Actors, Offstage and Off Guard
By ERIK PIEPENBURG
The actor Glenn Fitzgerald describes his candid photographs taken during the shows “Ivanov” and “The Realistic Joneses.”
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Ben Sprecher
Ben Sprecher said the show's notoriety has made him more optimistic about raising the remaining money needed to stage it in New York.
Theater Review | 'There There'
Where Chekhov Meets Christopher Walken
By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO
In Kristen Kosmas’s new play, the actor Christopher Walken (who appears in name only) meets with an unfortunate accident involving a ladder, setting off a chain of events.
Theater Review | 'Ingenious Nature'
A Hip-Hop Rant, With Epiphanies and Caricatures Included
By CATHERINE RAMPELL
“Ingenious Nature,” playing at SoHo Playhouse, is the rapper Baba Brinkman’s latest theatrical take on love, psychology, politics and more.
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Someone’s Mom Has Other Identities
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Laurie Metcalf is back on Broadway with a familiar show, “The Other Place” (she did it off Broadway); a familiar director (Joe Mantello); and a familiar co-star (her daughter, Zoe Perry).
A ‘Sexual Musical,’ Now Middle-Aged
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“Let My People Come,” an Off Broadway hit very much of its time, is being revived. Can it succeed in a much different era?
Snapshot | Brandon J. Dirden
Speaking August Wilson’s Words Can Change You
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Brandon J. Dirden talks about his acting work, including his latest role, in “The Piano Lesson.”
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A biography of Thornton Wilder, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and novelist.
Arts | New Jersey
Trying, Desperately, to Lose the Family Baggage
By MICHAEL SOMMERS
In “Esther’s Moustache,” a comedy by Laurel Ollstein playing at the New Jersey Repertory Company, a cartoonist is haunted by her past and her most popular creation, a sexpot goddess.
Theater Review | 'The Last Seder'
A People’s Exodus, and a Family’s
By DANIEL M. GOLD
“The Last Seder,” a comic drama by Jennifer Maisel, depicts a family assembling at a holiday and wrestling with a range of troubles across two generations.
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A Female Warrior’s Exploits, Blow by Blow
By KEN JAWOROWSKI
The wildly percussive “Mulan the Musical,” at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater, isn’t Disney, although it tells the story of the same high-spirited heroine.
Theater Review | 'Mummenschanz'
40 Years Without a Word
By KEN JAWOROWSKI
The mime troupe Mummenschanz returns with tried-and-true skits that continue to be crowd-pleasers, even if the crowd is made up of gadget-obsessed youngsters.
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After its Broadway run finishes, "Peter and the Starcatcher" is scheduled to re-open Off Broadway in March.
Spotlight | South Orange
A Place to Discover the Next Great Play
By TAMMY LA GORCE
A new monthly Theater in the Loft series at the South Orange Performing Arts Center will introduce little-known plays and invite feedback.
Back to Broadway to Play Dress-Up
By VINCENT BOUCHER
With 76 films and 2 Oscars to his credit, Albert Wolsky made a foray back to the theater with his work on the revival of “The Heiress.”
Charles Durning, Prolific Character Actor, Dies at 89
By ROBERT BERKVIST
Mr. Durning was a familiar presence on both stage and screen, with roles including a lonely widower in the film “Tootsie” and Big Daddy in the play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.”
Game Theory
A Playwright on the Art of Video Games
By LUCY PREBBLE
For games to take their rightful place among other creative works, it's important to ask what they achieve that other forms cannot.
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