Brian Lipton
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Theater critic. Fashion journalist. General Hospital fanatic. NYC forever. He/Him
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1 week ago |
theatermania.com | Brian Lipton
Many television viewers know Louisa Jacobson for her outstanding portrayal of Marian Brook on HBO’s The Gilded Age, returning for season three on June 22. Now, audiences will get an up-close look at Jacobson and her talents in Emmanuelle Mattana’s Trophy Boys, at MCC Theater. In this provocative new play, four queer and non-binary performers play a quartet of teenage boys who get caught up in both philosophical and real-life arguments on feminism and how women are treated in our society.
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2 weeks ago |
theatermania.com | Brian Lipton
In Patricia MacGregor and Colman Domingo’s “fever dream” of a play, Lights Out, now running at New York Theatre Workshop, audiences get to witness one of theater’s most spectacular duets: a remarkable song-and-dance version of “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter,” performed by the play’s main subject Nat King Cole (Dulé Hill) and his close friend Sammy Davis Jr. (Daniel J. Watts).
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2 weeks ago |
theatermania.com | Brian Lipton
A stage favorite for more than 45 years, Mark Linn-Baker is back on the boards as the grumpy hypochondriac Argan in Jeffrey Hatcher’s streamlined adaptation of Molière’s The Imaginary Invalid, now being presented by Red Bull Theater at New World Stages.
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1 month ago |
culturevulture.net | Brian Lipton
The one-person show, often with the performer playing multiple characters, has produced some of the New York theater’s most memorable evenings, from Jefferson Mays in “I Am My Own Wife” to Jodie Comer in “Prima Facie” to Andrew Scott’s current turn in “Vanya,” in which he effortless essays all eight roles in an updated take on the Chekhov classic.
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1 month ago |
theatermania.com | Brian Lipton
By his early 20s, Sam Tutty was already an Olivier Award winner and West End favorite for his performance in the title role of Dear Evan Hansen. But rather than headlining another major musical, Tutty opted to star in a small show called Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) for what became a 10-week run. The show’s popularity quickly led to a well-received six-month West End transfer.
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