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Inspired by the infamous 1927 murder trial of Ruth Snyder, Machinal tells the story of a Young Woman who works as a stenographer in the industrial, male-dominated world of the 1920s. She finds her ...

Hall makes her Broadway debut as Young Woman — the character based on real-life murderer Ruth Snyder, who is sentenced to death — in the limited engagement, which will officially open Jan. 16, 2014, ...

NEW YORK – Eighty-six years is a long time between Broadway revivals, especially since they seem to be coming faster than they used to. So “Machinal,” which first appeared on Broadway in 1928, opened ...

One of the most thrilling shows on Broadway is about a woman who kills her husband in cold blood. That would pack in the tourists . . . if we were talking about “Chicago.” Sophie Treadwell’s “Machinal ...

Machinal tells the story of a young woman any woman who works as a stenographer in the industrial, male-dominated world of the 1920s. The play depicts her struggle for personal fulfillment in a world ...

Sophie Treadwell’s “Machinal” has been acclaimed by critics as amasterpiece of expressionistic theater, but audiences have nevermuch cared for it. Even in its much-acclaimed 1928 Broadwaypremiere, ...

Rebecca Hall stars in this bristling revival of Sophie Treadwell's 1928 expressionist drama, pulled from headlines covering the conviction for murder and execution of Ruth Snyder. By David Rooney ...

Machinal opens in a loud and lairy 1920s office. Overlapping conversations about sex and romance are given a staccato rhythm by the clack and ding of a dozen typewriters. The question on everyone’s ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Eighty-six years is a long time between Broadway revivals, especially since they seem to be coming faster than they used to. So “Machinal,” which first appeared on Broadway in 1928, ...