In this powerful revival of the Tony-nominated play from 1992, hostages in Lebanon squabble, bond, and try to keep themselves calm and sane.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Bad and the Better’ by Derek Ahonen
The new show from The Amoralists makes a delightfully intense fuss before riding rather off the rails.
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A campy musical about death – what could go wrong? Alas, quite a bit.
Read More »Sticks and Stones: Homosexuality No Longer an Insult
The court's ruling reflects the fact that the prevailing culture in the U.S. no longer considers homosexuality a perversion or a sickness.
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Alex Webb's two-person Civil War drama makes its New York debut in a dark cold stone chamber inside a former rebel prison camp.
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Amy Brenneman stars as Playwrights Horizons calls on the deities and demons of feminism, from Freud and Nancy Friday to Phyllis Schlafly.
Read More »Music Review: Various Artists, Piano Concerti at NYCA Winners Evening, NYC, 5/19/2012
Yoonie Han and two young up-and-comers presented piano concerti from three different eras to a packed house near Lincoln Center.
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When the darkness works, it really works.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): neat & tidy by Steven Carl McCasland
A laudable effort from an ambitious young theater company that deserves credit and attention.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): ‘Travelers: “The Wandering Scholar” and “Savitri”‘ by Gustav Holst
A trickster theme and Holst's tricky music unite these two mini-operas, whose moods couldn't be more different.
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