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GORDON KREO; STERLING HYLTON AND COMPANY IN JEROME ROBBINS’ “THE CONCERT,” INNEWYORK.COM | MAY 2018 | IN NEW YORK 5 E~NYCIN_180500_SKYLINE.indd 5 4/5/18 10:20 AM footlights THEATER NEWS by Francis Lewis Animal Lover Great Acting Isabella Rossellini’s latest one-woman show, “Link Link Circus” “[Jeremy] Irons and [Lesley] Manville (below), which she wrote and performs, explores animal leave you emotionally pulverised,” ran minds, intelligence and emotions. How scientifically informed is the headline of The Guardian newspa- it? Let’s just say that Rossellini has done her homework: She is per’s review of Eugene O’Neill’s “Long completing a master’s degree in animal behavior and conser- Day’s Journey Into Night” when it vation at New York City’s Hunter College. | Baryshnikov Arts opened in London in February. Will the Center, 450 W. 37th St., 866.811.4111, May 16-23 actors (below) have the same effect on NYC critics and audiences? | BAM Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St., Brooklyn, 718.636.4100, May 8-27. A powerful theatrical journey A Good Bad Girl Teenager Regina George is the meanest member of The Plastics clique—the high school pink pack she leads—in the Broadway musi- cal “Mean Girls.” But the actress playing her, Taylor Louderman (left, center), admires her in spite of that. “I love how strong Regina is,” says Taylor. “Yes, she has to learn how to use her powers for good, but I so idolize how she owns who she is and never apologizes for it.” Acting a villain can be fun, too. Did Taylor draw on her own life experi- ences when prepping the role? “I have four little sisters so I’m sure I toyed with abusing girl power at home when my parents weren’t watching,” she confesses with a smile and a very pronounced wink. | August Wilson Theatre, 245 W. 52nd St., 877.250.2929 PHOTOS: THE CAST OF “MEAN GIRLS”: (LEFT TO RIGHT) ASHLEY PARK, LOUDERMAN, TAYLOR KATE ROCKWELLLINK CIRCUS,” BRIGITTE AND BARRETT LACOMBE WILBERT WEED, ©2017 JOAN MARCUS; JEREMY IRONS AND LESLEY MANVILLE IN “LONG JOURNEY DAY’S INTO NIGHT,” HUGO GLENDINNING; ISABELLA ROSSELLINI IN “LINK 6 IN NEW YORK | MAY 2018 | INNEWYORK.COM E~NYCIN_180500_Footlights.indd 6 4/6/18 11:13 AM 102328-A1-3.inddNYCIN_180500_0C2_007.indd 1 7 12/1/174/5/18 10:58:5810:42:30 AMPM THE RETAIL SCENE by Lois Levine in store market editor Anna Ratman Mother’s Day 3. Swarovski Gift Guide Lisabel 1. Floral-printed ba&sh 5. 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