When patrons enter the Samuel J. Friedman Theater for Manhattan Theater Club’s Broadway premiere of Dominique Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew, they are greeted with prominent signage as part of Michael Carnahan’s ultra-realistic industrial set. The paper admonishments and placards to abide by the theater’s COVID safety protocols blend in with the play’s written rules for the …
Challenging as that may be, Tarell Alvin McCraney’s three-part name is one to remember. Until 2016 he was known as very up-and-coming chiefly in theatre circles and chiefly for his popular trilogy, The Bother/Sister Plays. But with the breakout of the movie Moonlight, co-adapted by McCraney from his play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue …
An elderly woman in a nightgown slowly walks across the back of the stage like a ghost in a vision or a lonely soul wandering the halls of a nursing home. This is the haunting final image of Lear deBessonet’s unexpectedly fresh production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Central Park’s Delacorte Theater. Shakespeare’s comedy …
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[alert type=alert-white ]Please consider making a tax-deductible donation now so we can keep publishing strong creative voices.[/alert] Sometimes, we need to be reminded of the creative miracles that now and then light up our stages, and Center Theatre Group at The Mark Taper Forum has not always done enough to spur such recollections. But in …
At the top of the second act of Bright Star, the onstage bluegrass band cuts loose for a brief hootenanny which sets the audience to clapping and hollering. Unfortunately, it’s the highlight of the show. The surrounding story and songs by comedy legend-banjo plucker Steve Martin and Grammy winner Edie Brickell offer a few sparks …
Ah, families. We love’em, we hate’em, they give us joy, they give us pain. And there are no real options. Put up with them we must, good, bad or indifferent. But there’s one Immediate Family now on the Mark Taper stage at the Music Center that is bursting with exuberance, guaranteed to give you plenty …
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