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"The Bucket Cure' at the Fringe Festival
The phobia that dare not speak its name
Where else but the Fringe Festival can you find a play about fear of vomit? But don't be put off: Christine Cartafalsa's script expertly zeros in on the ways that an outwardly insignificant issue can infect every part of a marriage when partners lack the ability to cope.
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Charlotte Ford's "Bang' at Live Arts Festival
Yes, we're naked. What's your problem?
The absurdities of Bang didn't lie in the characters' unapologetic nakedness, but in our own overwrought reactions to witnessing the human body.
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Sam Shepard's "Heartless' in New York
Sam Shepard confronts his demons (yet again)
Nothing is as it seems in Sam Shepard's Heartless. But Shepard devotees may find his latest dysfunctional family a trifle too familiar— even if, for once, it's dominated by women rather than men.
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Soho Rep's "Uncle Vanya' in New York
Theater for hard times, or: Getting there is half the fun
It took me a week of standing in line to see Annie Baker's updated adaptation of Uncle Vanya. But where else can you see cutting-edge theater for 99 cents, not to mention climbing over Kevin Kline to reach your seat?
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Sondheim's "Into the Woods' in New York
Be careful what you wish for
There's no place more magical than outdoor summer theater, and no setting more fitting for Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods than the woods of Central Park— even if Sondheim's woods are as dark and disturbing as anything imagined by Maurice Sendak or Roald Dahl.
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"Bring It On: The Musical,' on Broadway
Who needs the Olympics?
This new musical about competition between high school cheerleading squads contains many similarities to the Olympics and turns out to be more entertaining.
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Joyce Carol Oates contemplates Emily Dickinson
Thelma and Louise? No, Emily and Joyce
Why is Joyce Carol Oates so fascinated by Emily Dickinson? It may be because the two have much in common. As women writers, both have suffered scorn and rejection.
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"Beards Are For Shaving': 007 spoof at the Wilma
Bond gets bearded
The collaborative Bearded Ladies Cabaret has been around for a couple of years now, peppering Philadelphia theaters and hotel lobbies with snide remarks, grimacey glances and mimey antics worthy of silent film villains. James Bond is its latest victim.
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Bruce Graham's "Mr. Hart and Mr. Brown' at People's Light
Ties that bind
Bruce Graham's Mr. Hart and Mr. Brown imagines an encounter between two men fleeing from their past in 1920s Nebraska.
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Suffering for art: An actress speaks
Passion, pain, art and money: In defense of suffering artists
Is suffering for art ultimately a romantic but masochistic notion? As an actress, I disagree with BSR's Jackie Atkins. Artists don't measure our success by the material rewards. And we shouldn't.
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