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5 Must-See Shows if You’re in New York This Month 5 Must-See Shows if You’re in New York This Month
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It’s beginning to look a lot like summer. So go out and play, already, or better yet, go see a play. Those two pieces of advice are not mutually exclusive this month, which offers a happy assortment of open-air fare, a creepy comedy for those in the mood to be properly scared and — for the nonpassive theatergoer with itchy feet — the chance to get lost in site-specific wonderlands.It’s beginning to look a lot like summer. So go out and play, already, or better yet, go see a play. Those two pieces of advice are not mutually exclusive this month, which offers a happy assortment of open-air fare, a creepy comedy for those in the mood to be properly scared and — for the nonpassive theatergoer with itchy feet — the chance to get lost in site-specific wonderlands.
Does that title send a voyeuristic tingle up your spine, or perhaps the uneasy sensation that you’re being watched by someone unknown? You can probably assume that both responses are appropriate to this ambiguously but evocatively titled new immersive theater piece, which takes place during World War II and is staged in a former meat market on 14th Street beneath the High Line. Its creators include Randy Weiner, a producer of that long-lived prototype of macabre, site-specific revelry, “Sleep No More”; the choreographer Ryan Heffington; and the designer Desi Santiago. Brace yourself for what are being advertised as “intimate encounters” with the performers.Does that title send a voyeuristic tingle up your spine, or perhaps the uneasy sensation that you’re being watched by someone unknown? You can probably assume that both responses are appropriate to this ambiguously but evocatively titled new immersive theater piece, which takes place during World War II and is staged in a former meat market on 14th Street beneath the High Line. Its creators include Randy Weiner, a producer of that long-lived prototype of macabre, site-specific revelry, “Sleep No More”; the choreographer Ryan Heffington; and the designer Desi Santiago. Brace yourself for what are being advertised as “intimate encounters” with the performers.
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Another auspicious offering — and more close encounters — for those not averse to taking a (highly) active role in their entertainment. This show takes its audiences into the wings, bowels and byways of the Clare Tow Theater at Lincoln Center to explore the mysteries that lurk backstage and the phantasmal presences that materialize when a playhouse goes dark. This journey into the night comes from the wonderfully inventive Brooklyn-based Third Rail Projects, which sent theatergoers down the rabbit hole with its hit site-specific production “Then She Fell,” inspired by the fantastical travels of Lewis Carroll’s Alice, and into a hedonistic, out-of-time resort with “The Grand Paradise.” Wear your walking — or even dancing — shoes. Another auspicious offering — and more close encounters — for those not averse to taking a (highly) active role in their entertainment. This show takes its audiences into the wings, bowels and byways of the Claire Tow Theater at Lincoln Center to explore the mysteries that lurk backstage and the phantasmal presences that materialize when a playhouse goes dark. This journey into the night comes from the wonderfully inventive Brooklyn-based Third Rail Projects, which sent theatergoers down the rabbit hole with its hit site-specific production “Then She Fell,” inspired by the fantastical travels of Lewis Carroll’s Alice, and into a hedonistic, out-of-time resort with “The Grand Paradise.” Wear your walking — or even dancing — shoes.
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This one is a sinister comedy for those who prefer to be weirded-out at the theater by more traditional means. Written by Clare Lizzimore, best known as an adventurous director in her native Britain, “Animal” charts the disintegration of Rachel, a successful woman who would appear to have every reason to be contented with her life. So why does she suspect that there’s something unspeakable living in the walls of her house? Whatever’s behind Rachel’s malaise, you can expect its symptoms to be vividly brought to life by Rebecca Hall, who has shown her willingness to cross all sorts of emotional lines onstage (“Machinal”) and onscreen (“Christine”). Rachel’s husband is portrayed by Ms. Hall’s real-life, very talented spouse, Morgan Spector. This Atlantic Theater Company production is directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch, who did a swell job with Simon Stephens’s “Harper Regan.”This one is a sinister comedy for those who prefer to be weirded-out at the theater by more traditional means. Written by Clare Lizzimore, best known as an adventurous director in her native Britain, “Animal” charts the disintegration of Rachel, a successful woman who would appear to have every reason to be contented with her life. So why does she suspect that there’s something unspeakable living in the walls of her house? Whatever’s behind Rachel’s malaise, you can expect its symptoms to be vividly brought to life by Rebecca Hall, who has shown her willingness to cross all sorts of emotional lines onstage (“Machinal”) and onscreen (“Christine”). Rachel’s husband is portrayed by Ms. Hall’s real-life, very talented spouse, Morgan Spector. This Atlantic Theater Company production is directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch, who did a swell job with Simon Stephens’s “Harper Regan.”
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There’s nothing like watching a little bloody political carnage beneath an open sky. This year’s season of Shakespeare in the Park opens with a new production by the Public Theater’s artistic director, Oskar Eustis, in which he gives a contemporary gloss to Shakespeare’s tragedy of honor, ambition and assassination in a seething Rome where no one is to be trusted, especially if you’re an overweening head of state. The talent-packed cast includes Gregg Henry in the title role, Corey Stoll as Brutus, John Douglas Thompson as Cassius and Nikki M. James as Portia. As for Antony, the charismatic orator who can whip a crowd into a revolutionary frenzy, that role will be filled — no doubt to repletion — by the charismatic Elizabeth Marvel (the wily president on “Homeland”).There’s nothing like watching a little bloody political carnage beneath an open sky. This year’s season of Shakespeare in the Park opens with a new production by the Public Theater’s artistic director, Oskar Eustis, in which he gives a contemporary gloss to Shakespeare’s tragedy of honor, ambition and assassination in a seething Rome where no one is to be trusted, especially if you’re an overweening head of state. The talent-packed cast includes Gregg Henry in the title role, Corey Stoll as Brutus, John Douglas Thompson as Cassius and Nikki M. James as Portia. As for Antony, the charismatic orator who can whip a crowd into a revolutionary frenzy, that role will be filled — no doubt to repletion — by the charismatic Elizabeth Marvel (the wily president on “Homeland”).
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Another option for those who like their theater al fresco is this one-man show, previously staged at the Old Vic Theater in London, in which Darrow — the mythic American lawyer celebrated for his role in the Scopes trial, in which he fought for the right to teach evolution in public schools — dispenses wit and wisdom, while snapping his suspenders. This is to take place, if you please, at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, Queens. Really? A lone actor is going to hold court, as it were, in a stadium designed for epic tennis matches? Since the actor is Kevin Spacey, who never met a stage he couldn’t fill, the prospect seems entirely feasible. Thea Sharrock directs David Rintels’s play in a two-night-only performance (June 15 and 16).Another option for those who like their theater al fresco is this one-man show, previously staged at the Old Vic Theater in London, in which Darrow — the mythic American lawyer celebrated for his role in the Scopes trial, in which he fought for the right to teach evolution in public schools — dispenses wit and wisdom, while snapping his suspenders. This is to take place, if you please, at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, Queens. Really? A lone actor is going to hold court, as it were, in a stadium designed for epic tennis matches? Since the actor is Kevin Spacey, who never met a stage he couldn’t fill, the prospect seems entirely feasible. Thea Sharrock directs David Rintels’s play in a two-night-only performance (June 15 and 16).
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