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Off-Broadway Review: “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” at Playwrights Horizons Mainstage Theater

October 25, 2019 | laura beth, Off-Broadway, what the constitution > | "Heroes of the Fourth Turning", Danya Taymor, Isabella Byrd, J. David Brimmer, Jeb Kreager, Jenny Kennedy, Joan Marcus, John Zdrojeski, Julia McDermott, Justin Ellington, Laura Jellinek, Michele Pawk, Playwrights Horizons, Sarafina Bush, Will Arbery, Zoë Winters

Three Gen Y Conservative Christians gather at Justin’s (a thoughtful and broken Jeb Kraeger) backyard in Lander, Wyoming to celebrate Generation X Gina’s (a confident and willful Michelle Pawk) inauguration as president of Transfiguration College of Wyoming. These “heroes” are preparing for a battle of Armageddon-like proportions. They do not simply disagree with those infidels on the left: they despise…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Scotland, PA” at Roundabout Theatre Company’s Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre

Bloody, gory, horror films certainly have been around for quite a while and have been successful in creating a cult audience that supports the genre. Transforming one of these for the stage would certainly be an audacious task. To go one step further, choose the horrific tale of Macbeth penned by William Shakespeare and take some extreme liberties to create…

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Preview: Donmar Warehouse Production of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” Opens at the Booth Theatre on Sunday October 30, 2016

August 31, 2016 | Broadway, broadway company mail, house that will, laura beth, News, Previews, the house > | Booth Theatre

Full casting has been announced for the Donmar Warehouse production of Christopher Hampton’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses starring Tony Award winners Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber, directed by the Donmar’s Artistic Director Josie Rourke. The production begins performances on Saturday, October 8, 2016 and will open on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at the Booth Theatre (222 W 45th St). This is…

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Off-Broadway Review: “In the Shadow of a Dream” at the Midtown International Theatre Festival at WorkShop Theater’s Main Stage

July 22, 2016 | i am, i will, i do, laura beth, LGBTQ+, Midtown International Theatre, Off-Broadway > | LGBT, Midtown International Theatre

Joey Miller’s (Nick Ryan) dream in college in 1985 is to play professional basketball after graduating. Ideally – like his favorite player Larry Bird – he would play for his favorite team the Boston Celtics. Although he could imitate Bird’s moves on the court, his 5’9” stature prevents him from reaching his dream. But it is not only his height…

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“Desire” at 59E59 Theaters (Closed Sunday October 11, 2015)

September 11, 2015 | american psycho, be more chill, girlfriend, laura beth, Off-Broadway, the field > | "Desire", 59E59 Theaters

“No, there was another world that Tennessee Williams knew about, a universe filled with special people who didn’t want to be a part of this dreary conformist life that I was told I had to join.” (John Waters, “The Kindness of a Stranger,” New York Times, November 19, 2006) 59E59 Theater’s critically acclaimed 5A Series begins the 2015-2015 Season with…

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“Miserable Lesbians” at East to Edinburgh at 59E59 Theaters (Closed July 28, 2013)

July 27, 2013 | laura beth, Off-Broadway > | 59E59 Theaters

Storm the Prison for Wretched Lesbians! Free the Lezzers from the Jodi Foster Wing! So chants the well-meaning straight Nair-do-well Jean Jackman (Anthony Wemyss) as he rallies the “troops” to free imprisoned lesbians who, twenty years since the start of the French Revolution, still do not have civil rights. Surely the man who helped bring down the oppressive absolute monarchy…

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“Bethany” at New York City Center Stage II

January 21, 2013 | last stand city center, laura beth, Off-Broadway > | Women's Project Theatre

In Laura Marks’ “Bethany,” currently playing at the New York City Center Stage II, protagonist Crystal faces a series of important and life-changing decisions as she attempts to regain custody of her five-year-old daughter Bethany who has been taken from her after Crystal lost her job, her home, and was living with Bethany in her car. Bethany is Crystal’s child’s…

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