tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87325059601755852862024-03-14T07:10:31.582-04:00Theater of the TimesLudlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732505960175585286.post-1609187105195791612013-09-09T20:03:00.002-04:002013-09-09T20:05:06.200-04:00Claudia La Rocco looks at The Tempest - the inaugural Public Works production at the Delacorte<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Claudia La Rocco is over the moon about <i><b>The Tempest</b></i>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Ms. deBessonet, her collaborators and her cast of more than 200 New
Yorkers have created a stirring, delightful “Tempest,” one that feels
more vibrantly alive than many of the turgid, star-studded blockbusters
floating around out there. This was a love letter — to Shakespeare,
certainly, but really to the city of New York."</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can read her glowing review: <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/theater/reviews/the-tempest-at-the-delacorte-enlists-200-new-yorkers.html?ref=theater" target="_blank">HERE</a>.
</span>Ludlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732505960175585286.post-30904726664718110842013-09-09T19:58:00.000-04:002013-09-09T20:04:31.263-04:00Isherwood on stop. reset. @ Signature<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Charles Isherwood isn't excited about <i><b>stop. reset.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"as Ms. Taylor’s drama whirls by in a confusing blur, it’s difficult to salvage much enlightenment — or entertainment — from its obscurities"
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can read his full review: <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/theater/reviews/stop-reset-by-regina-taylor-opens-at-signature-theater.html?ref=theater" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span>Ludlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732505960175585286.post-59570378819734943822013-01-06T18:47:00.002-05:002013-01-06T18:47:53.822-05:00Ben Brantley emraces Radiohole's INFLATABLE FRANKENSTEIN<br />
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Without saying anything very quotable, Inflatable Frankenstein becomes one of Brantley's Critics' Picks: <br />
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"'Inflatable Frankenstein,' a co-production of Performance Space 122 and the Kitchen, is one of the
opening productions in a month replete with theater work that aims to
stake out (or make up) new artistic frontiers. ... And
it’s hard to think of a more fitting prologue to the weeks of innovation
and mayhem ahead."</blockquote>
Read the full review: <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/01/07/theater/reviews/radioholes-inflatable-frankenstein-at-the-kitchen.html?ref=theater" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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And take a look at some gorgeous images in the Slideshow: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/01/07/theater/20130107INFLATABLE.html?ref=reviews" target="_blank">HERE</a>
Ludlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732505960175585286.post-36468559258063452252013-01-03T18:21:00.001-05:002013-01-04T22:21:09.291-05:00David Rooney has few issues with PATTI ISSUES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Says Rooney:<br />
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Directed by Aaron Monk, the show is a tight hourlong monologue that
pairs a well-honed script with an engagingly spontaneous delivery and a
nose for sharp, observational comedy. </blockquote>
Read the full review: <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/theater/reviews/ben-rimalowers-patti-issues-at-the-duplex-cabaret-theater.html?ref=theater" target="_blank">HERE</a>
Ludlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732505960175585286.post-8028408231091871642013-01-02T19:02:00.001-05:002013-01-02T19:02:21.434-05:00Claudia LaRocco loves THERE THERE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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LaRocco writes:<br />
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"I can’t think of a better way to start the theatergoing year than with
this language-drenched, resonant knockout, part of the <a href="http://www.ps122.org/coil-2013/" target="_blank">Coil festival</a>,
organized by <a href="http://www.ps122.org/" target="_blank">Performance Space 122</a>, which commissioned the show with the
<a href="http://www.chocolatefactorytheater.org/" target="_blank">Chocolate Factory</a>." </blockquote>
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Read the full review: <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/theater/reviews/there-there-by-kristen-kosmas-at-the-chocolate-factory.html?ref=theater" target="_blank"> HERE</a>
Ludlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732505960175585286.post-8784099497513512022012-12-31T20:34:00.002-05:002012-12-31T20:48:26.345-05:00Ingenious Nature at SoHo Playhouse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Catherine Rampell isn't totally impressed with Baba Brinkman’s <i><b>Ingenious Nature</b></i>, saying it:<br />
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"ultimately comes off as a sort of male derivative of “Sex and the City,”
but with less narrative finesse and greater insistence on scientific
legitimacy" </blockquote>
Read the full review: <a href=http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/12/22/theater/reviews/ingenious-nature-at-soho-playhouse.html?ref=theater target=_blank>HERE</a>
Ludlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732505960175585286.post-1916903843408999562012-02-17T17:36:00.000-05:002012-02-17T17:36:04.889-05:00Jason Zinoman likes A MAP OF VIRTUE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Zinoman says of the <a href=http://13p.org/ target=_blank>13P</a> show, "Erin Courtney’s delicate gem, “A Map of Virtue,” is the kind of play
that could be ruined in development, since its potentially disastrous
affectations are also the source of its beauty."<br />
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Read the full review: <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/02/18/theater/reviews/a-map-of-virtue-by-erin-courtney-from-13p-company.html?ref=arts" target="_blank">HERE</a>.Ludlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732505960175585286.post-5654095548518525682012-02-16T22:51:00.000-05:002012-02-16T22:51:06.255-05:00Isherwood reviews BLOOD KNOT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Charles says of the <a href="http://www.signaturetheatre.org/" target="_blank">Signature Theater</a> production of <i><b>Blood Knot</b></i>, "the production is more intellectually stimulating than emotionally engaging. On the surface the performances are impeccable, but a crucial spark of authentic feeling remains stubbornly absent." </div>
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Read the full review: <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/theater/reviews/blood-knot-by-athol-fugard-at-signature-theater.html?ref=theater" target="_blank">HERE</a>
</div>Ludlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732505960175585286.post-31467131130548222272012-02-14T23:16:00.001-05:002012-02-14T23:17:00.452-05:00Isherwood on "The Broken Heart"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Charles Isherwood says that <a href="http://www.tfana.org" target="_blank">Theater for a New Audience</a>'s <i><b>THE BROKEN HEART</b></i> is a, "well-acted but ultimately monotonous production."<br />
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Read the full review:<a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/theater/reviews/in-the-broken-heart-tainted-love-onstage-at-the-duke.html?ref=theater" target="_blank"> HERE</a>Ludlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732505960175585286.post-59228646494533746862012-02-14T23:10:00.001-05:002012-02-14T23:18:23.724-05:00Brantley reviews "How I Learned To Drive"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"One of the most discomfiting love stories to emerge from the American theater has returned to New York, 15 years after its debut, with its emotional power undiluted. If anything, “How I Learned to Drive,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for drama, seems even sadder, funnier and more perceptive, now that its original shock value has evaporated."</div>
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You can read the full review: <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/theater/reviews/how-i-learned-to-drive-with-norbert-leo-butz.html?ref=theater" target="_blank">HERE</a>
</div>Ludlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732505960175585286.post-90199104200481334712012-02-09T23:03:00.002-05:002012-02-09T23:03:40.405-05:00Ben's Back And Looks At "Merrily We Roll Along"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On the <a href="http://www.nycitycenter.org/tickets/productionNew.aspx?performanceNumber=5956" target="_blank">Encores Series</a> production, Brantley concludes, "by the end you felt that same old mixture of exhilaration and deflation
that “Merrily” — beautiful and damned “Merrily” — always inspires."
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Read the full review: <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/theater/reviews/sondheims-merrily-we-roll-along-in-encores-staging.html?ref=theater" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>Ludlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732505960175585286.post-71640972149880696442012-02-07T22:21:00.000-05:002012-02-07T22:21:24.696-05:00Isherwood is high on "Rx"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Isherwood calls <a href="http://primarystages.org/" target="_blank">Primary Stages</a> production of Kate Fodor's play <i><b>RX</b></i>, "a winning combination of light satire and romance."<br />
