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The Pearl production is a most enjoyable experience. But let us not forget it preceded the French Revolution by only eleven years. Laughter can be dangerous. . . . Read More
Though even the cleverest and most Chekhov savvy director can't transform Ivanov from being a duckling among Chekhov's swans, Classic Stage has given its production the swan treatment. . . .…
this new play by filmmaker Douglas McGrath at the Vineyard Theatre, takes an intriguing approach to the events leading up to and following Richard Nixon's gig as Vice-President ,. The cast, …
These are colorful characters indeed. And they are played by a versatile ensemble cast, dressed in dazzling costumes, complete with feathers and flowing scarves. Wilson's African-influenced …
When baseball manager Leo Durocher coined his famous "nice guys finish last" back in 1938 he wasn't thinking of nice nebbishes like Josh Cohen for whom Valentine's Day is the unhappiest day …
I was a bit startled to read in the program that John Fosse is considered one of the worlds finest contemporary playwrights, as I'd never heard of him before. I'm a little closer to understa…
The Transport group mission to explore the work of major American writers has produced a variety of hits. While this stage adaptation of Jontthan Franzen's essay is more miss than hit, it do…
Even if you aren't an opera fan, you will become enamored with the spectacle of this full-scale production of painstakingly high quality.
Amy Morton and Tracy Letts have made this 50-year-old play the freshest new Broadway experience. Even if you're familiar with George and Martha's devastatingly funny yet awful alliterative g…
In Simon Stephen's play, the title character's "disappearance" takes the audience on a journey with a woman whose normal behavior mechanism cracks .
Daisy Foote's character in her sister's dark family drama brings to mind the famous "I'm mourning for my life" comment of Chekhov's Masha
Directors and Editors, Vicky Featherstone and John Tiffany with author Andrew O'Hagan have the imagination and skill to have turned this mass of words into exciting theatre as they explore t…
We should thank Mad Men for giving Julie Kramer and Amy Wilson's stage adaptation a nifty promotional tie in to the popular series. . .
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Grace - You never know what to expect from Craig Wright. In Grace he uses the familiarity with absolute evangelical theory gained while earning Masters of Divinity degreeto explore …
You can visit Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Luntr landmarked summer retreat right here in Manhattan with a ticket to Jeffrey Hatcher's backstage look at the legendary actors' lives . . . Read More
Stephen Sondheim aficionados will accept the limitations of this patchwork style mini musical. Sondheim Newbies would be better off with some cast recordings of his big hits. . . . Read More
In keeping with the relentlessly grim and ravenously graphic oeuvre that defines many of Adam Rapp's plays, this is also a startling and extremely visceral response to the timely and topical…
this production has successfully brought Ibsen's 1882 muckraking drama into the 21st Century. . . . Read More
-The potential for harder-hitting emotional or social impact has been ignored, but if you want a brain-teasing play that tickles your funny bone, this production gets the job done. .
David Cromer directs the Goodman Theater's revival. Though one of Tennessee Williams' lesser works. Still, even when he goes overboard, Williams dives deeper into our desperation--daily, mon…
It's hard to imagine this history based drama without Kathleen Chalfant to charm you with her spot-on accent, and wry humor and ultimately bring tears to your eyes with her unimaginably horr…
If the question this title asks is how to improve the way we live, Nick Payn's answer seems to be that it may just be best to start looking at problems right in your own home
- Thomas Bradshaw doesn't shy away from graphic depictions of sex, violence, and depravity and in his new play, Job, such inclinations have met a natural partner. . . . Read More
- A skilled cast and expert production values make this Pulitzer Prize finalist worth seeing even though its too extreme finale short changes the theme of the American Dream in freefall
In his Pulitzer Prize runner up play about the wrestling world Kristoffer Diaz wrestles with big themes .
