Category: Make ‘Em Laugh
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Elaine Stritch Isn’t Leaving New York Quietly… And We Wouldn’t Want it Any Other Way!
Featuring: Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch Isn’t Leaving New York Quietly And we wouldn’t want it any other way If April hasn’t already been declared “Elaine Stritch Month” in New York, it should be. After seven decades in New York, Elaine Stritch, one of the last…
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The Fisherman’s Wife
Featuring: Gary Patent, Kevin Comartin & Kevin Riggin, Kim Chueh, Michael Hanson, Patrick Flanagan, Sarah McCarron
At a time when we can create almost anything we can imagine through the wonder of CGI, it’s nice every now and then to get back to the basics of storytelling. And what could be more basic than a Black Box Theatre…
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The Little Dog Laughed
The Little Dog Laughed premiered back in 2007, as written by Douglas Carter Beane who is perhaps best known for penning To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, and has been nominated for a Tony and GLAAD Media Award. Douglas Carter Beane knows…
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Donna / Madonna by John Paul Karliak
Featuring: John Paul Karliak
Donna/Madonna is a 70 minute one-act from Writer/Performer John Paul Karliak, as seen at the Lyric Theatre on July 24th without intermission. In his opening, Karliak explains how he entertained his blue-collar family with “living room theatre” growing up in the humdrum…
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Nice Work If You Can Get It
Featuring: Estelle Parsons, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Judy Kaye, Kelli O’Hara, Matthew Broderick, Michael McGrath, Stanley Wayne Mathis
One of the more amusing moments of Nice Work If You Can Get It occurs when Eileen Evergreen, a rich, spoiled woman played by Jennifer Laura Thompson is relaxing in her bathtub (for what she says is the fourth hour), singing, and…
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Don’t Dress for Dinner
“It’s all beige,” the woman next to me sighed when the curtain rose on the set of Don’t Dress for Dinner. Little did she know that John Lee Beatty’s set would be the least of her complaints regarding the Roundabout Theater Company’s…
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One Man, Two Guv’nors
Featuring: Ben Livingston, Claire Lams, Daniel Rigby, Fred Ridgeway, James Corden, Jemima Rooper, Martyn Ellis, Oliver Chris, Suzie Toase, Tom Edden, Trevor Laird
Theatre-goers, you have been warned. If you have entered the Music Box Theater to see the new comedy One Man, Two Guv’nors, you are in for much more than just watching a show. You may become part of the show. Richard Bean’s…
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Peter and the Starcatcher
Featuring: Adam Chanler-Berat, Arnie Burton, Carson Elrod, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Christian Borle, David Rossmer, Kevin Del Aguila
In the years that have passed since childhood, the magic of a bedtime story has not faded. In fact, its seemingly mystical ability to transform and delight might have grown. And an opportunity to shake the dust off this experience and feel…
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The Mikado
Featuring: Christopher Fitzgerald, Chuck Cooper, Jason Danieley, Jonathan Freeman, Kelli O’Hara, Steve Rosen, Victoria Clark
It almost felt wrong to laugh this much at an opera. Sure, The Mikado, by Gilbert and Sullivan, is a comedy, but the performance by The Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall on Monday night, featuring an inspired line-up of Broadway stars, elevated…
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Lysistrata Jones
Frothy fun abounds at the Walter Kerr Theater where Lysistrata Jones has made a triumphant transfer to Broadway. This silly, surprisingly heartfelt update of Aristophanes’ comedy about the battle of the sexes is this season’s surprise answer to a good time at…
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