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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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A Hatful of Snow - Description of a musical melodrama which has played in the Palm Springs area over the past five years. Details given concerning plot, songs, staging; opportunity to send for CD and script.

Amo, Amas, Amat - A new musical satire of love, lust and religion in ancient Rome.
Meta Description: [ Paul Kruger's new musical about love, lust, religion and madness in ancient Rome. ]

Broadway Librettos - Collection of libbrettos, which are checked with the master soundtrack.

East of Samoa - A hilarious new musical satire of the films of the early 30s.
Meta Description: [ A wild musical satire of films of the 30s. ]

Flora Pasquale Strikes Back - A new satirical musical about dictators, drama critics and revenge.
Meta Description: [ A wild new musical about dictators,drama critics and revenge. ]

Gypsy Dawn - A brand new satirical musical about the death of romance in our century.
Meta Description: [ The complete libretto of a new and outrageous operetta about the death of romance in the world.. ]

Kill the Messenger - Musical about what would happen if all Shakespeare's messengers worked out of a central location and interacted with each other.

Penguins on Thin Ice - About global climate change. With production notes, script, and background information.
Meta Description: [ global warming / climate change musical review ]

Romeo Loves Juliet - Two act comedy which requires one simple set, easy costumes, eight females, and four males, with plenty of bad puns, mayhem, corny jokes, poisonings, lovely songs, silly feuds and a happy ending.

The Paul Kruger Original Musical Showcase - The complete texts of the books and lyrics of new musicals meant to bring back the joy in musical theater.
Meta Description: [ BRAND NEW MUSICAL LIBRETTOS MEANT TO BRING THE JOY BACK TO THE MUSICAL THEATER. ]

Theatre Creative Workshops - Not-for-profit musical developing company.
Meta Description: [ Theatre Creative Workshops/newtheatre, inc. the nonprofit corporation for american music ]

Three Hundred, A Musical - The complete text of an unpublished and unstaged full length musical, with information about how to contact the author for permission to perform it.
Meta Description: [ Three Hundred, a musical in two acts by Brad Lang. ]