat, one tiger.” Walker/Canongate published Martel’s Booker Prize novel in 2010 as a young adult novel which found its way onto school bookshelves across the United States (and beyond). It was a popular read in the high school where I taught. My colleagues…

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