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Theatre Review (LA): Henry IV Part One by William Shakespeare at A Noise Within
Shakespeare's Fatman and Robin - er, Hal.
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Theater Review (NYC): Two Detectives
Top-notch supporting performances partially save Daniel Landon's foray into the world of noir.
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Theatre Review (LA): Dickie And Babe: The Truth about Leopold and Loeb
Leopold and Loeb - the unvarnished truth.
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Theatre Review (LA): The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at the 68 Cent Theatre
A provocative Judas Iscariot whodunit by Stephen Adly Guirgis.
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Theater Review (NYC): Great Hymn of Thanksgiving and Conversation Storm at the Frigid Festival
The play's deliberately fractured action careens between genuinely dramatic intensity and inexplicable weirdness.
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Theater/Opera Review (LA): Otello by Giuseppe Verdi at The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
This new production of Verdi's Otello at the LA Opera features a smashing Desdemona sung by Christina Gallardo-Domas.
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Theater Review (NYC): STUCK! at the Frigid Festival
Kiki's frazzled morning slams to a halt when she gets locked in the basement bathroom of a Starbucks.
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Theatre Review (LA): The Memoirs of Abraham Lincoln by Peter King Beach
Abe Lincoln tells his side of things in this masterfully performed one-man play.
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Theatre Review (LA): Stay Forever: The Life and Music of Dusty Springfield with Kirsten Holly Smith
An exciting and moving show about Dusty Springfield's life, music, and legend.
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Theatre News (LA): Twice Upon A Time by Ray Cooney, Chris Walker and Mary Stewart-David
A new musical from Ray Cooney, "Master of British Farce."
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Theater Review (Brooklyn, NY): Macbeth with Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart and Rupert Goold's Macbeth has top-notch acting, of course, but also flair and humor and bonechilling thrills.
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Theater Review (NYC): The Play About the Naked Guy
It spoofs Off-Broadway and the gay club scene, yet it's a delicious entertainment for everyone.
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Theater Review (Milwaukee): Grafton City Blues
The rise and fall of Paramount Blues, where many of the most important blues records of all time were made.
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Theater Review (NYC): Conjur Woman - A Folk Opera
A harrowing trip into the heart of darkness courtesy of a bag of charms, a rope, and Shelia Dabney's worldly-dark voice.
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Theater Review (LA): Orson's Shadow
This polite history of backstage dramatics is given a light-filled, lively production at the Pasadena Playhouse.
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Theater Review (LA): Ray Bradbury's Invisible Boy
This bill of three one-acts based on Ray Bradbury stories seems underdeveloped for dramatic effect.
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Theatre Review (Boston): Angels in America
Still painfully relevant today, Angels in America is a modern masterpiece with an ambitious new revival in Boston.
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Theater Review (Bronx, NY): Agnes of God
The ghost of America circa 1979 retains its power to haunt.
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Theater Review (NYC): Glimpses of the Moon at the Oak Room in the Algonquin Hotel
From the first Gershwinian piano chords, we know we're in for a roaring good time in this jazzy 1920's tale.
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Theater Review (NYC): Fabrik
Using puppets and masks, this powerful historical drama fuses crafty stage magic with near-minimalist economy of narrative.
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