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To those who might have wondered whether Kelli O'Hara's recent successes in "The Light in the Piazza," "The Pajama Game" and "South Pacific" were due to strong material and skilled direction…
Two acts are too short a time to spend with Deborah Zoe Laufer's lovable characters in "End Days."
'Mamma Mia' helmer steering 'Mary Stuart'
Show gives jukebox musicals a good name
Nobody's going to call Neil LaBute a redemptive playwright, and even in this reflective mood, he's not exactly forgiving about men's failings and women's weaknesses. But there's compassion a…
Will Ferrell's 'Bush' deemed a special event
Aaron Eckhart is in talks to star opposite Nicole Kidman in the bigscreen adaptation of David Lindsay-Abaire's Broadway play "Rabbit Hole."
Bill Cain play to bow in season's second slot
Beware the threequel. The law of diminishing returns is evident in Classic Stage Company's "An Oresteia."
Director Diane Paulus and her prodigiously talented cast connect with the material in ways that cut right to the 1967 rock musical's heart.
Script is thin, but sharp acting and helmer Bart DeLorenzo's lurid trappings make for a memorably creepy entry in CTG's "Douglas Plus" series of experimental entertainments.
The five supporting actors are all serviceable, but the skyrocket work comes from Creighton, currently on Broadway hiatus from playing Chef Louis in "The Little Mermaid." With more work, "Ca…
The generally involving play should appeal to the novel's many fans, plus those few whose book clubs still haven't gotten around to it.
Whatever fresh ideas helmer David Esbjornson might have intended are too often drowned out by the visual bedlam of the design elements and the inconsistent performance styles.
Despite the best intentions of everyone involved, and the resources of Lincoln Center Theater, this underwhelming meditation on mortality doesn't resonate at all.
Weekly sales at most Broadway shows slipped last week -- although the overall cume held fairly steady, thanks to big gains by two strong-selling new offerings.
The conviction of Tovah Feldshuh's transformative performance drives Irena's Vow, but it's the compelling true story of courage and heroism that makes Dan Gordon's by-the-numbers script so moving. Recounting the experiences of Irena Gut, a young Polish Catholic housekeeper who sheltered a dozen Jews in the basement of the German major for whom she worked during WWII, the play draws its power more from the nobility of its sentiments and the events it portrays than from the writer's over-explanatory treatment of them. Still, if the audible sobs in the theater at key moments are any indication, audiences may be willing to overlook the clunky dramaturgy.
Former violist Hollinger seems to know whereof he speaks, for despite over-the-top plotting, his fictional Lazara Quartet thrums with believability in Kyle Donnelly's impeccably detailed, st…
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Rare Sondheim production won SRO houses
Going from page to stage, this largely internal monologue is not always illuminating, engaging or satisfying, but Robert Woodruff's helming is brilliantly cold, and Bill Camp's work is as ra…
