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What three productions are saying about Asian visibility right now
From disco Marcos to corporate climbers, three regional theater productions are asking who gets to rise and what the climb…
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‘Blood/Love’: The vampire pop opera thirsty for your attention
"Blood/Love" is a goth-glam fever dream with genuine theatrical ambition: messy in the best possible way, and impossible to look…
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Lost in the algorithm: ‘Morning, Noon, and Night’ can’t find its human heart
Shattered Globe Theatre's “Morning, Noon, and Night” has big ideas but thin characters. Too bad the humans got lost in…
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5 regional productions worth the trip this March
From a page-to-stage adaptation to a contemporary take on Chekhov, March offers regional productions worth writing home about.
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Can a sing-along musical about cancer break your heart? ‘Night Side Songs’ never quite finds its pulse
"Night Side Songs" at Lincoln Center Theater asks you to feel something about life, illness, and death—but mostly asks you…
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In ‘Bigfoot!’ everyone’s a little othered. Until one very hairy hero takes a giant leap for all of them
'Bigfoot!' is a furry, funky love letter to misfits, packed with kooky characters, 80s synth-pop charm, and a heart bigger…
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‘Here Lies Love’ asks who gets to tell Filipino history, then dances around the answer
Center Theatre Group's 'Here Lies Love' captivates with Filipino talent but can't reconcile disco spectacle with political history.
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‘Chinese Republicans’ bickers brilliantly. Until it doesn’t.
Alex Lin's Off-Broadway workplace dramady "Chinese Republicans" crackles with sharp dialogue but stumbles when it reaches for slapstick.
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In ‘The Reservoir,’ Noah Galvin faces addiction & a family at its limit
Noah Galvin anchors this tender memory play about sobriety and family — moving when it matters, even if the script…
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In ‘Miss Julie,’ Court Theatre finds something new inside a very old birdcage
Court Theatre's stunningly designed "Miss Julie" reimagines Strindberg's 1888 play with a thoughtful commentary about race and class.
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Can’t catch a play in person? Read it instead: the case for plays as literature
Reading plays makes a worthwhile pastime for theater fans and laymen alike. Here's why.
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