Category: Tear Jerker
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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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The Three Sisters
Featuring: Alexander Bykovsky, Alexander Koshkarev, Alexander Zavyalov, Ekaterina Kleopina, Ekaterina Tarasova, Elena Kalinina, Irina Tychinina, Sergey Kuryshev, Sergey Vlasov
Whoever said Russians are cold-hearted creatures hasn’t seen The Three Sisters. The new staging from the Maly Drama Theater of St. Petersburg, Russia, which can be seen at the Harvey Theater at the Brooklyn Academy of Music through next Saturday, is an…
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End of the Rainbow
Featuring: Jay Russell, Michael Cumpsty, Tom Pelphrey, Tracie Bennett
It’s a love story, but not the kind you would expect to find on Broadway. Peter Quilter’s play End of the Rainbow, which visits Judy Garland close to the end of her life, is a disturbing exploration of the famous performer’s need…
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Once
Featuring: Andy Taylor, Anne L. Nathan, Cristin Milioti, David Abeles, David Patrick Kelly, Elizabeth A. Davis, Erikka Walsh, J. Michael Zygo, Lucas Papaelias, Paul Whitty, Ripley Sobo and Mckayla Twiggs, Steve Kazee, Will Connolly
The phrase “natural beauty” is a sincere compliment when discussing the Broadway musical Once, currently in performances at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater. Adapted from the sleeper hit 2007 film, this story about an Irish guitar player and a Czech pianist falling…
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Death of a Salesman
Featuring: Andrew Garfield, Bill Camp and John Glover, Brad Koed, Elizabeth Morton, Finn Wittrock, Fran Kranz, Glenn Fleshler, Kathleen McNenny, Linda Emond, Molly Price, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Remy Auberjonois, Stephanie Janssen
“A small man can be just as exhausted as a great one,” Arthur Miller wrote in Death of a Salesman. This statement is all too true in today’s world, where two jobs per family, or even per person, seem to be required…
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Wit
Featuring: Carra Patterson, Chiké Johnson, Cynthia Nixon, Greg Keller, Jessica Dickey, Michael Countryman, Pun Bandhu, Suzanne Bertish, Zachary Spicer
I thought I was prepared for Wit when I entered the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. I had seen countless plays about illness throughout my career as an entertainment writer. Last season alone I was deeply moved and inspired by Angels in America,…
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The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess
Featuring: and NaTasha Yvette Williams, Audra McDonald, Bryonha Marie Parham, Christopher Innvar, David Alan Grier, Joshua Henry, Nikki Renee Daniels, Norm Lewis, Phillip Boykin
The living ain’t easy on Catfish row in the new rendition of Porgy and Bess, currently playing at the Richard Rogers Theater on Broadway. Minimalistic, passionate and violent, filled with soaring operatic songs as well as thundering anger and rage, this production…
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Other Desert Cities
Featuring: Judith Light, Rachel Griffiths, Stacy Keach, Stockard Channing, Thomas Sadoski
A wonderful holiday gift has arrived on Broadway from Jon Robin Baitz, whose play Other Desert Cities has opened at the Booth Theater. After a critically-acclaimed run off-Broadway earlier in the year, Baitz’s story of a family’s secrets imploding their annual Christmas…
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Death Takes a Holiday
Featuring: Alexandra Socha, Don Stephenson, Jay Jaski, Jill Paice, Joy Hermalyn, Kevin Earley, Linda Balgord, Mara Davi, Matt Cavenaugh, Max von Essen, Michael Siberry, Patricia Noonan, Rebecca Luker, Simon Jones
A lovely scene has been staged at the Laura Pels Theater, courtesy of the Roundabout Theater. A picturesque villa filled with attractive people is onstage for your viewing pleasure. Unfortunately, viewing is the major pleasure that comes from the new musical Death…
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Follies
Featuring: Bernadette Peters, Christian Delcroix, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Danny Burstein, David Sabin, Don Correia, Elaine Paige, Florence Lacey, Frederick Strother, Jan Maxwell, Jayne Houdyshell, Kirsten Scott, Leah Horowitz, Lora Lee Gayer, Mary Beth Peil, Michael Hayes, Nick Verina, Ron Raines, Rosalind Elias, Susan Watson and Terri White
“Never look back.” This song lyric from the musical Follies is also a warning to each of the characters in the show. It may serve as a warning to audience members as well. After viewing this rich, beautifully rendered production of Stephen…
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