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Theater Review | 'Noon Day Sun': That Southern Belle of Detroit Is a Woman of Mystery
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:25:15 -0000
The melodrama is high, and so is the cliché count in “Noon Day Sun,” an exploration of racial identity and related themes that is as seductive as a soap opera.
Theater Review | 'Hattie ... What I Need You to Know': The Triumph and Pain of a Hollywood Trailblazer
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:00:51 -0000
“Hattie ... What I Need You to Know” attempts to tackle what it meant that the first African-American to win an Academy Award did so playing a loyal slave.
Theater: The Human Condition, Often in Need of Repair
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:23:01 -0000
Reviews of New York International Fringe Festival plays, including “The Alice Complex” and “Zombie.”
Theater Review | 'Désir': Liaisons Dangereuses and Bodies Acrobatic
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:04:41 -0000
If the televised Olympics are too sanitary and the hole-in-the-wall strip clubs too sleazy for your tastes, then perhaps you’ll find voyeuristic contentment in “Désir.”
Theater Review | 'Elizabeth Rex': Shakespeare Cast Party by Royal Command
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:28:18 -0000
There’s a ripping good performance taking place in a barn on West 21st Street in Manhattan. The play is “Elizabeth Rex.”
Theater Review | Summer Shorts 2, Series B: The Stage Is Alive With the Sound of Cells
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:31:50 -0000
“PeopleSpeak,” a witty and acerbic play, is the best of Series B of the Summer Shorts 2 festival at 59E59 Theaters.

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