Ending in a laughable pseudo-epiphany, "33 Variations" is really a charade in three parts: one part "Amadeus," one part Cliffs Notes, and one part "Lifetime Movie of the Week."
"Distracted" may not be great dramaturgy, but it does provide two hours of highly animated distraction.
Has the economic recession already found its playwright?
It's tempting to interpret Michel Vinaver's "L'Ordinaire" (The Usual Thing), which just opened at the Comedie-Francaise in Paris, as an allegory of the turmoil on the global markets.
Guys and Dolls is a crack gadget whose only purpose is to give pleasure. Des McAnuff's uneven, charm-challenged production doesn't entirely kill that pleasure, no matter how hell-bent on wreckage it sometimes seems to be.
If ever there was a foolproof American play, it is Thornton Wilder's "Our Town." I have seen professional and amateur productions, college and high-school performances, movie and opera versi…
"I've never had to do a backer's audition in my life," said Lapine, who co-wrote and staged Sondheim's Pulitzer Prize- winning "Sunday in the Park With George." "Steve and I were making call…
The new Broadway musical "The Story of My Life" is not so much a show as an entrapment. Two good actors, Will Chase and Malcolm Gets, have been trapped in it for months, and the 90 endless-s…
Spider-Man will have to wait a little longer for his Broadway debut because of production delays that have plagued the $31.3 million musical featuring songs by U2.