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Molly Marinik
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Molly Marinik reviews The Amoralists’s HOTEL/MOTEL: a site-specific, intimate night of theatre that includes full length plays by Derek Ahonen and Adam Rapp.
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Molly Marinik recommends the off Broadway event “Sleep No More,” but check out her words of wisdom before trekking to the McKittrick Hotel.
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Molly Marinik reviews Nilaja Sun’s brilliant solo show about America’s public school system, now back in New York off Broadway at the Barrow Street Theatre.
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Molly Marinik reviews Cradle and All, Daniel Goldfarb’s new play about the ups and downs of parenthood from two very different perspectives.
Molly Marinik
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It’s nearly time for the 2011 Tony Awards! And if a whopping 7 million people watched the awards last year, surely there are a dozen Popdose readers who care! Right? Molly Marinik shares her picks for Broadway’s top prize.
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Stephen Adly Guirgis’s new play, The Motherf**ker With the Hat, is hilarious, and Bobby Cannavalae shines as its dejected hero. Read Molly Marinik’s review at popdose.com.
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From the twisted minds behind South Park and Avenue Q, The Book of Mormon has officially opened on Broadway. Does it live up to the hype? Molly Marinik has the verdict.
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Molly Marinik reviews Broadway’s newest great contemporary play, Good People, by David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole) and starring Francis McDormand and Tate Donovan.
Molly Marinik
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Molly Marinik reviews Interviewing the Audience, the new interactive show at the Vineyard Theatre hosted by the gracious Zach Helm.
Molly Marinik
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Molly Marinik reviews Roundabout’s production of Tennessee Williams’ The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore. There’s a reason you’ve probably never seen this play.
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Molly Marinik reviews the new family drama Blood From a Stone, starring Ethan Hawke. This off-Broadway play is intense, and so is the acting.
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Molly Marinik reviews Mistakes Were Made, a new off-Broadway comedy starring the incomparable Michael Shannon as a manic theatre producer on the brink of implosion.
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Over one third of Broadway’s current offerings will close before February, including some really great shows that have no business closing early. Trade low-brow entertainment for something more stimulating and enjoy these productions while you still can.
Molly Marinik
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The Scottsboro Boys, Kander & Ebb’s final musical, is gloriously entertaining, moving, and socially relevant. It’s the best thing to happen to Broadway in quite some time, and it serves as a reminder why musical theatre can be a powerful form of entertainment.
Molly Marinik
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Molly Marinik reviews Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, the new historical musical satire about America’s most emo president.
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Molly Marinik reviews Time Stands Still, the new Broadway play that’s full of instigating intellectual content. It’s topical and star-studded.
Molly Marinik
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The 2010 New York International Fringe Festival is here, and Molly Marinik presents the best bets for the season.
Molly Marinik
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Billy Crudup and David Greenspan in The Metal Children, at the Vineyard Theatre (photo by Carol Rosegg). BOTTOM LINE: A new play by a provocative playwright with a fantastic cast….
Molly Marinik
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BOTTOM LINE: The most entertaining history lesson ever. The rock musical has become the prolific genre of late, with the message as important as the production value. Take the new…
Molly Marinik
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BOTTOM LINE: An endearing new musical about being gay and falling in love — on the front lines of WWII. Can we please repeal ”Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” already? After…
Molly Marinik
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BOTTOM LINE: An important story told by a group of talented actors; the good outweighs the bad in this under-explored production. I am a firm believer that the best theatre…
Molly Marinik
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BOTTOM LINE: This revival should be funnier. What is the male version of a cougar? Because that’s the crux of Garry Essendine, the lead character in Present Laughter, Noel Coward’s…
Molly Marinik
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BOTTOM LINE: A new musical with lots of singing, lots of dancing, and lots of joy. Rarely while watching a musical do I experience a 180-degree turn in opinion. I…
Molly Marinik
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BOTTOM LINE: Traditional musical theatre at its best. It wasn’t really time for a revival of Ragtime. The new musical first opened on Broadway in 1998 and ran for two…
Molly Marinik
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The extremely popular “dirty puppet musical” Avenue Q has moved from Broadway to off-Broadway. Has it lost any of its charm? Molly Marinik has the answer in her latest edition of Theatre Is Easy!
Molly Marinik
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BOTTOM LINE: An incredible dance show, unlike anything you’ve seen before. The Groovaloos are a dance company from LA. They’re hip-hop dancers with diverse backgrounds who came together a while…
Molly Marinik
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How does a family cope when one of them is about to die? Molly Marinik explores their absurdly inappropriate methods in her review of the off-off-Broadway play The Bereaved.
Molly Marinik
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The legendary New York International Fringe Festival is here, and Molly Marinik has your best bets in today’s edition of Theatre Is Easy!
Molly Marinik
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It’s no surprise that Broadway producers like to cast celebrities in their shows. If your show, let’s say, is a dramatic British play about horses that wouldn’t attract the average…
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