Theater April 2019
Back to beginnings
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On Merrily We Roll Along at the Laura Pels Theatre, Shadow of a Gunman at the Irish Rep, and Fiddler on the Roof at Stage 42.
Topic: “Theater”
Theater March 2019
Strange pairings
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On The Dance of Death at the Lynn F. Angelson Theater, True West at the American Airlines Theatre, and Nassim on Stage II at New York City Center.
Books March 2019
Harmless pleasure
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Feb 13, 2019
Shock and showbiz
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On recent stagings of Mies Julie and Eddie and Dave.
Theater February 2019
Ferried about
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On The Ferryman at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Network at the Belasco Theatre, and Choir Boy at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
Theater January 2019
Unsolvable problems
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On The Hard Problem at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, The Waverly Gallery at the John Golden Theatre & American Son at the Booth Theatre.
Dec 17, 2018
The Critic’s Notebook
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On Ashbery’s art collection, Screwtape takes the stage, new poetry from Criterion Books & more from the world of culture.
Theater December 2018
Start the revolution without me
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On Gloria: A Life at the Daryl Roth Theatre, Apologia at the Laura Pels Theatre, and The Lifespan of a Fact at Studio 54.
Nov 29, 2018
John Simon & James Panero discuss “Critics & criticism”
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A conversation occasioned by Simon’s essay in our November 2018 issue.
Theater November 2018
Playing all the angles
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On The Nap at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Bernhardt/Hamlet at the American Airlines Theatre, and On Beckett at the Irish Rep.