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“Pope: An Epic Musical” at the New York Musical Theatre Festival at the Pearl Theatre Company (Closed Tuesday July 21, 2015)

July 21, 2015 | hand to god, NY Musical Theatre, nymf 2015 > | Tags:

With a traditional Broadway structure, a delightful and often “edgy” book, and engaging lyrics and music, “Pope: An Epic Musical” chronicles a pontifical journey of epic proportions. The Pope of this musical (played with superhero charm and a winning vulnerability by Sam Bolen) navigates his way through his own adventures with danger, temptation, fidelity, and faith. There are no Sirens…

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“Cool Hand Luke” at 59E59 Theaters (Closed Sunday March 31st, 2015)

May 20, 2015 | hand to god, Off-Broadway, slave play, trouble in mind > | Tags:

“No more my Lord/No more my Lord/Lord, I’ll never turn back/No more my Lord” (Traditional American Spiritual, Composed for Choir by R. Nathaniel Dett) What matters about “Cool Hand Luke” is the corpus of enduring questions Donn Pearce’s rich text raises and what matters about Emma Reeves’ stage adaptation of the 1965 novel is whether or not those enduring questions…

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“Hand to God” at the Booth Theatre (Transferring to London, Played Final Broadway Performance January 3, 2016)

April 16, 2015 | Broadway, hand to god, sanctuary city > | Tags: ,

“Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.” Sigmund Freud, from “New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis,” 1932 There are soliloquies. There are asides. These are two dramatic conventions that allow the audience to know what an actor is thinking and feeling without the other actors on stage knowing….

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“The Road to Damascus” at 59E59 Theaters (Closed Sunday, March 1, 2015)

February 23, 2015 | hand to god, last stand city center, Off-Broadway, trapped > | Tags:

“I’m speaking of the journey of your soul.” Pope Augustine in “The Road to Damascus” It is easy to get trapped in the seductive Siren-like lure of reality when watching Tom Dulack’s “The Road to Damascus” currently running at 59E59 Theaters as part of its innovative and successful 5A Series of plays. The events of the play – a future…

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