David Spencer

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  Aisle Say On The Square: Sometimes There’s God So Quickly … and Sometimes There Isn’t

  Meet Ken Carpenter (Reed Birney): late fifties, early sixties, retired, Midwest sensibility, settled into a staid existence,...

  David Spencer March 6, 2017
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  Aisle Say On The Square: March at the Signature Center (Part One)

  The Pershing Square Signature Center is among the busiest and most prolific theatre centers anywhere, offering a...

  David Spencer March 6, 2017
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  Aisle Say On The Square: Light Verse and Infidelity Lite

  There aren’t many American playwrights who can own “funny” for its own sake the way David Ives...

  David Spencer January 31, 2017
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  Aisle Say On The Square: Two Modern Classic First Plays In Revival

  Part of August Wilson’s cycle of plays about the black experience in 20th Century America, Jitney—originally produced...

  David Spencer January 30, 2017
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  Aisle Say On The Square: Short Takes For January

  Some quick capsules on current short runs: The boilerplate states that, “The Dork Knight traces the ups and...

  David Spencer January 22, 2017
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  Aisle Say on the Square: Rake-ing Up The Past

  For a long time, I’ve been an inveterate watcher of TV series not (or not yet) available...

  David Spencer January 14, 2017
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  Aisle Say On The Square: The Moor And Still More Moor

  Bleached wood. Bleacher seating. Floor mattresses. Cots. iPhones in the dark. A lovers’ tryst in the barracks....

  David Spencer January 4, 2017
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  Aisle Say On The Square: Odd Duck Musicals, Part Three

  In a lot of ways, The Band’s Visit flies in the face of received, classic principles of...

  David Spencer December 31, 2016
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  Aisle Say On The Square: Odd Duck Musicals: Part Two

  Having worked on a musical based on a Canadian classic, given a first class production in the...

  David Spencer December 23, 2016
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  Aisle Say On The Square: Odd Duck Musicals: Part One

  I have a soft spot for Sweet Charity for a number of reasons, not the least of...

  David Spencer December 22, 2016