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4 Cents Review – When 2 reviewers each give their 2 cents. Today, The Happiest Medium offers a 4 cents review of The Myths We Need -Or- How To Begin. Read on as Karen Tortora-Lee and Michelle Augello-Page each give their two cents on this exciting production by Purple Repertory Theater! Michelle: The Myths We Need -Or- How To ... Read The Full Article...

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Younger minds may find entertainment and diversion at 3 Ghosts, this stage musical adaptation of Charles Dickens‘ story, A Christmas Carol by Pipe Dream Theatre Productions. Everything about it resonates with an enthusiastic note of, well, glee. The attractive and animated cast strut and stand about stage looking very pleased with themselves, and the energy ... Read The Full Article...

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Does being a “fan” always mean that in some sense you are intrinsically a “fanatic”? There is ample, and shocking evidence at this point in the twenty-first century to suggest that there is, well, to some degree, a measure of being “touched” in our adoration of public and performing figures, aka “celebrities”. Some performers, of ... Read The Full Article...

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I was one of the lucky ones: a woman who actually got married at an age when I was more likely to be struck by lightening (twice!) than take that trip down the aisle … or so the annoying statistic goes.  As I watched my 30s rapidly skedaddling in my rear-view mirror I looked around ... Read The Full Article...

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  – How can you listen to music when your country is falling apart? – Because music is what keeps us together – Ghost Dancer Playwright Robert L. Hecker’s new politically-driven play, Ghost Dancer, unfolds in a hypothetical world set on a fictional Caribbean island.  So, in this way, it is both everywhere and nowhere at ... Read The Full Article...

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  The concept of adapting La Strada (the 1954 film by masterful auteur Federico Fellini) for the stage is a daring one.  And not just daring, but ambitious as well.  It’s not easy to take a pre-existing work and re-envision it — on the one hand you’ve got to make sure that you keep the ... Read The Full Article...

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Lobby Hero Redux

by Karen Tortora-Lee on November 21, 2011

Congratulations to the folks over at T. Schreiber Studio – their production of Kenneth Lonergan’s Lobby Hero will extend for four additional performances November 30th through December 3rd at the company’s Gloria Maddox Theatre (151 West 26th Street, 7th Floor).  We loved the show and are thrilled that more audiences will be able to experience ... Read The Full Article...

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  Fault Line Theatre’s new production of Frogs – the Ancient Greek play written by Aristophanes – is reminiscent of Cupcake Wars.  Wait… stay with me here – I promise this will make sense in a second.  So, Cupcake Wars is all about taking the basic ingredients and saying “There … there you go.  You all ... Read The Full Article...

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  Site-Specific theatre productions are all the rage now, and in a city like New York where every conceivable set already exists in real life it’s really just a matter of finding the perfect spot for your play to unfold. It Is Done written by Alex Goldberg happens to take place in a bar, but ... Read The Full Article...

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15 months ago I had the opportunity to review 23 Feet In 12 Minutes as it premiered in the 2010 NYC Fringe Festival.   Since then this show has made it to New Orleans and back with some wonderful work-shopping in the Cape Cod Theatre Project along the way. It came back to New York as ... Read The Full Article...

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Dating in the big city is tough.  There are millions of people, many of them interesting, well educated, good looking.  How does a single girl who works long hours and hasn’t dated since her relationship ended 18 months ago find love again? If you’re Theresa Bedell (Kate Dulcich) you agree to be set up on ... Read The Full Article...

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Heading into the new play written by an “A-list lineup of writers with 2 Pulitzer Prizes, 4 Obies, 1 Emmy® and 3 Tony® nominations” I expected that the evening would make me laugh … but not till my sides hurt. I expected to be moved … but not to tears.  Standing On Ceremony: The Gay ... Read The Full Article...

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