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Theater
Broadway, Off-Broadway and the people making the city a stage.
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The sound of a history that refuses to be quiet
They considered asking the whole audience to wail. Instead, Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born built a room that does it for them.…
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At Irondale, Ionesco’s lovers argue as the world falls apart
Igor Golyak’s adaptation of Ionesco’s Frenzy for Two, starring Chulpan Khamatova and Andrey Burkovskiy, plays through November 14.
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Rachel Kaly’s ‘Hospital Hour’ extends its Off-Broadway run
Nine performances have been added to Rachel Kaly’s solo comedy at the Culture Club, through December 20.
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How to stage Middle-earth with three actors and a sound-effects artist
Recent Cutbacks brings its 60-minute Lord of the Rings film parody to SoHo Playhouse, using three actors, Foley sound effects and very…
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Middle-earth, made by hand: ‘Fly, You Fools!’ comes to SoHo Playhouse
Recent Cutbacks squeezes The Fellowship of the Ring into a 60-minute stage comedy, using three actors, live sound effects and a wind…
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What strangers tell The Moth
At 25, New York’s StorySLAM remains an experiment in what happens when strangers get five minutes, a microphone and a room willing…
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At NYU Skirball, butoh, silence and rituals of devotion
November brings Sankai Juku’s final Amagatsu work, Deaf Republic and a performance by Joris Lacoste.
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Eight Real Housewives are heading Off-Broadway in Neil Simon’s Rumors
Eight stars of Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise will trade televised dinner parties for Neil Simon’s stage farce Rumors in an Off-Broadway revival…
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A nine-foot Bigfoot puppet is coming to SoHo Playhouse
Two teenagers fake a Bigfoot sighting, and an Appalachian town begins to unravel, in Xhloe and Natasha’s new show at SoHo Playhouse.…
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A Kidman Carol completes its cast as Nicole Kidman haunts the Oscars
Richard Perez and Phillip Taratula join Marla Mindelle and Josh Sharp in Kevin Zak’s Off-Broadway awards-season spoof, opening in November.