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Rob Weinert-Kendt

Fear of a Brit Planet

by Rob Weinert-Kendt March 26, 2010 Critics & Reviews
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The New York Times‘ Charles Isherwood raised some hackles with a perfectly reasonable piece back in February positing that New Yorkers should not only welcome the Royal Shakespeare Company’s upcoming 2011 residency at the Park Avenue Armory as part of the Lincoln Center Festival but use the momentum, and the venue, to inspire Stateside efforts [...]

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Slap Happy or Sappy?

by Rob Weinert-Kendt March 1, 2010 Critics & Reviews

Something tells me that L.A. Times critic Charles McNulty doesn’t much care for musicals: “When the two singing ghosts of Duncan Sheik and Kyle Jarrow’s new indie-spirited chamber musical “Whisper House” deliver the opening number, “Better to Be Dead,” the show tips its hand that it has no intention of playing by conventional rules. A [...]

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