The new show from The Amoralists makes a delightfully intense fuss before riding rather off the rails.
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Theater Review (NYC): Chris Tanner’s ‘The Etiquette of Death’ at La Mama
A campy musical about death – what could go wrong? Alas, quite a bit.
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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.
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A laudable effort from an ambitious young theater company that deserves credit and attention.
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A trickster theme and Holst's tricky music unite these two mini-operas, whose moods couldn't be more different.
Read More »Obama Endorses Same-Sex Marriage, the Defining Issue of Our Time
Gay marriage is the defining civil rights issue of our time, and President Obama has put himself on the right side of history.
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