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Degeneration X—Wrestling with Madness and Blindness

Monday, May 7th, 2012
by Claire McCurdy on Playing Around

Whether by accident or by design, the title of this production, Degeneration X-–a multimedia play about a young man living with a rare visual condition

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Bernard Shaw’s Man and Superman:
An Ebullient and Smart Production

Monday, May 7th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

Attention refugees from such as the over-zealous, psychedelic projections of Ghost and the phoned-in performance by Matthew Broderick in Nice Work If You can Get

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But Would You Really Want To Live There?

Monday, May 7th, 2012
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around

For me, there has always been one burning question about the much acclaimed play, A Raisin In The Sun. Why on Earth would the African-American

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Don’t Dress For Dinner— In Fact, Stay Home

Sunday, May 6th, 2012
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around

Here’s what happens when a soufflé falls flat: What should be a light, airy, delightful dish becomes unpalatable. Such is the fate of Don’t Dress

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Feel the Burn! Michael, Fiona, and Sam Return

Sunday, May 6th, 2012
by Lana Khalfin on Playing Around

Burn Notice, a quirky but extremely entertaining dramedy returns for Season 6 this June. The USA Network, where we are frequently reminded that characters are

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Charles Long’s Pet Sounds Dazzle at Madison Square Park

Saturday, May 5th, 2012
by Tamara Moscowitz on Playing Around

The sounds of summer in the city, those exotic audio sensations that lend urban streets a certain vibrancy, is getting a boost at one of

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And on the Twelfth Night There Was Revelry!

Friday, May 4th, 2012
by Erin E. McGuff on Playing Around

When, as a theatre audience member, you walk into a non-traditional space, you expect a show that will rival its venue in exciting irreverence. With

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Julie Tremblay’s Some Kind of Nature

Friday, May 4th, 2012
by Lindsey Davis on Playing Around

A human form, colored dark green and made of wire, dives to the floor but doesn’t quite make it. He’s suspended in mid-air, head up,

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