PLAYBILL.COM'S WEEK IN REVIEW Oct. 25-31: Did Critics Find The Real Thing and Will Matthew Morrison
The second Tom Stoppard production of the season opened Oct. 30 when a revival of The Real Thing took its bow at the American Airlines Theatre. Along with Cynthia Nixon, who played the precocious teenager Debbie in the original 1984 production and now returns to play Debbie's mother, Charlotte, the cast features Josh Hamilton and Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ewan McGregor in their Main Stem debuts.