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A Tomboy With Gumption (and Her Sisters) By BEN BRANTLEY
Sutton Foster is a standout in this sketchy musical adaptation, which mostly rushes through Louisa May Alcott's evergreen novel.
Journey From Northern Ireland to Southern California By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Geraldine Hughes is a bright, inviting presence, and the surprising agent of her deliverance from the troubled atmosphere of her youth gives her show a modestly refreshing twist.
When Great Minds Get Rowdy By MIRIAM HORN
This hilariously twisted comedy of anachronism is goofier than a salon but not quite a full-blown farce.
A Military Man Kicks Up His Heels By JASON ZINOMAN
Paul Zimet's historical play with music has that familiar musty stench of costume drama.
For a Woman Scorned, the End Is the Beginning By JASON ZINOMAN
Jay Scheib's adaptation of Euripides' tragedy about a woman scorned seems more distracting than illuminating, which can also be said about the performing styles of the cast members.
A Comedy That Knows How Cruel Life Can Be By BEN BRANTLEY
Sir Peter Hall's production of Shakespeare's comedy, starring his daughter Rebecca Hall as Rosalind, is soul-stirring and exhilarating.
Bumps Along the Road to That Happy Ending By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Mary Zimmerman refracts a handful of mostly obscure fairy tales through her distinctive aesthetic in her play at the McCarter Theater Center in Princeton, N.J.
A Hothouse With a Maid Who Can Crack Wise By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
The Pearl Theater Company's take on Federico García Lorca's portrait of desire lacks the smoldering pauses and passion that permeate the play.
The Hazards of Fortune in the Age of Innocence By PHOEBE HOBAN
The Ripe Time company's evocative interpretation of Edith Wharton's "House of Mirth" is full of magical moments and stunning images.
Forget Moscow; These Sisters Are More the Wal-Mart Type By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
The director Pavol Liska opts for a loud, heavy-handed and very modern sarcasm in his stylishly updated interpretation of Chekhov's play.
Avant-Garde With a Twang By JASON ZINOMAN
Country singer Cynthia Hopkins's dynamic show about memory loss is one of the highlights of the Under the Radar festival at St. Ann's Warehouse.
It's Nowhere to be Found? Don't Go Round the Bend By JASON ZINOMAN
A group called the Civilians has created a cunningly constructed and charmingly performed show built on real-life interviews with people who have lost something.
Merry Storms of Words, Well Below the Speed Limit By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Equal measures of experience and affection are blended in the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players' spirited, vocally confident performances at City Center.
Parisian Hobo and Urchins From Kathie Lee, Lyricist By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Even those forgiving of spoon-fed sentiment may find it hard to warm to "Under the Bridge," a new musical by Kathie Lee Gifford and David Pomeranz.
This volume of Williams's letters covers the years during which he composed nearly all the plays by which he is likely to be remembered.
On a Lonely Quest, With Lots of Company By ANDREA STEVENS
Robert Mitchell's production is an overstuffed panettone of a musical mystery (whose solution is quickly obvious).
No Apples for Knuckle Rappers By MIRIAM HORN
Magdalena Gómez's play is morally confused and often leaden with cliché, but darkly wonderful whenever its villains dominate.
Crime, Law and Desire: 'The Trial' as Film Noir By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
Seductive redheads, fast-talking guards, lecherous codgers; this is pulp Kafka and, as such, true to the spirit of the original.
The Wit of Wilde Set Against the Melodies of Coward By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
Noël Coward's operetta, based on Oscar Wilde's play "Lady Windermere's Fan," doesn't quite come together as drama.
Retribution for Suffering Theatergoers By BEN BRANTLEY
The most gratifying and freshest "Forbidden Broadway" in years offers an acute list of grievances about the sickly state of the Broadway musical.
Santa Meets a Dragon Leaking Air By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
A Loose Memoir of Song, Dance and Image By MARGO JEFFERSON
The music and dance of this new theater piece by the Needcompany of Belgium have a bland sweetness. Instead of deepening our feelings, they dilute them.
The Heavy Toll of Sexual Repression By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
The temporal and dramatic scope of Jon Robin Baitz's knotty new play is not matched by depth of feeling or nuanced characterization.
She's Fat, He's a Man. Can They Find Love? By BEN BRANTLEY
This confrontationally titled show about a man who falls for an overweight librarian is the most emotionally engaging and unsettling of Neil LaBute's plays since "Bash."
So He Got Off the Couch and Into a One-Man Show By JASON ZINOMAN
A show about the travails of working as a Broadway producer could make juicy entertainment. But David Black's story comes off as strangely timid.
