A Jewish family returning at the end of World War II to their home village that handed them over to the Nazis is not the type of story one would expect to be given the western treatment.
Author: Steven Strauss
THE WOLVES (Lincoln Center)
If you’re even remotely tapped into the theatre world, then you’ve already read all the much-deserved praise regarding Lila Neugebauer’s direction of the true-ensemble in Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah DeLappe’s The Wolves, currently winding down its third (3rd!) production in New York City, this time at Lincoln Center’s off-Broadway Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. As such, hopefully you won’t fault me for not repeating it here.
DEDICATION 6 (Lil Wayne)
Writing about Emimen and Lil Wayne in the same week — is it the mid-naughts up in here (up in here)?!
2017 Double Features
There are almost too many great movies in theaters right now; it’s hard to keep up!
SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY (MCC)
Theatres around the world should produce Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play.
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WHO’S HOLIDAY! (Westside Theatre): How the Grinch Stole Seuss!
Dirtying up a beloved childhood icon is one of the most reliable comedic formulas available to comic artists; it also tends to be a reliable formula to get sued.
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Hunting for the Old Huntington
What better time than the holiday season to re-don my Scrooge costume and rail against old theatres undergoing ahistorical facelifts…
Distribauteurs
Do you notice anything unusual about this trailer for The Insult, Lebanon’s shortlisted entry to this year’s Academy Awards:
REVIVAL (Eminem)
Hi, my name is, what? My name is, who? My name is — *chika-chika* — another white dude who first fell in love with rap thanks to Eminem.
BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY (Alexandra Dean)
If you’re even remotely interested in the early days of Hollywood, and if all you know about Hedy Lamarr is that she’s considered one of the most gorgeous stars in the history of the silver screen, then Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story is both for and about you.
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Write All Nite 