To See or Not to See: Nell Gwynn
Gentle theatre-goers, lend me your ears (well, eyes) and heed my words true: get thee to a playhouse and catch the delightful, charming, and grin-inducing Nell Gwynn. First produced at the
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Pop Culturalist Chats with Rebecca Naomi Jones
Rebecca Naomi Jones is wonderful. She’s an accomplished stage actress; she’s performed brilliantly on Broadway in American Idiot and Hedwig and the Angry Inch (not to mention the numerous off-Broadway productions
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To See or Not to See: The Play That Goes Wrong
The Play That Goes Wrong, a transfer from London to Broadway, is a slapstick comedy that makes for a lighthearted theater outing. Written by Henry Shields, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Lewis,
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To See or Not to See: The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
The newest adaptation of Rick Riordan’s bestselling young adult book, The Lightning Thief, is a charming off-Broadway musical that will appeal to all ages. Percy Jackson is your typical teenager…except for
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To See or Not to See: Amélie
I want to preface this review by saying a few things. Number 1: I am a huge fan of the movie Amélie. I saw it in high school and it
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To See or Not to See: Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon has returned to Broadway. From the team behind Les Misérables, Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, this Madame Butterfly-inspired show is one that will appeal to those nostalgic about
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To See or Not to See: Sweat
The oft-forgotten small-town American factory worker is brought to life in Lynn Nottage’s timely new play, Sweat. Reading, Pennsylvania is a factory town. Oldstead has been the steel factory where
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Pop Culturalist Chats with Joseph Taylor
Joseph Taylor is in the midst of his New York stage debut. Hailing from the UK, he is one of the fantastic actors in the newest production of Sweeney Todd at
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To See or Not to See: Speech & Debate
Stephen Karam‘s Speech & Debate is getting a winning U.K. premiere from the Defibrillator company at London’s Trafalgar Studios. Karam – whose play The Humans won a slew of Tony Awards in
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To See or Not to See: Significant Other
Funny and achingly real, Signifiant Other explores friendship and love through the lens of Jordan Berman (Gideon Glick) and his close female friends. Kiki (Sas Goldberg), Vanessa (Rebecca Naomi Jones),
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