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In ‘Transfers,’ a Shot at Privilege Means Reckoning with Stacked Odds: REVIEW

by Naveen Kumar

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In ‘Transfers,’ a Shot at Privilege Means Reckoning with Stacked Odds: REVIEW

In ‘Transfers,’ a Shot at Privilege Means Reckoning with Stacked Odds: REVIEW

What do you call a second chance when you never had a first? For two young men at the heart of Transfers, Lucy Thurber’s resonant and thought-provoking new play that opened off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre last night, a special scholarship…
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by Naveen Kumar | 04.24.18 | 7:31am

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In ‘This Flat Earth,’ Growing Up in the Shadow of a School Shooting

In ‘This Flat Earth,’ Growing Up in the Shadow of a School Shooting

“If this has happened before, why would everybody be acting so shocked?” “I cried more when my dog died. Does that make me a bad person?” Julie and Zander, two 13-year-olds whose school just lost nine students to a mass shooter, have some simple ques…
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by Naveen Kumar | 04.10.18 | 6:50am

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Get in, Losers: The ‘Mean Girls’ Musical Is Fun as Hell: REVIEW

Get in, Losers: The ‘Mean Girls’ Musical Is Fun as Hell: REVIEW

The kids at North Shore High have a cautionary tale, about that one time Regina George got hit by a bus. You may remember it from the 2004 touchstone of teen cinema; you may even insist you still fit into sizes 1, 3, or 5. At the August Wilson Theatr…
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by Naveen Kumar | 04.09.18 | 6:30am

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In ‘Three Tall Women’ and ‘Yerma,’ Stunning Portraits of Women on the Verge: REVIEW

In ‘Three Tall Women’ and ‘Yerma,’ Stunning Portraits of Women on the Verge: REVIEW

Two of the best productions in New York right now are knocking the wind out of audiences with vivid and bracing insights into the female psyche. Edward Albee’s 1994 Pulitzer winner Three Tall Women, which opened last night in its Broadway premiere, r…
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by Naveen Kumar | 03.29.18 | 10:13pm

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Andrew Garfield and Nathan Lane Star in Electrifying ‘Angels in America’: REVIEW

Andrew Garfield and Nathan Lane Star in Electrifying ‘Angels in America’: REVIEW

The great whoosh echoing off the pavement of 52nd Street signals a second coming. Though it’s been 25 years since Angels in America first premiered on Broadway, winning the 1993 Drama Pulitzer and Best Play Tony Award, the primal urgency of Tony Kush…
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by Naveen Kumar | 03.26.18 | 6:05am

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A Slushy ‘Frozen’ Opens on Broadway: REVIEW

A Slushy ‘Frozen’ Opens on Broadway: REVIEW

If Disney’s great strength is conjuring magical worlds — on screen, in its theme parks, and on Broadway stages — Frozen well suits the current state of ours (and not just because winter won’t… let go). A story about true love between sisters rather t…
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by Naveen Kumar | 03.23.18 | 6:36am

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Jimmy Buffett Serves up ‘Margaritaville’ on Broadway, Tequila Goggles Sold Separately: REVIEW

Jimmy Buffett Serves up ‘Margaritaville’ on Broadway, Tequila Goggles Sold Separately: REVIEW

Rachel, an ambitious career scientist, is ordering a drink at 10 a.m. She’s just spent a few rum-soaked nights in the sinewy arms of Tully, a Zenned-out singer-songwriter who’s never out of flip-flops. It happens to lady tourists every week down at t…
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by Naveen Kumar | 03.16.18 | 6:57am

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Liberal Guilt Gets an All-White Canvas in Joshua Harmon’s ‘Admissions’: REVIEW

Liberal Guilt Gets an All-White Canvas in Joshua Harmon’s ‘Admissions’: REVIEW

You might expect an all-white cast in a play about affirmative action to face an upward battle for audience sympathy. While the ensemble of Admissions, led by Jessica Hecht, may find open ears at Lincoln Center, where it premiered off-Broadway last n…
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by Naveen Kumar | 03.13.18 | 6:37am

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In Stunning New Play ‘queens,‘ Coming to America and Learning to Let Go: REVIEW

In Stunning New Play ‘queens,‘ Coming to America and Learning to Let Go: REVIEW

What’s in a room? For the immigrant women in Martyna Majok’s gripping and extraordinary new play queens, which opened off-Broadway at Lincoln Center’s Claire Tow Theatre last night, a shadowy basement in New York’s largest borough holds a promise. Bu…
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by Naveen Kumar | 03.06.18 | 6:35am

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Jomama Jones Is a Spiritual Mother for the Moment in ‘Black Light’ at Joe’s Pub: REVIEW

Jomama Jones Is a Spiritual Mother for the Moment in ‘Black Light’ at Joe’s Pub: REVIEW

“What if I told you it’s going to be alright?” asks Jomama Jones, the soulful and statuesque alter-ego of performance artist Daniel Alexander Jones. “What if I told you… not yet?” Jones is holding a séance for our spirits and the nation’s — whi…
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by Naveen Kumar | 02.27.18 | 11:30am

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