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 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Reviews 7/7/18 Reviews 7/7/18

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

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Desperate Measures
Reviews 6/13/18 Reviews 6/13/18

Desperate Measures

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‘Angels in America’ Conquers Broadway Again
Reviews, Published Writing 4/12/18 Reviews, Published Writing 4/12/18

‘Angels in America’ Conquers Broadway Again

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A Perilous ‘Flight’ From Afghanistan Skillfully Staged in Manhattan
Reviews, Published Writing 3/12/18 Reviews, Published Writing 3/12/18

A Perilous ‘Flight’ From Afghanistan Skillfully Staged in Manhattan

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‘Say Something Bunny!’ Re-Animates a Family's Mysteries
Reviews, Published Writing 2/2/18 Reviews, Published Writing 2/2/18

‘Say Something Bunny!’ Re-Animates a Family's Mysteries

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Hayley Mills Shows Her ‘Party Face’ Off-Broadway
Reviews, Published Writing 1/31/18 Reviews, Published Writing 1/31/18

Hayley Mills Shows Her ‘Party Face’ Off-Broadway

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Women's Struggles Continue Post-Apocalypse in Zoe Kazan's New Play
Reviews, Published Writing 10/27/17 Reviews, Published Writing 10/27/17

Women's Struggles Continue Post-Apocalypse in Zoe Kazan's New Play

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The Personal Is Political in ‘{my lingerie play}’
Reviews, Published Writing 10/17/17 Reviews, Published Writing 10/17/17

The Personal Is Political in ‘{my lingerie play}’

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Yearning for Neverland in ‘For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday’
Reviews, Published Writing 10/4/17 Reviews, Published Writing 10/4/17

Yearning for Neverland in ‘For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday’

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Curtains Up on Feuding Cosmetics Queens in ‘War Paint’
Reviews, Published Writing 4/20/17 Reviews, Published Writing 4/20/17

Curtains Up on Feuding Cosmetics Queens in ‘War Paint’

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Joan of Arc: Into the Fire
Reviews, Published Writing 4/5/17 Reviews, Published Writing 4/5/17

Joan of Arc: Into the Fire

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The Emperor Jones
Reviews, Published Writing 4/5/17 Reviews, Published Writing 4/5/17

The Emperor Jones

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How to Transcend a Happy Marriage
Reviews, Published Writing 3/30/17 Reviews, Published Writing 3/30/17

How to Transcend a Happy Marriage

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Sunset Boulevard
Reviews, Published Writing 3/22/17 Reviews, Published Writing 3/22/17

Sunset Boulevard

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The Object Lesson
Reviews, Published Writing 3/1/17 Reviews, Published Writing 3/1/17

The Object Lesson

This cluttered and confusing performance art/installation piece at New York Theatre Workshop did not inspire anxiety in me throughout its 100-minute performance. Instead, I merely felt bored.

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‘Sunday in the Park With George’: Jake Gyllenhaal brings the tortured artist to Broadway
Reviews, Published Writing 2/23/17 Reviews, Published Writing 2/23/17

‘Sunday in the Park With George’: Jake Gyllenhaal brings the tortured artist to Broadway

Jake Gyllenhaal, who wowed audiences with his vocal talents in the 2015 summer concert production of ‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ stepped into the dual tortured artist role in October. 

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Escaped Alone
Reviews, Published Writing 2/22/17 Reviews, Published Writing 2/22/17

Escaped Alone

This 50-minute production from London’s Royal Court Theater unsettlingly juxtaposes a cosy conversation in an English garden with an end-of-the-world scenario.

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Beardo
Reviews, Published Writing 2/14/17 Reviews, Published Writing 2/14/17

Beardo

The adventurous but unfocused musical that has taken up residence in a church in Brooklyn. But rather than the show seeking sanctuary, this critic felt the need for sanctuary from the show.

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‘The Tempest’ Turned Upside Down In Brooklyn
Reviews, Published Writing 2/3/17 Reviews, Published Writing 2/3/17

‘The Tempest’ Turned Upside Down In Brooklyn

The third Shakespeare play directed by Phyllida Lloyd and performed with an entirely female cast is now at  St. Ann’s Warehouse in Dumbo, Brooklyn.

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The Front Page
Reviews, Published Writing 1/25/17 Reviews, Published Writing 1/25/17

The Front Page

Written by former newspapermen Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, this unapologetically vulgar comedy was first produced in 1928, and its age is showing. Directed by Jack O’Brien, the star-studded cast is all white, mostly men and incredibly misogynistic.

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