The emphasis Encores! puts on words and music rather than spectacle allows the cruel realities of Dickensian London to stand out amid the bouncy tunes.
Category: Theater
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‘New York, New York’ Review: The Big Apple, Without Bite
Based loosely on the 1977 film, a show about performers making it in the big city comes to St. James Theater with the sharper edges of its source material sanded off.
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‘The Shark Is Broken,’ a ‘Jaws’ Comedy, Plans Broadway Run
The play stars Ian Shaw, whose father, Robert Shaw, played a shark hunter in the movie.
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‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas
The “Will & Grace” star is unrecognizable in a Broadway biography of Oscar Levant: wit, pianist and “Eeyore in a cheap suit.”
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How Lynn Nottage and Her Daughter Are Exploring Their Relationship in Writing
Can you collaborate with your mother, a Pulitzer-winning playwright, and develop your own voice too? Ruby Aiyo Gerber wasn’t too scared to try.
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A Connection That Began When Sarah Ruhl Made Paula Vogel Cry
Sarah Ruhl met Paula Vogel as a student in her class. Thirty years later, they still exchange first drafts.
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What a Playwright and Tap Dancer Are Teaching Each Other
The playwright and actress doesn’t think of the tap dancer Michela Marino Lerman as a mentee — because she’s learning from her, too.
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Ruth Rogers and Nina Raine Find the Drama in a Restaurant
The River Cafe chef first hired the playwright and director as a waitress — a job that soon inspired a play.
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In a Younger Theater Artist, a Writer Finds a Kindred Ambition
Bernardine Evaristo helped start London’s Theatre of Black Women in the early 1980s when creative opportunities were slim. She sees a similar determination to “shape our own future” in the playwright and director Lynette Linton.
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Two London Stage Actresses on Resilience and Representation
The two actresses first met when they performed in a London production of “Cinderella.” More than two decades later, Clarke is still cheering Khadime on.