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While there are flashes of brilliance, this is not an altogether cohesive work. It hits enough high notes to captivate in moments, but there are also times when it feels as if it's running s…
Time is fleeting in Les Éphéméres, the latest theater work by French director Ariane Mnouchkine and her large communal company Théâtre du Soleil. Time is cherished, wasted, partly regained or lost forever. Mainly though, the seconds slip away. That's quite a feat, since Les Éphémères clocks in at more than six hours. Nearly every moment is pure brilliance.
Nearly three hours long, this is a "Twelfth Night" that passes the time most enjoyably.
The Summer Stars Production is a mixed bag of celebrity and musical treats that alternately delight and disappoint.
True to form, it's very funny, witty and well-acted. But the three one-act pieces that comprise this play feel underwritten. More like musings at this stage, "Offices" doesn't quite deliver …
As a musical, "9 To 5" is pretty flimsy stuff but credit is due to a very talented company that works overtime to sell it.
Eye-catching as it all is, this stylized production seemed to be more about the style than substance.
His in-the-round production adds yet another notch to a stellar career. In this triumphant "Norman Conquests", everyone wins.
Now we have a majestic revival of "Joe Turner's Come and Gone", and the main man behind the scenes is white director Bartlett Sher. Would Wilson approve?
America's longtime lampooner of cracked Americana is back with "Why Torture Is Wrong and the People Who Love Them," a dark yet strangely optimistic snapshot of our confusing times.
"Rock of Ages" is not for everyone, but I bet a lot of people who wouldn't expect to like this goofy musical will be smitten. Count me in that group.
The Public Theater's revival of the classic 1968 musical "Hair" is triumphantly back, and attendance will surely lead to a contact high.
Some people will no doubt find "Exit The King" frustrating and too long. I found this fine production both funny and moving, much like life itself.
We expect movies stars to do hack work for easy money. Who begrudges Joan Allen her appearance in "Death Race" or Jeremy Irons in "Dungeons & Dragons?" But to see these seasoned actors in so…
Yasmina Reza, who first stormed Broadway with her Tony-winning play Art 11 years ago, returns with another crowdpleasing comedy. God of Carnage doesn't quite match the artfulness of that first triumph, but it's a winner and the theatre gods are smiling yet again.
With its legendary creative team including Stephen Sondheim who wrote the lyrics, "West Side Story" remains at the pinnacle of American theater. That will never change. I just wish I could r…
Broadway will always have its ghosts. They say the specters of past troupers and producers hover through the back alleys and theaters of the Great White Way. Well, now there's another apparition to be found on the Rialto, and it's frightfully funny. The play is Blithe Spirit, the champagne-light supernatural farce by Noel Coward, and it should continue to haunt the Shubert for a good long time.
For all its lofty ambitions, it doesn't rise to the level of great theater. Still, it's an engaging work centering on a classical music mystery; and Jane Fonda's performance is a high note.
Every high school in the United States has probably put on the great Broadway musical "Guys And Dolls," and I would wager a bet that a number of those student productions have more life and …
