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Theater Festival NY Presents ‘Reading Voices: The Art of Supertitles’

The name 'supertitles' refers to the projection of text to enable audiences to understand foreign language productions, operas or plays. These flashing bits of text, it turns out, should not be confused with the art of translation.
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The Drilling Company Presents Shakespeare’s Comedy ‘Twelfth Night’

Illyria becomes the Parking Lot itself in Shakespeare in the Parking Lot's production of 'Twelfth Night' directed by Hamilton Clancy, to be presented by The Drilling Company from July 10 to 26, 2014.
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Second ‘In Scena! Italian Theatre Festival’ will be June 9 to...

Kairos Italy Theater, the preeminent Italian theater company in NYC, will present its second In Scena! Italian Theater Festival (www.inscenany.com) in all five boroughs from June 9 to 24, 2014.
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‘The Story of Yu-Huan’ Depicts Story of Woman’s Strength During Tang...

Yu-Huan, of the House of Yang, has been an undiminshed subject of literature and fine arts throughout thirteen centuries. Her death marked the end of 130 years of unprecedented prosperity in China's Middle Kingdom and a golden age of artistic outp
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La MaMa E.T.C. Presents ‘The Chairs’ on May 22 to June...

Ina Stinus reviews Theodora Skipitares' interpretation of the absurdist masterpiece, Ionesco's The Chairs
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Two-Character Play Retells Episode of Sanskrit Epic ‘Mahabarata’

Noted Brazilian actors Luca Bianchi and Livia de Bueno will perform the North American and English language premiere of 'DHRAMA: The Remarkable Dialogue Between Krishna and Arjuna'
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‘Four Clowns’ Makes Its Too-Brief East Coast Debut May 23 to...

Having dazzled critics and audiences in the West Coast and Midwest, 'Four Clowns' (www.fourclowns.org), conceived and directed by Jeremy Aluma, makes its too-brief East Coast debut May 23 to June 1 in The Club at La MaMa. In a madcap evening, fo
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Trouble In Tahiti Plus Two Shorts

From May 17 to 19 at Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Peter Norton Symphony Space, Underworld Productions Opera (UPO) will present TROUBLEfuturesongs, an evening of Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti plus the staged premieres of two shorts
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Step Back in History by Shakespeare’s ‘King John’ Play

'If you like action-packed thrillers,' writes Lynnea Benson, Artistic Director of Frog and Peach Theatre, 'you are going to love King John.' She calls the seldom-produced history play 'Game of Thrones, Shakespeare style,'
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‘Pagbabalik: Tracing the Path Home’ Explores Metaphoric Philippine Culture

'Pagbabalik: Tracing the Path Home' by Kinding Sindaw, the New York-based southern Philippine performance troupe, entwines a contemporary story of the modern Philipines with a dramatic adaptation of the third chapter
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‘The Head Hunter’ Comes to Life Again on April 11

To bring a second life to an undiscovered gem, Termination Productions LLC will present 'The Head Hunter,' a dramatic encounter between a screenwriter and his mobster cousin, at The Producers Club Theaters April 11 to May 4, 2014.
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‘Don Juan, Or Wages of Debauchery’ Now Comes Friendly for Kiddies

Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre returns to the Jan Hus Playhouse, 351 East 74th Street, April 10 to May 4 with 'Don Juan, or Wages of Debauchery,' conceived and directed by Vit Horejs, adapted and directed from an anonymous play of itiner
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Italy’s Culture in Focus on ‘Tosca e le altre due’ Play

From March 20 to 30, Kairos Italy Theater (KIT) and Dicapo Opera will present 'Tosca e le altre due' (Tosca and The Two Downstairs), a satirical, behind-the-scenes sister-story to Puccini's 'Tosca' as imagined by one of the wittiest
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La MaMa E.T.C Presents ‘Captain John Smith Goes to Ukraine’ on...

La MaMa Experimental Theatre and Yara Arts Group will present 'Captain John Smith Goes to Ukraine' February 27 to March 9. This experimental theater work, created by Bob Holman (Bowery Poetry Club), performance artist Susan Hwang, Ukrainian music
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Theater for The New City Presents World Premiere of ‘Sotto Voce’

In a penetrating dream play, recapturing an incident from World War II begs the question: is there ever redemption from painful memories for the refugee?
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‘Noise in the Waters’ Play Narrates the Tragedy of Migrants in...

Poetic play from Italy protests our indifference to the everyday reality of boats crowded with migrants that sink at sea.
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La MaMa Presents Two Offerings By Split Britches in 2014

La MaMa kicks off 2014 with two offerings by Split Britches, New York's premiere lesbian performance troupe: Ruff, Peggy Shaw's performance about life and art following her 2011 stroke
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New Partnership Unites Theater Professionals With Students in Musical Theater Studies

The Yip Harburg Foundation and Empire State College Metropolitan Center will announce a unique resource partnership for musical theater education.
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SU-EN Butoh Company From Sweden Invades NYC

On October 25 and 26, 2013, Theater for the New City will present prize-winning Swedish choreographer and butoh artist SU-EN, the leading representative of butoh dance in Sweden, in 'SOOT,' a new solo butoh performance on the theme of blackness.
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‘Hamlet ‘ Lives Up to Its Reputation as Shakespeare’s Most Suspenseful...

When Lynnea Benson stages 'Hamlet' with Frog and Peach Theatre Company, it'll be as a face-off between Scandinavian cultures. Bloodthirsty old Scandinavia confronts sleek, modern Scandinavia in a beautifully costumed,

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