Elaborate theater backdrops are disappearing in favor of bare-bones productions.
Category: Theater
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‘Back to the Future’ Review: The DeLorean Crash Lands on Broadway
The addition of 17 songs turns the 1985 sci-fi classic into a big “why?” musical with a big wow factor.
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‘The Notebook’ Musical to Land on Broadway in the Spring
The adaptation of the popular Nicholas Sparks romance novel, with music and lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson, had a well-reviewed run last year in Chicago.
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Review: In ‘Amour,’ Putting a Palme d’Or Winner Onstage
An adaptation of Michael Haneke’s 2012 movie at the Salzburg Festival eschews cinematic realism, instead taking a highly stylized approach.
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Despite Acquittal, Kevin Spacey Faces Uphill Battle for Hollywood Roles
The actor, who was cleared of sexual assault charges in Britain this week, has parts in two small upcoming films. Yet his tarnished public perception makes starry roles unlikely.
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Nonprofit Theaters Are in Crisis. A Times Reporter Spoke With 72 of Them
Michael Paulson spoke with producers and artistic directors at nonprofit theaters across the country about the crisis their industry is facing.
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Julian Barry, Who Made Lenny Bruce Into ‘Lenny,’ Dies at 92
Mr. Barry’s scripts for a hit Broadway play and later a Hollywood movie about that rule-breaking comic helped give Mr. Bruce a lasting place in pop culture lore.
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Wrestling With His Past. And an Animatronic Shark.
Ian Shaw plays his father, Robert Shaw, in “The Shark Is Broken,” a comedy based on the troubled production of the 1975 film “Jaws.”
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‘Back to the Future’ on Broadway: Buckle Your (DeLorean) Seatbelt
In adapting a beloved franchise for the stage, the creative team sought to develop the story for new audiences while remaining true to the spirit of the films.
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Ann Roth Is Hollywood’s Secret Weapon
Inside the studio of the costume master who helped give the world “Klute,” “The English Patient,” “Midnight Cowboy,” “Working Girl,” “Mamma Mia!” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” — and more.
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Review: ‘Flex’ Hits the Right Rhythms on the Court and Off
The writer Candrice Jones and the director Lileana Blain-Cruz show a mastery of the game in this play about a girls’ basketball team in rural Arkansas.
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Review: Dancing With Dictators in David Byrne’s ‘Here Lies Love’
A new Broadway musical tells the disturbing story of Imelda Marcos by putting her, and the audience, in a disco.