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‘Wanted’ Review: A Broadway Musical About Outlaw Sisters Can’t Live Up to Its Bold Premise

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By Dan Rubins
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Check out the Clarke family’s Kinfolk, ghostly ancestors cloaked in flowing white robes who show up at the start of Wanted with a story to sing. There are six of them, each with a vibrantly distinctive look, and they roll across the stage like fog, both a unified collective and a compelling collection of individual personalities. They’re led by the phenomenal Melody A. Betts, who opens Wanted’s second act with a jaw-droppingly prolonged belted note.
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Review: The Blue Violinist Over West End Avenue , Shouting About Israel on the Upper West Side

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By Dan Rubins
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Rory Kulz, Ali Axelrad, Adam Heller, and Barbara Walsh appear in Debbie Goodstein’s The Blue Violinist Over West End Avenue, directed by Jonathan Silverstein, at Theatre Row. (© Jeremy Daniel) A 13-year-old student once told me that when she can’t choose between two options, she makes the decision by having a thumb war with herself. Writing a debate play, the kind where characters are positioned oppositionally across a social or political issue, is kind of like having a thumb war with yourself.
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Review: Lauren Yee's King of the Yees , an Exploration of What It Means to Be a Yee

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By Dan Rubins
| TheaterMania.com Verified
Maureen Sebastian, David Shih, Francis Jue, and Kelly Marie Tran in King of the Yees (© HanJie Chow) There are two characters named Lauren Yee in Yee’s play King of the Yees, having its New York premiere at the Pershing Square Signature Center. One Lauren (Kelly Marie Tran) has written a play about “Lauren” (Maureen Sebastian) and her father “Larry.” Meanwhile, Francis Jue, endearing as ever, plays real-life Lauren’s father Larry, while David Shih portrays the version of him in “Lauren”’s play.
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