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Anna Deavere Smith (Photo: Joan Marcus)
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LET ME DOWN EASY
Conceived, Written & Performed by Anna Deavere Smith / Directed by Leonard Foglia
With Anna Deveare Smith
Set Design by Riccardo Hernandez / Costumes by Ann Hould-Ward / Lighting by Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer / Sound Design by Ryan Rummery / Projections by Zak Borovay / Movement by Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish / Dialect Coach Amy Stoller / Dramaturg Alisa Solomon / Assistant Scenic by Maruti Evans / Assistant Costume by Christopher Vergara / Assistant Lighting by Dan Ozminkowski / Assistant Sound by MuTTT / Production Stage Manager Kelly Martindale / Stage Manager Bethany Russell
"RUN—DO NOT WALK—TO SEE THIS PLAY! WATCHING ANNA DEAVERE SMITH ON STAGE IS MAGICAL. oNE MINUTE YOU ARE LAUGHING, THE NEXT YOU ARE CRYING. IT IS TRULY BRILLIANT AND STUNNING"
— "The Today Show"
"bracing and poetic with a terrific cumulative impact."
— The New Yorker
"PROVOCATIVE AND MOVING."
— The Daily News
"A CONTINUALLY ENGAGING AND ENGROSSING COLLECTION OF TESTIMONIALS ABOUT LIFE EXPERIENCED AT ITS EXTREMES."
— The New York Times
"FASCINATING! THIS REMARKABLE NEW SHOW IS A JOYOUS CELEBRATION OF HUMAN PERSERVERANCE."
— Associated Press
"THIS PUNCHY, 95-MINUTE SHOW IS A VITAL PIECE OF THEATER, MIXING A STANDUP COMIC'S INSTINCTS WITH A GREAT REPORTER'S KEEN EYE AND DELIVERED WITH A COMPASSION THAT IS ALL ANNA DEAVERE SMITH'S OWN."
— Variety
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John Lithgow & Jennifer Ehle (Photos: Joan Marcus) |
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MR. & MRS. FITCH
By Douglas Carter Beane / Directed by Scott Ellis
With Jennifer Ehle, John Lithgow
Set Design by Allen Moyer / Costumes by Jeff Mahshie / Lighting by Kenneth Posner / Sound Design by Bart Fasbender / Original Music by Lewis Flinn / Assistant Scenic by Warren Karp / Assistant Costume by Kyle Lajolla / Assistant Lighting by Justin Partier / Assistant Sound by
Dyan Carrow / Wigs by Paul Huntley / Production Stage Manager Diane DiVita / Stage Manager Neil Krasnow
"SMASHINGLY PORTRAYED BY TONY WINNERS JOHN LITHGOW AND JENNIFER EHLE, MR. & mRS. FITCH IS A RIOTOUS DEEP DIVE INTO THE SHALLOW WATERS OF GOSSIP. MEDIA-SAVVY URBANITES WILL SAVOR EVERY CRAZY MORSEL!"
— Entertainment Weekly
"douglas carter beane's two-character play is extremely funny and wickeldy entertaining. what makes the play such fun is the seamless collaboration among writer, actors and director scott ellis, who never lets the evening's momentum flag"
— The Record
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Christian Litke & Michael T. Weiss (center), Christian Litke & Terence Archie (bottom) (Photo: Joan Marcus) |
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THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY
By Kristoffer Diaz
/ Directed by Edward Torres
With Usman Ally, Terence Archie, Desmin Borges, Christian Litke, Michael T. Weiss
Set Design by Brian Sidney Bembridge / Costume Design by Christine Pascual / Lighting by Jesse Klug / Sound Design by Mikhail Fiksel / Projections Peter Nigrini / Assistant Sound by M.L. Dogg / Production Stage Manager Roy Harris / Stage Denise Yaney
"Ingenious! This crazy-like-a-fox comedy is the real thing!"
— The New York Times
"Four stars! chad deity packs a punch! it's dynamite!"
— The New York Post
"Flashy, fleshy and ridiculously entertaining!"
— The Daily News
"Chad deity is a knockout!"
— NY1
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Sutton Foster (center), Bobby Cannavale & Zach Braff (bottom)(Photo: Joan Marcus)
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TRUST
By Paul Weitz / Directed by Peter DuBois
With Zach Braff, Bobby Cannavale, Sutton Foster, Ari Graynor
Set Design by Alexander Dodge / Costume Design by Emilio Sosa / Lighting by David Weiner / Sound Design by MuTTT / Assistant Scenic by Kevin Judge & Alexander Woodward / Assistant Costume by Cathy Parrott /
Assistant Lighting by Austin Smith / Assistant Playwright Dan Balgoyen / Assistant Director Chris Carcione / Production Stage Manager Kelly Hance / Stage Manager Denise Wilcox / Production Assistant Ashley Nelson
"There's no 'safe word' to stop this show's laughs! Funny, crisp and modern, it's solid, provocative theateR—TRUST ME"
— Entertainment Weekly
"Four Stars! Clever, fuNny, evil and totally misanthropic with top flight performances, razor sharp direction and ingenious plotting"
— Bloomberg
"Frank and funny. Crisply directed and fast-paced with plenty of sharp-edged zingers."
— Associated Press
"Four Stars!"
— Financial Times
"The Acting across the Board is smooth and gutsy."
— The New York Times
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 Maureen Sebastian
& Louis Ozawa Changchien (center), Mason Lee (bottom) (Photo: Joan Marcus) |
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YEAR ZERO
By Michael Golamco / Directed by Will Frears
With Louis Ozawa Changchien, Peter Kim, Mason Lee, Maureen Sebastian
Set Design by Robin Vest / Costumes by Jenny Mannis / Lighting by David Weiner / Sound Design by MuTTT / Production Stage Manager Lori Ann Zepp / Stage Manager Rachel Motz
"a tenderly observed play with an appealing cast, fresh nuances and charm."
— The New York Times
"genuinely moving and smart."
— AMNY
"incisive, haunting and hopeful."
— Backstage
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 Katherine Waterston, Tracee Chimo & Celia Keenan-Bolger (center), Katherine Waterston & Celia Keenan-Bolger (bottom) (Photo: Joan Marcus) |
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BACHELORETTE
By Leslye Headland / Directed by Trip Cullman
With Tracee Chimo, Carmen M. Herlihy, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Fran Kranz, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Katherine Waterston
Set Design by Andromache Chalfant / Costumes by Emily Rebholz / Lighting by Ben Stanton / Sound Design by Jill BC Duboff / Production Stage Manager Lori Ann Zepp / Stage Manager Rachel Motz
"A Sensational new comedy! Vivid, entertaining and witheringly funny, written with stiletto-sharp wit, and expertly played by a cast of gifted actors under pitch perfect direction"
— The New York Times
"sinfully funny!"
— The New York Post
"this girly slice-and-dice fest is a riot! viciously funny satire!"
— The New York Times
"The cast is terrific across the board"
— Variety
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