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Review: “Broadway and the Bard” at the Lion Theatre on Theatre Row (Closed Sunday March 6, 2016)

February 16, 2016 | Off-Broadway, othello, she loves me, the lion king > | Lion Theatre, Theatre Row

There is nothing better than listening to an actor deliver Shakespeare’s lines with unbridled passion and the natural “heartbeat” rhythms inherent in the Bard’s iambic pentameter. And that is precisely the way veteran actor Len Cariou delivers important scenes from “Twelfth Night,” Henry V,” Richard II,” “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” “Othello,” “Taming of the Shrew,” Much Ado About Nothing,” “Julius Caesar,”…

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“Rose” at the Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row (Closed Sunday December 13, 2015)

November 30, 2015 | Off-Broadway, the piano, the visitor, visitor > | Clurman, Rose, Rose Kennedy, Theatre Row

“I’m thinking unnecessary thoughts. I always keep busy, but what can I do? I can’t go to early morning mass. The reporters sit in nearby pews whispering their queries. I can’t take my daily walk on the golf course either. The photographers and the gawkers follow me even there.” – Rose Just a few days after her only surviving son…

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“The Eternal Space” at the Lion Theatre on Theatre Row (Closed Sunday December 6, 2015)

November 24, 2015 | how to save a world, Off-Broadway, pennsylvania > | Lion Theatre, Pennsylvania Station, The Eternal Space, Theatre Row

Two men – one older, one younger – cross paths in the former Pennsylvania Train Station from 1963 until 1966. The older Joseph Lanzarone (Clyde Baldo) teaches American and British Literature at Xavier High School. The younger Paul Abbot (Matthew Pilieci) works on the crew contracted to demolish the iconic train station and is an amateur photographer. Each holds a…

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“Hard Love” at TACT at The Beckett Theatre on Theatre Row (Closed Saturday October 31, 2015)

October 7, 2015 | girlfriend, Off-Broadway, on beckett > | Beckett Theatre, Theatre Row

“So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” I Corinthians 13:13 It is a hard kind of love that haunts Hannah (Victoria Mack) and Zvi (Ian Kahn) as they attempt to navigate through their fractured relationship twenty years after their divorce. It is an issue of faith that apparently contributed to the…

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“In Bed With Roy Cohn” at the Lion Theatre on Theatre Row (Closed October 3, 2015)

September 3, 2015 | angels in america, Off-Broadway, the lion king > | "In Bed with Roy Cohn", Lion Theatre, Theatre Row

The life and times of the notorious Roy Cohn have been chronicled in fiction and non-fiction and perhaps most notable in Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America” where Ethel Rosenberg “appears” at Cohn’s deathbed in a series of over-the-top conversations about her trial and execution. In a 2006 article in “The New York Times,” Adam Liptak wrote, “Mr. Kushner said he…

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“The Fairer Sex at Theatre Row (Closed August 2, 2015)

July 30, 2015 | Off-Broadway > | The Fairer Sex, Theatre Row

Imagine a world where women are free of sexual violence, oppression, and make the same, if not more, money than men. Finally, in a stunning humanistic dark comedy, “The Fairer Sex” presented by Between Us Productions, and written by Sander Gusinow, this women-run reality is featured. Following the aftermath of a rebellion, in which women fought back against men, and…

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“For the Last Time” at the Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row (Closed Saturday June 20, 2015)

June 20, 2015 | Off-Broadway > | Clurman Theatre, Theatre Row

When Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote “The Marble Faun” (his last novel), he was concerned about themes that recur in his previous novels. Are there any benefits extant in human suffering? What happens when humans fall into sin? Does guilt result in changes in one’s identity? This last novel also includes Hawthorne’s interest in how prolonged exposure to a foreign culture exacerbates…

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“John & Jen” at the Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row (Closed Saturday April 4, 2015)

March 14, 2015 | Off-Broadway > | Clurman Theatre, Theatre Row

The charming chamber musical “John & Jen” opened in 1995 at the Lamb’s Theatre and is enjoying its twentieth anniversary revival at the Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row. It is a musical montage of the lives of Jen Tracy (Kate Baldwin), her brother John (Conor Ryan) and Jen’s son John also played by Mr. Ryan and explores the sometimes complicated…

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“Abundance” at the Beckett Thereat on Theatre Row (Closed Saturday March 28, 2015)

March 9, 2015 | Off-Broadway, on beckett > | Beckett Theatre, Theatre Row

Referencing the word “Abundance” in the dictionary, several meanings appear, including ‘an extremely plentiful or over sufficient quantity or supply,’ ‘overflowing fullness,’ and affluence or wealth,’ which all diligently support the aptly titled Beth Henley epic play. The current revival of this important work by TACT, now occupying the Beckett Theater, closely examines the plight of two brave, unrelated, young…

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“Wiesenthal” at the Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row (Closed Sunday February 22, 2015)

February 12, 2015 | Off-Broadway > | Acorn Theatre, Theatre Row

“I have survived them all. If there were any left, they’d be too old and weak to stand trial today. My work is done,” said the real Simon Wiesenthal before he retired from his work as a Nazi Hunter in 2003. But the Wiesenthal given to us by writer/performer Tom Dugan is anything but satiated on the day of his…

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