Despite inadequate staging and a too-small stage, this premiere American production of Tanayev's late 19th-century masterwork was a revelation.
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A 1960s comic jazz oratorio by composer Gerald Fried ('Star Trek', 'Roots') gets a brief new life at the New York Musical Theatre Festival.
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In a world of digital distraction, a show full of physical and aesthetic wonders reminds us that within each of us still lives an imaginative child anxious to be awed.
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This literate meditation on salvation receives a fine revival at the Hudson Theater in Hollywood.
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Even in today's world of Facebook and Instagram, the Phantom can still get inside your head.
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The dissident artist's work now on tour in the U.S. and Canada includes some of the art that landed him in 11 months of home detention and resulted in the revocation of his passport.
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Shakespeare's most culturally outdated play gets a boisterous Caribbean-ized production at the Riverbank State Park amphitheater by the Hudson River.
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This rare and experimental gem is Off Broadway in an electrifying revival starring Amanda Plummer and Brad Dourif.
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