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Slickly and grandly designed, completely accessible, consistently amusing and in its own way a genuine tribute to old-fashioned Broadway musical entertainment, this tuner loves the use of a …
Audiences expecting neat life lessons about artists or a simple-minded attack upon/salute to abstract art will be disappointed. "Red" is far more ambitious, which makes its success all the m…
Snarling comedy about social graces devolving into the more primal state of belligerent self-interest.
Mavis Spencer tapped for trophy post
Off B'way play earns back its $500,000 in a quick 11 weeks
The boy who won't grow up flies triumphantly into the 21st century in this spectacular, supremely family-friendly entertainment, soon to head out on a 20-month U.S. tour.
To former nightclubbers looking for a bit of the old ultraviolets, this must look like heaven.
"Brief Encounter" is galvanized by ensemble energy.
With "The Last Cargo Cult," the monologist perfectly balances goofball humor and genuine anger.
Actor joins Dark Castle thriller
McQueen to direct film on African musician
Orchestra numbers surge but downward trend remains
'Steady Rain,' 'Hamlet' add coin to pot
As one of the characters in David Mamet's teasing faux-polemic on the subject says, "Race is the most incendiary topic in our history." The slender play that takes its terse title from that declaration seems hatched more out of an urge to inflame arguments easily triggered in the age of Obama than out of the need to tell this particular story or even to explore the issue with any real conclusiveness. This being Mamet, however, the dialogue is tasty, the confrontations spiky and the observations more than occasionally biting. Slick but hollow, Race entertains as it unfolds, but grows increasingly wobbly as it twists its way to an unsatisfying wrap-up.
If "Hoffman" isn't quite the smashing success of those earlier entries, the fault probably lies less with Sher than with Jacques Offenbach, the opera's composer.
"Pop!" is vibrant, satirical and a hell of a lot of fun, making it a hot candidate to transfer to a Gotham run on the story's home turf. Though its self-fabulousness may be off-putting to so…
Oscar winner sings, finds unlikely role model
'Julie and Julia' actress vies for 16th Oscar nom
Actress went with gut for role as Tolstoy's wife
Thanksgiving brings bounty for some, not all
17 songs for Presley included 'It's Now or Never'
Fugard finds absolution in a coffee shop in a struggling mini-mall, presumably around the San Diego area the 77-year-old playwright now calls home. He also finds it with an exceptional cast …
The two make an especially jolly pair.
Matthew White's revival of "Sweet Charity" is the most thrillingly complete piece of work at the Menier Chocolate Factory since the venue's 2005 triumph with "Sunday in the Park With George."