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Read the full review: <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/theater/reviews/marin-hinkle-in-rx-by-kate-fodor-at-59e59-theaters.html?ref=theater" target="_blank">HERE</a>Ludlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732505960175585286.post-36536809671521157902012-02-07T22:14:00.002-05:002012-02-07T22:22:26.435-05:00Isherwood on "Myths and Hymns"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Isherwood calls director Elizabeth Lucas’s staging of MYTHS AND HYMNS for <a href=http://www.prospecttheater.org/ target=_blank>Prospect Theater Company</a>, "gently luminous."<br />
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"But even at just an hour, with its scenes spliced together tightly, “The
Ugly One” belabors both its jokes and its ideas." <br />
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Catherine Rampell calls <a href="http://www.theflea.org/" target="_blank">The Flea Theater</a>'s production of These Seven Sicknesses a "vibrant downtown retelling of these dark Greek legends."</div>
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Read the entire review: <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/theater/reviews/baba-brinkman-in-rap-guide-at-soho-playhouse-review.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>Ludlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732505960175585286.post-13077010693878097552011-06-28T07:16:00.000-04:002011-06-28T07:16:08.993-04:00Neil Genzlinger reviews "Some of Our Parts"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWq7y3yBBEGKFqu-K6dgQMYO4RHkzRKpY6ZzPZQE9AYIRZa-0CsYkXS_id-5x7XQoZ57G08CuQMjMRTho17WZbW-v58E8fQNAhyphenhyphenpaz4atD8pc_jru1o_twu3OhDMSdp3VRb6KhcbBGymw/s1600/SOME-OF-OUR-PARTS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWq7y3yBBEGKFqu-K6dgQMYO4RHkzRKpY6ZzPZQE9AYIRZa-0CsYkXS_id-5x7XQoZ57G08CuQMjMRTho17WZbW-v58E8fQNAhyphenhyphenpaz4atD8pc_jru1o_twu3OhDMSdp3VRb6KhcbBGymw/s400/SOME-OF-OUR-PARTS.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>"It’s no surprise that Neil LaBute’s contribution to “Some of Our Parts,” a bill of seven 10-minute plays about disabilities, is the brashest. It’s also the best."<br />
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Read the full review: <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/theater/reviews/neil-labute-and-colleagues-in-some-of-our-parts-review.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>Ludlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732505960175585286.post-46010703643909206012011-06-27T09:42:00.000-04:002011-06-27T09:42:05.580-04:00Ben Brantley reviews "All's Well That Ends Well" in the Park<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Gm6PaBMzsIGhDTHgAYViEd4XCe3UbMPu7djI9ydfoQ-cx5JU4rGOLMYGijowd5lxtfx0_do9QdJb8yTBbDgKmcSSrH5tDroM1Z5wEZW2gGqplbza4fjX1usmr3xTU6MS4Y4CMmRZrpc/s1600/alls-well.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Gm6PaBMzsIGhDTHgAYViEd4XCe3UbMPu7djI9ydfoQ-cx5JU4rGOLMYGijowd5lxtfx0_do9QdJb8yTBbDgKmcSSrH5tDroM1Z5wEZW2gGqplbza4fjX1usmr3xTU6MS4Y4CMmRZrpc/s400/alls-well.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Brantley says that director Daniel Sullivan, "has come up with an approach to “All’s Well” that is worldly while holding onto a bright, sustaining glimmer of romantic hope."<br />
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Read the full review: <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/theater/reviews/alls-well-that-ends-well-in-central-park-review.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>Ludlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732505960175585286.post-79231466611480541182011-06-25T09:22:00.000-04:002011-06-25T09:22:05.354-04:00Andy Webster on "The Play About My Dad”<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhspEVEpfnC5YQxNTYiL_SRK03JSmP-AHqfWK2yBx6z1HSJC99QxgvFspj19UbPwWKJ08qq_QdNkbEDeCuG9ZCnb_VIob8SpB0_XVjU4_lcP7RZBvKrDRS42SOF5KpqrU2ohbLyE91-D3o/s1600/play-about-my-dad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhspEVEpfnC5YQxNTYiL_SRK03JSmP-AHqfWK2yBx6z1HSJC99QxgvFspj19UbPwWKJ08qq_QdNkbEDeCuG9ZCnb_VIob8SpB0_XVjU4_lcP7RZBvKrDRS42SOF5KpqrU2ohbLyE91-D3o/s400/play-about-my-dad.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Andy Webster reviews Boo Killebrew's <i><b>The Play About My Dad</b></i>, about which he says: "telling multiple accounts of Hurricane Katrina’s assault on her hometown, Gulfport, Miss., and recounting the dissolution of her parents’ marriage...She largely pulls it off, though detours intermittently threaten the balance."<br />
