THEATRE'S LEITER SIDE

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

47. Review: ALICE IN BLACK AND WHITE (seen August 5, 2016)

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"Too Many Negatives" Stars range from 5-1. The first unwritten rule of play reviewing might very well be: “Thou shalt no...
Sunday, August 7, 2016

46. Review: SUMMER SHORTS 2016: SERIES B (seen August 4, 2016)

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"Rebel Flags, Tragic Tramps, and Nuns on the Run" J Stars range from 5-1. Series B, the second round in the 10 th annual...
Friday, August 5, 2016

45. Review: AUSTIN: A SUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM IN HELL'S KITCHEN (seen August 3, 2016)

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“Undercooked in Hell’s Kitchen” Stars range from 5-1. There was a great American actor present at the performance I saw of Edla Cus...
Tuesday, August 2, 2016

44. Review: MEN ON BOATS (seen July 29, 2016)

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"Twisting Rivers and Bending Genders" Stars range from 5-1. In 1869 one-armed Civil War veteran John Wesley Powell led ...
Monday, August 1, 2016

43. Review: MR. TOOLE (seen July 31, 2016)

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"Could Use Retooling" Vivian Neuwirth’s sensitively written but dramatically inert Mr. Toole  is yet another example of how di...
Sunday, July 31, 2016

42. Review: SUMMER SHORTS 2016: SERIES A (seen July 28)

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"These Shorts Fall Short"  Stars range from 5-1. The annual Summer Shorts Festival of New American Short Plays has return...
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Samuel L. Leiter
Howard Beach, New York, United States
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theatre), Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. Drama Desk voter. Author/editor of 31 books. Most recent: BROOKLYN TAKES THE STAGE (2024); MEIJI KABUKI (2022); KABUKI AT THE CROSSROADS (2014). Selected others: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE NEW YORK STAGE, 1920-1930, 1930-1940, 1940-1950; SHAKESPEARE AROUND THE GLOBE; FROM BELASCO TO BROOK; FROM STANISLAVSKY TO BARRAULT; THE GREAT STAGE DIRECTORS; FROZEN MOMENTS; ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASIAN THEATRE; HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE TRADITIONAL THEATRE; THE ART OF KABUKI; KABUKI PLAYS ON STAGE (4 vols.), etc. “Back-translations”: THE LION KING, AIDA, and WICKED for Tokyo productions. Blogs: KABUKI WOOGIE and THEATRE'S LEITER SIDE. Regular contributor: THEATER PIZZAZZ, THEATER LIFE. slleiter@gmail.com
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