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Eventually, that nostalgic glow fades and a separate yet honorable version emerges in helmer Michael Wilson's graceful production, starring Matthew Modine as Atticus Finch.
The avoidance of sentimentality is admirable, but the almost complete lack of emotion in this performance style is so extreme it amounts to anti-sentiment.
Alan Menken, in his first concert-with-band in 35 years, charmed his way through an "and then I wrote" scrapbook to a friendly and friend-filled house.
This West End transfer of the first full-length play by Nicholas de Jongh, theater critic for London's Evening Standard, dramatizes -- sort of -- a key period in the early gay rights struggl…
Rosie O'Donnell brings her considerable wattage as producer, co-writer and star to "America," an unabashed message movie about the plight of kids in foster care.
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Some free advice to anyone going to see "Zombie": Sit in the back.
The group's take on Thornton Wilder's play -- featuring an ensemble of fortysomethings in both adult and young roles -- ponders the perspective of middle age, looking back with ever-increasi…
Due to self-indulgent writing (that shouldn't reflect on the game cast), much of the fun is lost in sloppy execution.
Foster put on a dazzling display, amply demonstrating why she is Broadway's busiest musical comedy star.
Winter vacations kicked in at some East Coast schools last week -- and they brought with them an attendant boost to family-friendly Broadway shows.
The Winter's Tale lurches from tragedy to comedy to romance, its schizophrenia cemented from scene one, when the infant prince of Sicilia ponders his choice of bedtime story: "Merry or sad shall it be? As merry as you will. A sad tale's best for winter." The play traditionally resists categorization, but the heart of Sam Mendes' production is rooted firmly in pathos and sobriety, making Shakespeare's act-four departure into boisterous pastoral revelry a rude interruption to the dramatic flow. While it doesn't smooth out the unevenness, this elegant staging is so poignant in its sorrowful moods that the evening is both suspenseful and satisfying.
The inclination is to laugh when the Civilians swing into their first song in This Beautiful City, a cowboy ditty extolling Colorado as the promised land. But the laughter turns to slack-jawed astonishment once this wicked-smart documentary theater troupe gets to Colorado Springs and allows the residents of this "Christian El Dorado" to demonstrate the evangelical fervor that transformed it into the mecca of the megachurch movement. Performing entirely without attitude, company members inhabit the personae of local residents who sat down for interviews about their churches, their political beliefs and their glassy-eyed commitment to their faith.
Inaugural performances begin Sunday
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