Jennifer Vanasco
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Miss The Sounds Of The City? The Library Has A Solution
Did you ever think you'd miss the sound of a jackhammer? Or the subway? Or someone walking by you in a hurry, talking loudly into their headphones? → Read More
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A story of a lonely creative writing professor and her young student is creepy. And riveting. → Read More
Review: 'Fairview' Gives Its Audience a Welcome New Perspective
Jackie Sibblies Drury's play, now remounted at Theatre for a New Audience, wants theatergoers to think about the white gaze. → Read More
Review: 'Tootsie's' A Crowd-Pleaser, But With A Caveat
This new Broadway show based on the 1982 movie is that that rare musical that's actually funny. But the story is ill-timed. → Read More
"The Lehman Trilogy" Review: An Epic Story About the Dreams — and Darkness — of America
This magnificent British import has a mythic quality. → Read More
Review: 'Choir Boy' An Emotional Dive Into the Prep School Struggles of One Gay Boy
"Moonlight" writer Tarell Alvin McCraney has penned a spectacular — and spectacularly complex — character in Pharus. → Read More
Bodegas Take Down Their Signs ... Just in Case
Local businesses are taking precautions after seeing a strange uptick in 311 complaints that can result in thousands of dollars in fines. → Read More
Review: Terrified Mom of an "American Son" Tries to Get Police to Take Her Seriously
Kerry Washington plays a mother whose son hasn't come home. It doesn't matter that he has a Lexis and attended private schools, she knows what this could mean. → Read More
'Oklahoma's' Dream Ballet Reflects National Anxieties — Then and Now
A shadow of fear hovers over the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic musical, which made the original production relevant during World War II — and makes it relevant now. → Read More
Review: In "Skintight," Rich People Grasp for Beauty
The Off Broadway production is a sleek, urban comedy about reprehensible people with a simplistic message: beauty buys you stuff. → Read More
Review: 'Teenage Dick' Sets 'Richard III' in a High School
This bright, new work riffs off Shakespeare, turning wicked King Richard into an excluded teenager who has a devious plan to become high school class president. → Read More
Review: In 'Kings,' the Real Power Is Held by Lobbyists
In a play directed by "Hamilton's" Thomas Kail, a new legislator doesn't want money from special interests if she has to do favors in return. But that's not how the system works. → Read More
Review: Darkly Funny 'Hangmen' Full of Compelling Twists
What seems like an eccentric character piece becomes, in playwright Martin McDonough's deft hands, a darkly comic thriller that is also a meditation on the justice of revenge. → Read More
Columbus Statue to Remain in Place, but 'Context' to Be Added
The recommendations come after a 90-day review of the city's public art, spurred by the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, this past summer. → Read More
State Senator Jeff Klein Accused of Forcibly Kissing Staffer
The leader of the break-away faction of Independent Democrats denies the allegation. → Read More
Review: 'Illyria' Gives Front Row Seat to Public Theater's Early Days
The year 1958 was almost the end of Joseph Papp's vision of free Shakespeare in the Park: he had no money and was fighting with everyone, from a director friend to Robert Moses. → Read More
Review: 'M. Butterfly' Revival Is Contemporary, Challenging, and Chilly
David Henry Hwang's play delves into many contemporary issues: transgender people, the way white people see Asian cultures, and how some men use sex to have power over women. → Read More
Explainer: Is the Jones Act Hurting Puerto Rico?
This week, seven House Democrats, led by Rep. Nydia Velázquez, called for a waiver of the Jones Act. But is that the problem? → Read More
New Yorkers Take the Stage at the Public Theater
The Public Works program brings people together through theater. → Read More
Review: A Joyful 'Midsummer Night's Dream' in the Park
Lear deBessonet's wonderful "theater is for everyone" ascetic is on riotous display in the Public Theater's current Shakespeare in the Park production. → Read More