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Come Fly With Me, a new musical by the choreographer Twyla Tharp set to the music of Frank Sinatra, is a medley of dances loosely tied to vignettes about four couples at a nightclub.

Theater Review | ‘Othello’: The General in His High-Tech Labyrinth
Peter Sellars s exasperatingly misconceived Othello stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as Iago and John Ortiz as the title character.

Coney Island Journal: Bard, Boardwalk and, With Luck, Only a Staged Tempest
The Brave New World Repertory Theater, which likes to put on plays outside of theaters, is producing The Tempest on the beach at Coney Island.

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Man of Power and the Women Who Worship Him
Yale Repertory Theater is staging Ibsen s The Master Builder, the story of Halvard Solness, a middle-age superstar architect, and three women in his life.

In Belarus, Theater as Activism
An acting troupe called “Belarus Free Theater” challenges the state and attracts international attention.

Music Review | ‘Kristina’: Swedes Coming to America, Grandly
If the music-theater genre facetiously nicknamed poperetta has any chance on Broadway, it could come from an American production of the bombastic Swedish epic Kristina.

Theater Review | ‘Frederick Douglass Now’ and ‘The Cambria’: Two Varied Views of an Abolitionist
Two plays at the Irish Arts Center explore the life of Frederick Douglass, the great abolitionist.

Theater Review | New Jersey: Journey Loops Through the Past of a Mother and Daughter
In 26 Miles, at the Two River Theater Company in Red Bank, estrangement turns to reconciliation on a road trip to Wyoming.

Theater Review | ‘Fathers & Sons’: Prepping for Opening Night (and Life)
Richard Hoehler s new play is so sentimental and good-natured that its warmth often stifles what is otherwise a well-conceived show.

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