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New
Features This Edition:
New York critic David Spencer reviews:
The flip side of A Raisin in the Sun
and among the best, funniest, deepest plays of the season
Stick Fly
by Lydia R. Diamond
Directed by Kenny Leon
Starring Dulé Hill, Mekhi Phifer, Tracie Thomas
and Ruben Santiago-Hudson
with Rosie Benton and Condola Rashad
Cort Theatre
…with notes for the author…
The Road to Mecca
by Athol Fugard
Directed by Gordon Edelstein
Starring Rosemary Harris, Jim Dale and Carla Gugino
Roundabout Theatre Company
at the American Airlines Theatre
The downtown answer to Chinglish…
Outside People
by Zayd Dohrn
Directed by Evan Cabnet
One playwright, many comedic voices…
Close Up Space
by Molly Smith Metzler
Directed by Leigh Silverman
Starring David Hyde Pierce and Rosie Perez
Manhattan Theatre Club
Too gentle for its own good…
The Picture Box
by Cate Ryan
Directed by Charles Weldon
The Negro Ensemble Company
at Theatre Row
Philadelphia critic Claudia Perry reviews:
"Adult Comedy. Adult Situations."
Body Awareness
by Annie Baker
Directed by Anne Kauffman
Wilma Theater
The First National Tour about the
first white DJ to promote black rock…
Memphis
Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro
Music and Lyrics by David Bryan
Based on a concept by George W. George
Choreography by Sergio Trujillo
Directed by Christopher Ashley
Academy of Music
Florida critic Marie J. Kilker reviews:
…and then they made talkies…
Once in a Lifetime
by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Directed by Mark Rucker
Asolo Repertory Theatre
Twin Cities critics Sophie Kerman and Anna Rosensweig variously review
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