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View in Browser | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. Wednesday, August 19, 2015 NYTimes.com/Theater » Wednesday, August 19, 2015 Get all digital access to The Times for just 99¢. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Cirque du Soleil Show Is Broadway Bound By MICHAEL PAULSON The Canadian circus behemoth is planning to take over the Lyric Theater for a long-running production that combines musical theater and acrobatics. ADVERTISEMENT Charles Isherwood in Oregon Jenny Graham Review: Lynn Nottage's 'Sweat' Examines Lives Unraveling by Industry's Demise By CHARLES ISHERWOOD Lynn Nottage's new drama, produced at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, examines two generations of factory workers and the decline of industry in the United States. Jenny Graham/Oregon Shakespeare Festival Review: In 'Head Over Heels,' Jukebox Musical Meets Elizabethan Romance By CHARLES ISHERWOOD At the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Jeff Whitty's merry new work combines a 16th-century poetic tale with the music of the Go-Go's. News and Reviews Paula Lobo for The New York Times Review: 'Informed Consent' Tests the Ethics of Genetic Research By CHARLES ISHERWOOD This play at the Duke on 42nd Street is about an anthropologist whose deeply personal reasons for pursuing her work lead her into questionable moral territory. Lenny Strucker Review: 'Grey Gardens' Is Revived in Its Real Setting, the Hamptons By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES This musical about two relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is playing in Sag Harbor, N.Y. Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times For 'Mercury Fur' Writer Philip Ridley, a Macabre Vision Takes Many Forms By ALEXIS SOLOSKI Mr. Ridley, whose controversial play, "Mercury Fur," opens this week Off Broadway, follows his art across many forms: photography, film and children's novels among them. Russ Rowland Review: In 'Unity (1918),' a Town Blindsided by Spanish Influenza By ANITA GATES With flashes of humor, Kevin Kerr's play evokes the horrors of a 1918 pandemic that gave people no time to mourn. Hunter Canning Review: In 'Steve: A Docu-Musical,' Colin Summers Honors an Online Mystery Lyricist By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES Mr. Summers's one-man show details his online correspondence with the title's inspiration: a man, possibly Australian, who submitted lyrics to him over seven years. ADVERTISEMENT Reports From the Fringe Critic's Notebook Garrett Matthew A Double Dose of Divine, and Other Reports From the Fringe Festival By ALEXIS SOLOSKI The New York International Fringe Festival, now in full swing, features glimmers of talent and skill amid the amateurism and malfunctioning air-conditioners. Isabelle Selby One Year Later, Fringe Festival Shows Measure Their Success By STEVEN McELROY Playwrights and producers discuss whether having been in the 2014 New York International Fringe Festival was worth all the time, effort and money. Daren Scott 10 Shows to Watch for at This Year's New York Fringe Festival By STEVEN McELROY, ERIK PIEPENBURG and SCOTT HELLER "Elaine Stritch: Still Here," "Exact Change" and "Naked Hamilton" are among the shows in this year's FringeNYC, which opens on Friday. Review: In 'John,' Pondering Life's Mysteries From Gettysburg By CHARLES ISHERWOOD Review: Colin Quinn, Full of Nostalgia for Gritty Old New York By JASON ZINOMAN Review: 'Hamilton,' Young Rebels Changing History and Theater By BEN BRANTLEY Review: In 'The Weir,' Things Go Bump in the Night, at the Pub By CHARLES ISHERWOOD FOLLOW THEATER FACEBOOK @nytimestheater Get more NYTimes.com newsletters » | Get unlimited access to NYTimes.com and our NYTimes apps for just $0.99. Subscribe » ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's Theater Update newsletter. As a member of the TRUSTe privacy program, we are committed to protecting your privacy. (...| Privacy Policy | Contact | Advertise Copyright 2015 The New York Times Company | 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018