Theater Review: Lincoln Center’s ‘Skin of Our Teeth’ will be impenetrable for many
And there you have the problem with Lileana Blain-Cruz’s epic Lincoln Center revival, an admirably imaginative treatment of the play that alas does much too little to find a way in for its audience.
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Before we get to my thoughts on the Beanie Feldstein-led revival of Funny Girl, there are some things I have to confess. I used to love Glee. I loved Lea Michele on Glee. I loved Lea Michele as Rachel Berry as Fanny Brice in a (fictional but prescient) Broadway revival of Funny Girl on Glee. […]
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The “Hangmen” Martin McDonagh Wrote Lack Accountability, but Should the Play Get Away with the Same?
Hangmen, by Martin McDonagh and directed by Matthew Dunster begins on the day the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act was passed in England in 1965. Harry (David Threlfall), a former hangman who runs a pub in Northern England, is suddenly sought after by the press who want to know his thoughts on the historic […]
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