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59 stories by "Houman Barekat"

At the Edinburgh Festival, Wrestling With Identity by Houman Barekat

In plays from Scotland, Korea and Switzerland, theater companies explored questions of belonging, with varying degrees of success.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:07am on August 11, 2023☆⚑

Edinburgh Festival Review: 'Food' Is an Acquired Taste by Houman Barekat

At the Edinburgh Festival, Geoff Sobelle presents a dinner party as a theatrical spectacle, in which silliness is the end in itself.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 7:49am on August 10, 2023☆⚑

Can 'Miss Saigon' Be Saved? Two British Shows Disagree. by Houman Barekat

A revival reimagines the polarizing musical for the 21st century while a new show offers a bawdy riposte.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:13pm on July 18, 2023☆⚑

'Dear England' Review: When Soccer Success Becomes a Moral Victory by Houman Barekat

A new James Graham play about the soccer coach Gareth Southgate is a lively romp, but its core message about embracing male vulnerability feels soppy.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:43am on June 21, 2023☆⚑

Review: In 'Aspects of Love,' Some Problematic Attachments by Houman Barekat

A London revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's partner-swapping musical is a camp amoral romp. But is this obsession really the same as romance?

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:12pm on May 26, 2023☆⚑

Review: In 'Hamnet,' Shakespeare Becomes Soap Opera by Houman Barekat

The Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's hit 2020 novel is elegant and tasteful " but also formulaic and sentimental.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 4:06pm on April 13, 2023☆⚑

Review: 'Berlusconi: A New Musical' Is Hammy and Hamstrung by Houman Barekat

The show, in London, skewers its protagonist through maximalist kitsch, but it comes with a tone of finger-wagging moralism that's no fun.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:36pm on April 4, 2023☆⚑

Review: 'Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead' in London by Houman Barekat

The British experimental theater company Complicité turns the Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk's novel "Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead" into a thought-provoking, entertaining spect…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:24am on March 29, 2023☆⚑

'Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons' Review: A Thought Exercise, Without Deep Thoughts by Houman Barekat

On London's West End, Aidan Turner and Jenna Coleman star in a lightly dystopian comedy that succeeds as a portrait of a troubled couple, but falls short as political satire.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:22pm on February 1, 2023☆⚑

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