Adapted from the offbeat 2012 film, this new musical about loneliness and the longing for do-overs is promising but still needs to find its shape.
Category: Theater (Off Broadway)
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3 Ambitious Song Cycles, but Only One Connects Mind and Heart
Todd Almond’s “I’m Almost There” is a work of wonder, while Gabriel Kahane’s “Book of Travelers” and “Magnificent Bird” are less effective.
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Andrew Scott Will Perform One-Man ‘Vanya’ Off Broadway Next Spring
The Olivier Award-winning revival, in which the actor plays all of the parts, is to begin previews March 11 at the Lucille Lortel Theater.
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A ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Musical Will Open on Broadway Next Year
The show, which had a previous run at Atlantic Theater Company, is scheduled to begin previews in February at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater.
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Hollywood Is Heading for Broadway (and Off). Here’s a Cheat Sheet.
George Clooney as Murrow! Denzel Washington as Othello! Mia Farrow as a larcenous landlord! So much to see!
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James Earl Jones’s Rich Career in Theater: ‘Othello,’ ‘The Great White Hope’ and More
In addition to Broadway crowd-pleasers, the actor deftly navigated classics, experimental theater and new works by major contemporary playwrights.
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This Theater Company in Wisconsin Banks on the Glory of the Human Voice
No musicals and no mics: At American Players Theater in Wisconsin, nothing comes between the actors, their words and the public.
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How Hollywood Glamour Is Reviving the Endangered Broadway Play
George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr., Denzel Washington and Mia Farrow are coming to Broadway, where some producers see plays with stars as safer bets than musicals.
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Adam Driver Is to Star Off Broadway as a Country-Western Singer
The actor will return to the stage this fall in a revival of Kenneth Lonergan’s “Hold On to Me Darling.”
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In ‘Dark Noon,’ Hollywood Westerns Get a South African Reboot
At St. Ann’s Warehouse, a collaboration between a Danish director and a South African troupe that questions the tropes of Western films.
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‘The Lonely Few’ Review: Rocking Out and Falling in Love
Lauren Patten and Taylor Iman Jones star in an achingly romantic, softly sexy new musical by Rachel Bonds and Zoe Sarnak.
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Betty Buckley Is Not Wedded to the Same Old Songs
The actress is back in concert mode at 76, and doing new material. She’s also looking forward to a bold new take on “Sunset Boulevard.”