[caption id="attachment_28937" align="alignleft" width="300"] (photo credit: Hector Sanchez Jr.)[/caption] When I was initially presented with the opportunity to review this musical, I had no idea what to expect and if it would be child-friendly. My date to the play was my 11 year old tween daughter who attends middle school. She ...

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[caption id="attachment_23777" align="alignleft" width="300"] (Photo by Ben Arons)[/caption] Never did silence speak such volumes on the stage. The critically-acclaimed Ars Nova production of Bess Wohl's Small Mouth Sounds is playing a limited run at The Pershing Square Signature Center, and it is an understated, smart, tender and insightful  delight. At times, the actors ...

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[caption id="attachment_22277" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo credit: Monique Carboni[/caption] Stevens abound as a running name gag in this funny, heartfelt show by newcomer playwright Mark Gerrard who adeptly tackles the subjects of enduring friendship, sexting, infidelity, aging, and other quandaries of life and death, mixed in with a multitude of pop cultural/theatre ...

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We are watching a play unfold as typed through the eyes of a 14 year old.  In this case, it's Charlie - representing Gurney -- and his stage direction and select lines slide across a screen.  It is a unique way to spin theatrical material, as if it's unfurling, and ...

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