In this shimmering laugh riot Birbiglia relates his feelings with candor and authenticity. We become his intimates and he can tell us whatever he devises. We so want to listen!
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Theater Review (NYC Broadway): ‘King Kong’ is a Must-See
Call me naive, my taste insipid. I loved the new Broadway musical 'King Kong.'
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Esparza's weak-minded, Trumpian, whining criminal with mannerisms like Hitler's brings humor and reality to a role often played as a caricature. His Ui is inimically real and dimensional.
Read More »FringeNYC Review: ‘The Resistible Rise of JR Brinkley,’ Written/Directed by Edward Einhorn
The FringeNYC Festival shuttered with its last production performances on 28 October: 'The Resistible Rise of JR Brinkley,' Edward Einhorn's take-off on a Bertol Brecht classic served as the festivals' apt exclamation point.
Read More »Interview: Actress Lois Smith with Linda Winer, LPTW Oral History Series
'I was getting lots of scripts in which there was dementia or death. And I thought with some of them, I don’t want to settle into this and really didn’t. I’ve been fortunate. The last two characters I’ve played, one died, the other was terminal. There’s bound to be some of that.'
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Mother of the Maid’ Starring Glenn Close
'Mother of the Maid' should not be missed. It must be seen for Glenn Close's electrifying performance and Grace Van Patten's humanly realized Joan of Arc.
Read More »Theater Review (Broadway NYC): ‘The Ferryman’ by Jez Butterworth, Directed by Sam Mendes
Mendes has shepherded the actors to terrific performances and created a potent, masterful production that must not be missed.
Read More »FringeNYC Theater Review: ‘Onaje’ by Robert Bowie, Jr.
'Onaje's' themes resound with currency in this time of social and political divisiveness and hyper rhetoric not witnessed since the early 20th century.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): Bill Irwin in ‘On Beckett’ at the Irish Repertory Theatre
Irwin gets inside Beckett as an actor, and also explores his work from the perspective of clown theatrics.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Apologia’ by Alexi Kaye Campbell, Starring Stockard Channing, Hugh Dancy
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