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On with the show

I’ve always wondered what it would be like to see a proper production of Noel Coward’ s cavalcade, his wartime play that takes an entire town to perform. I did see a Chinese village play once, as well as a postmodern variation on that form overseen by Peter Sellars at Harvard in the mid-1980s. And … Continue reading »

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Chautauqua! soldiers on

Chautauqua!, the National Theater of the United States of America’s postmodern recreation of oratory spectators of the late 1800s and early 1900s, continues to tear up the provinces after premiering in New York over a year ago. Touring the show would seem tricky, since entire tracts of it need to be rewritten in order to … Continue reading »

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Into the Woods

Westport Country Playhouse announced last week that it’s staging a new production of Sondheim’s Into the Woods in May of 2012. The WCP season follows the calendar year rather than the school- year model which so many other regional theaters prefer. The theater’s 2011 season is just about to begin, with Christopher Durang’s Beyond Therapy … Continue reading »

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Hello Yellow

Dael Orlandersmith’s two-character drama Yellowman is playing at Trinity Rep through April 3. It played at Long Wharf’s Stage II nine years ago this month. I recall that production well. I liked it quite a bit, but could only praise Orlandersmith’s own performance through backhanded compliments, since I’d felt she’d improved so much as a … Continue reading »

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Where Did Death Sting First?

Death Takes a Holiday is becoming a musical, opening June 10 at the Roundabout in NYC. The NY Post shorthands the Albert Casella play on which it’s based as the basis for the Brad Pitt film Meet Joe Black, but theater junkies know it as a legendary, too-seldom-revived romantic drama from the 1930s. Connecticut theater … Continue reading »

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