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The door closing was a “shot heard round the world.” Audiences were shocked as Nora Helmer leaves her husband and children in Ibsen’s classic, A Doll’s House …
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5/5/17
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A Review by Elyse TreversThe theory is that everyone is connected to everyone else through a maximum of six people. I know someone who knows someone who knows Barack Obama or Emmanuel Macon, the …
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5/10/17
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Gathering around an aging parent has become a frequent theme in movies and on Broadway. Siblings share their memories, emotions arise and rivalries play out. If I Forget, by Steven Levenson (Dear …
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2/20/17
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Good theater is about synthesis. When the audience watches the skilled ensemble cast in "Other Desert Cities" by Jon Robin Baitz, it sees the best of the theater coming together.The coziness of the …
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2/21/11
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Lynn Nottage was prescient when she began work in 2011 interviewing residents in Reading, Pennsylvania, where there was 40 percent unemployment. Her interviews led to her Pulitzer-prize winning play, …
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4/10/17
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In school, “they” told us that we should study history, or we would be doomed to repeat it. Well, according to comedian Colin Quinn in his one- man show, we obviously haven’t been studying …
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9/1/10
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Even if you’ve never seen it, Cymbeline, one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known plays, will feel familiar. However, I must admit I wasn’t looking forward to the three-hour evening …
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8/14/15
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Some people avoid “heavy” theater. They prefer lighter fare - laughs and music. However, if they skip two of the newer plays this season, they will miss two superb performances. The …
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4/22/16
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Finally, some pleasant news out of the Mid-East. A troupe of Egyptian musicians gets lost in Israel and is warmly welcomed by townspeople living in the middle of nowhere. The award-winning 2007 movie …
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12/9/16
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‘Julius Caesar’
Shakespeare in the Park
Review by Elyse Trevers
I wish I could have seen The Public Theatre’s production of Julius Caesar twice, once without all the external political …
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6/19/17
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