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Read the full review: <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/theater/reviews/the-play-about-my-dad-by-boo-killebrew.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>Ludlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732505960175585286.post-42558398450512243642011-06-24T07:57:00.000-04:002011-06-24T07:57:54.725-04:00Ben Brantley reviews "“Unnatural Acts" at CSC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GG9n86yJmRltlFRBnz63TYHFXeksw79iqnGO8ez1cngfrZJKK3jwiPJRQBWvrcIWsinNp_oR8G4GuMLh9SW3SRCQ2UrgSn6F4lGzA8HTepTwzZK_sN29caPOrjFl8s84p9v1v83z-bM/s1600/unnatural_acts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GG9n86yJmRltlFRBnz63TYHFXeksw79iqnGO8ez1cngfrZJKK3jwiPJRQBWvrcIWsinNp_oR8G4GuMLh9SW3SRCQ2UrgSn6F4lGzA8HTepTwzZK_sN29caPOrjFl8s84p9v1v83z-bM/s400/unnatural_acts.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Ben Brantley says that <i><b>Unnatural Acts</b></i>, "is steeped in an earnestness that can only be described as collegiate."<br />
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Read the full review: <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/theater/reviews/civilization-all-you-can-eat-at-here-review.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>Ludlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732505960175585286.post-77579585569537015322011-06-22T08:12:00.000-04:002011-06-22T08:12:05.995-04:00Eric Grode looks at "The Comic Book Theater Festival" at The Brick<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmXOqjnWH-4_SLNbifiGAKQTvYBFFBfDpG-eAZpXv6tSD3diuC8EdCyoeE38Z3xBUlCPJwvXHRF8cROAbl6uEXCGfglsQcKG6uAVbG55SF4wJv-KI55K4qckHZCWUWynEcGPN92aY-gQ/s1600/COMIC-BOOK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmXOqjnWH-4_SLNbifiGAKQTvYBFFBfDpG-eAZpXv6tSD3diuC8EdCyoeE38Z3xBUlCPJwvXHRF8cROAbl6uEXCGfglsQcKG6uAVbG55SF4wJv-KI55K4qckHZCWUWynEcGPN92aY-gQ/s400/COMIC-BOOK.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<i><b>The Comic Book Theater Festival</b></i> is, "currently stuffing the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.bricktheater.com/" target="_blank">Brick Theater</a> with no end of chintzy superhero outfits."<br />
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To read the full review: <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/06/22/theater/reviews/comic-book-theater-festival-at-the-brick.html" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>Ludlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732505960175585286.post-84311262398577275032011-06-21T08:03:00.002-04:002011-06-21T08:29:33.895-04:00Charles Isherwood's rave for "4000 Miles"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqeFWLkQfgk7rWTxI5q5zeY_vAJWmPB990Ls4ETaMt8vEprKhI8oIezrWwMkqg-hgJmJbl5RpSZ_mvxhe_00640mBuQyR3hoyuuvpdHvGVlLRS0JZGfObj9M51pF8dbkaIQ1_UwDO7yQ/s1600/4000-MILES.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqeFWLkQfgk7rWTxI5q5zeY_vAJWmPB990Ls4ETaMt8vEprKhI8oIezrWwMkqg-hgJmJbl5RpSZ_mvxhe_00640mBuQyR3hoyuuvpdHvGVlLRS0JZGfObj9M51pF8dbkaIQ1_UwDO7yQ/s400/4000-MILES.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Isherwood calls <i><b>4000 Miles</b></i>, "a funny, moving new play by Amy Herzog" ans says "Ms. Wilson’s portrait of a capable woman grappling with the indignities of aging is as detailed and truthful as any I’ve seen in the theater."<br />
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Read the full review: <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/theater/reviews/4000-miles-with-mary-louise-wilson-review.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>Ludlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732505960175585286.post-27245762396890796542011-06-20T21:22:00.000-04:002011-06-20T21:22:57.529-04:00Catherine Rampell reviews “Next Thing You Know"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTYvQ_v-EbmskmZ1si4Bbl0gsZPVMOghIoAIJOmq1dH1KFrgZ2sJ1Axsfba-EnoZ80P2OpoC9k5Ts25vKBscC8XhtUfg5aenPBD64Y8yhbAVVhNfhYm7xaQMswPgPdxWNZ-kHuQqzsBo/s1600/next-thing-you-know.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTYvQ_v-EbmskmZ1si4Bbl0gsZPVMOghIoAIJOmq1dH1KFrgZ2sJ1Axsfba-EnoZ80P2OpoC9k5Ts25vKBscC8XhtUfg5aenPBD64Y8yhbAVVhNfhYm7xaQMswPgPdxWNZ-kHuQqzsBo/s400/next-thing-you-know.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Catherine Rampell says <i><b>Next Thing You Know</b></i> at <a href="http://www.cap21.org/" target="_blank">CAP21</a> "achieves a nearly effortless resonance — especially with any 20-something who has recently moved to the Big Pond that is the Big Apple."<br />
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Read the full review: <a href="http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/theater/reviews/next-thing-you-know-at-cap21-black-box-theater.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>Ludlow Ladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09616386037521886637noreply@blogger.com0