'The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire' is Anne Washburn's original, poetic examination of a commune in Northern California whose members don't live up to their ideals.
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Theater Review: ‘Kyoto,’ Thrilling Theater at Lincoln Center
'Kyoto' reveals the insider battles during negotiations to eventually adopt the Kyoto Protocol to control greenhouse gas emissions.
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Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves tear it up and tear it down in Samuel Beckett's existential journey as they continue 'Waiting for Godot.'
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'The Other Americans,' John Leguizamo's tragedy about how a Latino family mistakenly embraces the American Dream, resonates with power.
Read More »New York Film Festival Review: Bradley Cooper’s ‘Is This Thing On?’
In Bradley Cooper's third outing as director, Will Arnett and Laura Dern portray a couple whose separation leads to an unpredictable midlife catharsis.
Read More »New York Film Festival Review: ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ from Jim Jarmusch
Jim Jarmusch constructs three scenarios about family, all different, but all revealing isolation between adult children and their parents.
Read More »New York Film Festival Review: ‘Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost’
Ben Stiller's documentary chronicles his parents as iconic humorists and an integral part of American TV culture in the 1960s and 1970s.
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In 'A Private Life' Jodie Foster is an American psychoanalyst in Paris whose world upends with the unexpected death of a patient. Was it murder?
Read More »Theater Review: ‘Punch’ Makes Its Broadway Impact
In ''Punch' Jacob learns that violence isn't an answer to his feelings of inferiority. Self-acceptance and forgiveness come from accountability and truth.
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In the musical 'Saturday Church' Ulysses finds his way with the help of Raymond, Ebony, the community of Saturday Church and Black Jesus (J. Harrison Ghee).
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