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THE INHERITANCE – Ethel Barrymore Theatre

December 2, 2019

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DAN DWYER


Matthew Lopez’s THE INHERITANCE, wondrously surmounts - at times, soars above – its sheer scale of two parts in seven hours.  Part love story, part literary homage (inspired by E. M. Forster’s “Howard’s End”), part gay rights polemic, and so much more, it’s mostly a s...

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SEARED – MCC

November 27, 2019

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DAN DWYER

The dog-eat-dog theme gets an entertaining application to the restaurant business with some distinctively sprightly playwriting from Theresa Rebeck paired with equally robust direction by Moritz Von Stuelpnagel in “Seared”.  Best friends, chef Harry (Raul Esparza) and...

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THE SOUND INSIDE - Lincoln Center Theatre and Williamstown Theatre Festival

November 1, 2019

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DAN DWYER

THE SOUND INSIDE, near perfect in its world premiere at Williamstown Theatre Festival in the summer of 2018, is even better on Broadway.  (I’ve posted my original review below).   I was skeptical that the play, which transacts so intimately, could maintain its intimacy...

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SCOTLAND, PA - Roundabout Theatre

October 24, 2019

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DAN DWYER


The American musical these days seems to be full of cartoon characters, which isn’t always a good thing, but in “Scotland PA”, based on the 2001 indie film, cartoon is celebrated to joyous effect.  That’s not only good but astonishing given that the plot is a re-telli...

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DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA – Hudson Theatre

October 21, 2019

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DAN DWYER

“David Byrne’s American Utopia” transcends staged concert.  It’s not only a wholly entertaining theatrical celebration of music and movement but also the defining expression of Byrne’s canon that ponders, through his song, the puzzlement of “what are we doing here”....

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SOFT POWER - The Public Theater

October 19, 2019

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DAN DWYER

“Soft Power” is a cement truck of a musical, churning into a solid mess a mix of political fantasia,  Broadway musical homage,  social satire, love story,  cross-cultural parable and tale of self-identity.    Confusing in plot and didactic in theme, the story germinate...

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THE WRONG MAN - MCC Theater

October 17, 2019

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DAN DWYER

“The Wrong Man” isn’t the most original story set to music; the title itself telegraphs the plot line.  But this new chamber musical at MCC Theater advances storytelling in musical theatre by dint of bold, muscular choreography and dazzling lighting direction both seam...

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WHAT THE JEWS BELIEVE – Berkshire Theatre Group

October 8, 2019

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DAN DWYER


“What the Jews Believe” is a heartfelt, coming-of-age memory play told by the 12 year old Nathan (Logan Weibrecht), as he prepares for his bas mitzvah as an only child in the only Jewish household in a small town in central Texas in the 1950s.  It’s based on the real-...

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AMERICAN UNDERGROUND - Barrington Stage Company

October 7, 2019

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DAN DWYER

Playwright Brent Askari’s “American Underground” takes place in “the not-so-distant future”.  The US Government has segregated Arab-Americans (read Muslims) in concentration camps.  An underground railroad run secretly by a network of resistors assists American Muslims...

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THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM - Manhattan Theatre Club

September 28, 2019

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DAN DWYER

THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM is more an exhibition of acting craft and exhilarating lighting and set design than it is engaging drama.  More precisely, THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM is an exemplar in how acting technique and technical production elements can make an undistinguish...

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THE INHERITANCE – Ethel Barrymore Theatre

December 2, 2019

SEARED – MCC

November 27, 2019

THE SOUND INSIDE - Lincoln Center Theatre and Williamstown Theatre Festival

November 1, 2019

SCOTLAND, PA - Roundabout Theatre

October 24, 2019

DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA – Hudson Theatre

October 21, 2019

SOFT POWER - The Public Theater

October 19, 2019

THE WRONG MAN - MCC Theater

October 17, 2019

WHAT THE JEWS BELIEVE – Berkshire Theatre Group

October 8, 2019

AMERICAN UNDERGROUND - Barrington Stage Company

October 7, 2019