The show’s extreme makeover casts something of a spell but it comes off more and more like a self-serious period piece with some kicking tunes.
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‘The Trojan Women’ speaks to the brutalities of war, in countries that know them all too well
Since 1975, a touring production of “The Trojan Women” staged by New York’s La MaMa Experimental Theater Club has played in more than 30 countries.
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Live from New York, it’s ‘The Gospel of John’
Ken Jennings’s “The Gospel of John” is now onstage at New York City’s Sheen Center through Dec. 29.
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Stephen Adly Guirgis on God, Broadway and writing for women of color
The author of the play “Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven” says prayer may be his most valuable writing hack.
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Here are some of the best ‘A Christmas Carol’ adaptations in New York
Theater critic Jose Solís surveys several productions of the holiday classic
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Broadway’s love affair with the mixtape
The fall season has given us three wildly different case studies in Broadway’s pop/rock hybrids.
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The Legacy of ‘La Virgen del Tepeyac,’ a play about Our Lady of Guadalupe
The story of “La Virgen del Tepeyac” is about the birth of a people.
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The true story of whistleblower Reality Winner’s interrogation comes to life in ‘Is This a Room’
The play is a verbatim reenactment of the F.B.I.’s hour-long interrogation of the Georgia intelligence contractor who was arrested for leaking classified documents.
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Playwright Will Arbery on the restless Catholics of ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’
Arbery has written a play based on many years of quietly watching and listening to his fellow Catholics and conservatives.
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What did the Jesuits have to do with the invention of the horror film?
Jesuit plays aimed to create sensual religious displays to shake audiences into spiritual reckoning and conversion.