When my eyes glazed over during the beginning of Act I of Theresa Rebeck’s latest work, Poor Behavior, I knew the play wasn’t working for me. Two characters, Ella and Ian, inebriated from …
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9/2/14
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“This is beyond a small little film festival,” said Ingrid Dodd, the co-founder of the Long Beach International Film Festival, which has grown over the last three years. “Now it’s in …
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By Jasmine Blennau
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8/15/14
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I never thought I’d heartily recommend another show about the Holocaust, yet after seeing Pianist of Willesden Lane last night, I found myself online urging friends to see it before it ends its …
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8/11/14
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While the skies above Central Park threatened thunder and lightning, the true storm raged onstage. Although the rain never fell, the theatrical tempest reached hurricane proportions. King Lear cursed …
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8/7/14
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It’s a story as old as time: A group of pirates are sent into the future to perform a musical for a sea witch who yearns to be a Broadway producer.
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By Brian Croce
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8/6/14
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If real estate is all about location, then theater depends on advertising. With good marketing, a show can generate word of mouth and increase ticket sales, but sadly, the marketing for Holler if Ya …
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7/17/14
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Step back in time at Old Bethpage Village Restoration for a rousing celebration as it would have been observed in 1865.
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7/2/14
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To a New Yorker, one of the harbingers of summer is Shakespeare in the Park, now celebrating more than 50 years of free theater. For its first of two plays this summer, The Public Theatre is …
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6/17/14
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Behind the throne, there is usually a woman quietly exerting her influence. Two Off-Broadway shows depict such powerful women. Here Lies Love, reprised at the Public Theater, tells a musical story of …
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6/11/14
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