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“Lives of the Saints” at Primary Stages at the Duke on 42nd Street (Closed Friday March 27, 2015)

March 4, 2015 | 42nd street, Off-Broadway > | Duke on 42nd, Primary Stages

“Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.” Attributed to Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud’s iconic phrase might be an apt descriptor for David Ives’ “Lives of the Saints” currently running at Primary Stages at the Duke on 42nd Street. When Mr. Ives tackles the vicissitudes of the human condition (tackles the lives of the saints) as he does in the satisfying…

“While I Yet Live” at Primary Stages at The Duke on 42nd Street (Closed Friday October 31, 2014)

October 12, 2014 | 42nd street, max vernon, Off-Broadway > | Primary Stages

“Give me my flowers/While I yet live/So that I, I, can see the beauty/That they bring.” – James Cleveland In 1994, just before the Thanksgiving turkey is carved and served, Calvin (Larry Powell) packs his things, says good-bye to Eva (Sharon Washington) and his sister Tonya (Sheria Irving) and leaves his Pittsburgh house and home. Sexually abused by his stepfather…

“Poor Behavior” at Primary Stages at the Duke on 42nd Street (Closed on Sunday September 7, 2014)

August 18, 2014 | 42nd street, how to save a world, Off-Broadway, trapped > | Primary Stages

Theresa Rebeck asks an important and rich question in her new “Poor Behavior” currently running at the Duke on 42nd Street the new home of Primary Stages. This question might go unnoticed it is so intertwined with Ms. Rebeck’s rant about the state of marriage in contemporary “civilized” culture: and it is a good rant indeed. The real question though…