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GENDER-BENDING ‘COMPANY’ IMPROVES ON PERFECTION: REVIEW

February 7, 2019 by James Feinberg

Editor’s note: There are talks to bring London’s ‘Company’ to Broadway, and last we heard nothing was set. For now, tickets appear to be plentiful for the run at the Gielgud Theatre through March 30.

LONDON — The show that changed everything may never be the same.Continue Reading

‘THE JUNGLE’ IS POWERFUL, HAUNTING & UNIFYING: REVIEW

December 9, 2018 by James Feinberg

John Pfumojena, Ben Turner, Mohammad Amiri/Teddy Wolff

St. Ann’s Warehouse in Dumbo, Brooklyn, has been recast as a crowded and vibrant refugee camp called the Calais Jungle on the coast of France. The theater’s ticket booth is in a ramshackle hut, its bar relocated to a dome of canvas and metal. The audience doesn’t so much sit as huddle, as if around a campfire.Continue Reading

IN ‘THE NEW ONE,’ BIRBIGLIA TAKES HILARIOUS DEEP DIVE INTO POSTPARTUM AGGRESSION: REVIEW

November 12, 2018 by Philip Boroff

The New One/Joan Marcus

Mike Birbiglia likes lists. Early in his irresistible one-man comedy The New One, he cites seven reasons why he never wanted a child.

“Number 1: I’ve never felt like there should be more of me in the world.” That leads to a roundup of his horrific medical history, which includes a life-threatening sleep disorder, which he depicted in an earlier show, book and indie movie called Sleepwalk with Me.Continue Reading

POLITICAL IS PERSONAL IN HELLMAN’S COMPELLING DRAMA: REVIEW

August 26, 2018 by James Feinberg

Roderick Hill & Ted Deasy/Todd Cerveris

Lillian Hellman’s second play, Days To Come, was a flop when it premiered on Broadway in 1936.  Sources differ on why — but it certainly wasn’t the writing.

The well-acted production that opened Sunday, smoothly directed by J.R. Sullivan for the Mint Theater Company, at the Beckett Theatre at Theater Row, proves a fascinating family drama set in a time of economic hardship and labor unrest.  This Days To Come, the first in New York in 40 years, makes a compelling case for the play’s continued relevance.Continue Reading

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