Review: So Little Has Changed in Baseball That It Is Unquestionably the Right Time for ‘Take Me Out’
The nightly standing ovations at the Helen Hayes Theatre for the excellent new revival of Richard Greenberg’s must-see autopsy on baseball are a testament to the watch cry “Play ball!” as well as the outdated but still socially accepted way to do it.
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‘Paradise Square’ Packs Valuable Lessons in Old-Fashioned, Familiar Wrapping
Ensembles of Black and immigrant communities sing about the difficulties of living in a changing America. A group of people stand in a triangle formation and protest. Black and white people compete against each other in a racially and politically charged dance contest. No this isn’t Ragtime, Les Mis, or Hairspray. It’s Paradise Square, a […]
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An Evening Spent at Home Beats a Night at this “Plaza Suite”
What does it say about our society that Plaza Suite, the first Neil Simon play to return to Broadway in over 11 years, and the first since his death in 2018, is a middling affair buried in milquetoast acting with inept direction? During his heyday, Simon defined what Broadway comedy meant. Nicknamed “Doc,” for his […]
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