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Off-Broadway Review: “Vladimir” at New York City Center Stage I (Closed on Sunday, November 10, 2024)

At first glance, Manhattan Theatre Club’s “Vladimir,” currently at New York City Center Stage I, might receive a “what’s new” reaction from the audience. But the importance Erika Sheffer’s well-constructed play takes us far beyond the boundaries of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin’s Russia. “Vladimir” focuses on the enduring themes of love and relationships, the dichotomy of freedom and oppression, and the…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Morning Sun” at Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center – Stage I (Closed Sunday December 19, 2021)

November 22, 2021 | a delicate, a man of, Off-Broadway, pass over > | "Morning Sun", Blair Brown, Daniel Kluger, dot, Edie Falco, Kaye Voyce, Lap Chi Chu, Laura Smith, Lee Kinney, Lila Neugebauer, Manhattan Theatre Club, Marin Ireland, Michael Murphy, New York City Center Stage I, Simon Stephens, Tom Watson

“I’m very scared. I’m very confused it’s very bright here please just tell me whether or not I am safe.” These are among the first words spoken by Charley McBride (an ethereal and impassioned Edie Falco) in Simon Stephens’s “Morning Sun” currently running at Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center – Stage I. Charley is surrounded by her…

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Theatre News: Manhattan Theatre Club Announces Final Two Productions for Return to the Stage 2021 – 2022

January 11, 2021 | a man of, awards, Broadway, detroit 67, News, Off-Broadway, skeleton crew, the old man > | "Prayer for the French Republic", "Skeleton Crew", David Cromer, Dominique Morisseau, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City Center Stage I, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce plans to produce two additional shows for Manhattan Theatre Club‘s 2021-2022 season. In the winter of 2022, MTC plans to present the Broadway premiere of Skeleton Crew, written by Tony Award® nominee Dominique Morisseau (Ain’t Too Proud, Pipeline) and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Lackawanna Blues, August Wilson’s Jitney) at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Also, in Winter 2022,…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Bella Bella” at Manhattan Theatre Club’s New York City Center Stage I

November 26, 2019 | a man of, asi wind, kimberly, Off-Broadway, the old man > | "Bella Bella", Caite Hevner, Harvey Fierstein, Jeremy Daniel, Jill BC Du Boff, John Lee Beatty, Kimberly Senior, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City Center Stage I, Rita Ryack, Tyler Micoleau

There are times during Harvey Fierstein’s performance in his “Bella Bella,” currently playing at Manhattan Theatre Club’s New York City Center Stage I, that the audience is convinced – sans dress, sans hat, sans props – that he is the iconic social activist “Battling Bella.” When Mr. Fierstein channels Bella’s admonitions about the “voice of the people” superseding the importance…

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Broadway Preview: “The Cake” Opens at MTC at New York City Center – Stage I

Manhattan Theatre Club’s New York premiere of The Cake, written by Bekah Brunstetter (“This Is Us,” “American Gods,” The Oregon Trail) and directed by MTC’s award-winning Artistic Director Lynne Meadow (The Assembled Parties, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, The Commons of Pensacola), opens tomorrow at MTC at New York City Center – Stage I (131 West 55th Street). The…

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Off-Broadway Review: “India Pale Ale” at Manhattan Theatre Club’s New York City Center Stage I

Jaclyn Backhaus’s “India Pale Ale” currently running at Manhattan Theatre Club’s New York City Center Stage I has a collection of “teachable moments.” Some of the lessons are rather unimportant though interesting. The audience learns the history of IPA (India Pale Ale), the hops and alcohol content of the iconic enhanced pale ale, and how at least one white hipster…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Vietgone” at MTC at New York City Center – Stage I

October 26, 2016 | last stand city center, Off-Broadway, review mtc sing street, the visitor, visitor > | Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City Center Stage I

“This agony inside of me ain’t providing me any time to think/About anything beyond the sitch we’re now living/Gotta go hard, gotta be tough/gotta move forward towards a new dawn, a new dream, a new hope.” – Tong On a recent visit to Vietnam, two glaring disparities were evident: there is a noticeable divide between rich and poor Vietnamese citizens;…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Incognito” at Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center Stage I

May 24, 2016 | american psycho, doug hughes, Off-Broadway, the piano > | Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City Center Stage I

The jury remains out in the scientific community: which came first the brain or the mind? Throw into the discussion precisely where memory resides and how it is accessed and the debate becomes even more interesting and convoluted. Playwright Nick Payne focuses his interest on the brain and memory and in the American premiere of his “Incognito” – currently playing…

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