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Composer Michael John LaChiusa's epic new musical "Giant," based on Edna Ferber's sweeping novel about a Texas cattle ranch, bursts with passion and integrity in its Signature Theater debut.…
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Richard Atkins was producer, exec director
Though 1987 pic's trappings are reconstructed with ruthless fidelity, what was engaging onscreen undergoes predictable coarsening when overmiked on the vast Pantages stage. Addicts will doub…
Via a quirky blend of biography and fiction, Tony-nominated "In the Heights" book writer Quiara Alegria Hudes' new play, "26 Miles," mines a mother/daughter road adventure to extract an arra…
"For Lovers Only" begs the question: for lovers of what? Not for lovers of theater, certainly.
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Among other pilots not moving forward, ABC's Lauren Graham comedy pilot is believed to be dead, according to insiders.
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The emotional precision of "The Fantasticks" -- central to its worldwide appeal and original 17,162-perf run -- is in short supply in Reprise's overproduced revival.
While keeping the same basic ingredients that have driven Cirque shows for the past quarter-century (circus acts, colorful staging, minimal concept), "Ovo" branches out in several fairly bol…
These dark situation comedies are given tasty treatment by director Neil Pepe and an adroit, multitasking cast.
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This black comedy is a disappointing follow-up to Gregory Burke's earlier work.
Cast includes Wendell Pierce, who plays a jazz musician, as well as Khandi Alexander, Steve Zahn, Clarke Peters, Kim Dickens and Melissa Leo.
It's hard to see its relevance for contempo auds, who are less easily shocked by the topic of sexual harassment -- or as ready to buy into the premise that college kids are too morally apath…
High-profile shutouts were inevitable
The Actors' Gang certainly infuses its mandate to promote "daring interpretations of the classics" into its staging of one of the most iconic works of the American theater. Unfortunately, helmer Justin Zsebe's random rendering of Thornton Wilder's 1938 sojourn within a fin de secle New Hampshire village obliterates the scripter's intention to evoke the simple truths and eternal connections gleaned from the rituals of small-town daily life.
Consider "The Temperamentals," a restrained play in a small space with half a dozen serious problems, handily redeemed by a truly terrific lead performance.
As harrowing and haunting as the lead perf is, the rest of the production doesn't always measure up in its concepts, sluggish pacing and some of its casting.
