#‘Stereophonic’ Theater Review: David Adjmi’s Audaciously Original Play Is a Transfixing Look at Building Art Out of Emotional Wreckage

#‘Stereophonic’ Theater Review: David Adjmi’s Audaciously Original Play Is a Transfixing Look at Building Art Out of Emotional Wreckage

Arguably the best new American drama since Annie Baker’s The Flick, David Adjmi’s Stereophonic shares both a hyper-naturalistic style and a sprawling three-hour running time with that 2013 masterwork. But the similarities end there. Chronicling a turbulent year in California recording studios during which a fictional 1970s rock band labors over the follow-up to their…

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#‘Gwyneth Goes Skiing’: London theater announces musical based on Paltrow trial

#‘Gwyneth Goes Skiing’: London theater announces musical based on Paltrow trial

A London-based theater company will stage a new musical production centered around actress and entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow’s skiing accident trial. Pleasance Theatre announced on Wednesday an Awkward Productions musical, “Gwyneth Goes Skiing.” It is a satire musical based on the actress’ ski course collision with a retired optometrist at a Utah resort in 2016 and…

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#Bobby Cannavale, David Hyde Pierce, Micaela Diamond and More on Working on ‘Here We Are,’ Sondheim’s Final Show

#Bobby Cannavale, David Hyde Pierce, Micaela Diamond and More on Working on ‘Here We Are,’ Sondheim’s Final Show

Steven Pasquale and Jeremy Shamos started working on the new Stephen Sondheim musical, Here We Are, seven years ago, while others, like Dennis O’Hare, were asked to join the project last summer.  But for everyone now starring in the show, which opens Off-Broadway at The Shed Nov. 22, joining the project was an immediate yes,…

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