Breaking the Story
by Alexis Scheer
Directed by Jo Bonney
2nd Stage at Tony Kiser Theater
May 31, 2024
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💉💉💉💉 out of 5.
Breaking the Story follows the character Marina, a war correspondent, about to receive a lifetime achievement award for her work shedding light on the darkest parts of humanity. She is playing with the idea of leaving her job for good to settle down with her former colleague-turned-lover — but she must reckon with the hold that war and her profession still have on her.
What Became of Us
by Shayan Lotfi
Directed by Jennifer Chang
Atlantic Theatre
May 30, 2024
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💉💉 out of 5.
What Became of Us was a very nice play. I wish that it had been more than just a nice play, but it really was just a nice play. The play told the story of two siblings, one born in their native country and one born in the US) as they each navigated their ties to both their birthplace, the United States and their relationships to their parents.
The Notebook
Music and Lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson
Book by Beech Brunstetter
Based on the book by Nicholas Sparks
Choreographed by Katie Superman
Directed by Michael Greig & Scheme Williams
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
May 29, 2024
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💉💉💉 out of 5.
I must have been the ONLY person in the audience who had never read nor seen the movie for the Notebook. I was a rarity in the theatre. I was a bit concerned coming into the theater. One thing that struck me with worry is that even in the merchandise counter as you came in, they were selling boxed tissues for the audience as if we were going to be incapable of getting through the show without pouring tears onto our laps.
Three Houses
Music, Lyrics, Book and Orchestrations by Dave Malloy
Directed and Choreographed by Annie Tippe
Signature Theatre
May 29, 2024
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💉💉💉💉 out of 5.
“My heart broke and then the world broke and then my brain broke too, and I don’t know which one to blame.” Three Houses is the first piece of musical theatre that I’ve seen that explores the psychological trauma experienced at the peak of the COVID pandemic as its theme: the isolation and separation and fear. The audience is cozily set in the round in a run down smoky over-stuffed cocktail bar for an open mic night as three guests are called forward to share
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