Dying For It Atlantic Theater Company – Linda Gross Theater Through January 18, 2015 Every Brilliant Thing Barrow Street Theater Through March 29, 2015 The common thread here is suicide, with both pieces evidence humor and great empathy. “Dying For It” is a more conventional play, and a true ensemble-driven farce about suicide, at that. …
Atlantic Theater Company Stage 2 Through February 15, 2015 Great writing, excellent acting, and highly unpleasant to sit through (intentionally so, which I suppose makes that a compliment). Famous playwright father David (Reed Birney) and aspiring actress daughter Ella (Betty Gilpin) tear each other apart while drinking, snorting, and waiting for the reviews of Ella’s …
At 84, David Amram is ever the musical polymath, playing French horn, piano, percussion, flutes of all manner from around the globe — all with four additional musicians (bass player and three percussionists) on the postage stamp-sized stage of what he lovingly refers to as the Cornelia Street Stadium. (For those who haven’t been to …
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