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Last ‘Pass’ at Two Shows
INTAR Theater Takes to the Streets
“Immigrants, we get the job done.” The now-famous line from Broadway’s Hamilton could also apply to INTAR, the scrappy and determined theater company that has creatively pivoted their programming during our existing pandemic.
Spinning into a New Season with the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company
Ring Them Bells! All 75 of ’em for Liza
Reconnecting, Even Through a Computer Screen
It’s not a shocking revelation that most of us are zoom fatigued. While modern video-call technology has allowed us to keep in touch with colleagues, friends, and relatives, it’s also proven to zap our eyes and concentration. [Read more…] about Reconnecting, Even Through a Computer Screen
Goldstar Raises Funds and Hope for Live Entertainment
‘Girl From the North Country’ Spins an Endless Yarn
I should have cared. I should have been fully invested in the depression era tale about Nick Laine (Jay O. Sanders), his wife, Elizabeth (Mare Winningham), and the visitors that inhabit their Duluth, Minnesota boarding house. And yet, after 2 1/2 seemingly endless hours at the Belasco Theatre, all I really cared about was leaving.
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‘The Sabbath Girl’ is a Predictable but Pleasant Tasting Comedy
We all want to see the “happy ever” ending: two people meet, they fall in love, and then skip off into the sunset as the credits roll. Without revealing any spoilers, that’s exactly what happens in Cary Gitter‘s anodyne but generally delightful play, The Sabbath Girl.
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Keen Company’s ‘Blues For An Alabama Sky’ Paints A Gorgeous Portrait
Can one be fired for ” For cussing out a short-ˇtempered gangster in the middle of an up-ˇtempo production number?” If you’re Angel Allen (Alfie Fuller) at the Cotton Club in 1930s Harlem, the answer is “yes.”
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