Brownsville Bred is “A Diamond”

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She is a shining example of hurdles overcome. Like pressure-packed diamonds, rated for their four C’s — cut, color, clarity and carat — “Brownsville Bred” is certainly ring-worthy.

Brownsville Bred: From Girlhood Trials to Onstage Triumph

When Elaine Del Valle was a little girl, in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn in the 1980s, she lived in an apartment that required only one key to open the front door. But her mother had several others made up and put on one key chain, so Elaine could carry them to use as a weapon if the need arose.

“Brownsville Bred is a Stunning Show”

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Del Valle’s account of her life experiences is not only theatrically riveting, it tells the story of a woman who is able to emerge from disappointment and trauma with her humanity not only intact, but triumphant, to boot.

Brownsville Bred: Theater of Note

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With fashion-model beauty and a smile that can melt iron

Terry Teachout Declares ‘Biography’ is: “Delightful”

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“Biography,” perhaps the finest boulevard comedy ever written by an American, has long been in need of a revival on Broadway.

The Meticulously Staged ‘Biography’

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Mare Nostrum Elements & Theater 808′s tasteful production of S.N. Behrman‘s unjustly neglected 1932 Biography has replicated the Mint’s talent for unearthing forgotten treasures and giving them meticulous stagings.

Biography is: “Polished, Pungent and Superbly Acted”

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The chance to see his acclaimed comedy Biography, now at Theatre 3 at the Mint, is something any theater lover ought to jump at.

Biography and “The Absolutely Astonishing Tracy Shayne”

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In (the arresting) Biography, thanks to Henry Caserotti, we get to see the virtually finished portrait that Marion Froude (the absolutely astonishing Tracy Shayne) is painting.

Biography: “Delicious”

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It’s a clever tale, well played

Biography is: “Biting, Trenchant, and Gratifyingly subtle”

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Called “adult,” “mature,” “provocative,” “intelligent,” and “sinewy” by the New York critics at its premiere, it’s still all of that more than 75 years later.