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…
Anna Ziegler’s Impressive Double-Edged Sword
Anna Ziegler earned the privilege of two prominent off-Broadway theatre companies simultaneously staging a duo of her new plays this winter.
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PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS: A Transatlantic Journey (To Another Website)
People, Places & Things will go down as one of this theatre season’s very best shows.
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Will and George, Alec and Donald, Jim and Andy…and Tony
Will Ferrell’s You’re Welcome America: A Final Night With George W. Bush is my favorite Broadway production that I never actually experienced in person.
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AT THE ILLUSIONIST’S TABLE (The McKittrick Hotel): Dinner Magic
Magic’s having a theatrical moment.
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LONELY PLANET (Keen Company)
The Keen Company’s revival of Steven Dietz’s Lonely Planet plays like a thematic mashup between Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. They explore the complexly nuanced relationships between storytelling, companionship, and dealing with life’s hard truths.
OFFICE HOUR (Public Theater)
Since I attended the final performance of the Public Theater’s production of Julia Cho’s Office Hour, I figured it wouldn’t behoove me to write about it, even though I think it’s one of the most vital plays of the season.
The Worst of the Bests
Write All Nite will not be conforming to the recent trend of every outlet in the world releasing their “Top 10 ____ of 2017” lists IN EARLY DECEMBER, for a variety of reasons.
JESUS HOPPED THE ‘A’ TRAIN (Signature Theatre)
Every year, I track all the major off-Broadway theatre company’s seasons to determine whose deserves to be crowned the best of, currently, 2017-2018. It’s still too early to declare a winner, but based on its three revivals this fall, the Signature Theatre looks like the odds-on favorites.
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