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For a show about the transformative powers of art, Marianne Dreams of all pieces shouldn't feel so stillborn.
This is a Cinderella for a metrosexual age, where children are wise beyond their years. Did anyone say civil partnership ceremony?
Beckett Shorts is a high-art quartet of the playwright's short pieces. The production is tied to Mikhail Baryshnikov grace and presence.
This is a Sweeney Todd, informed by a strong central vision, that is more Tim Burton than Stephen Sondheim. Attend this tale with that fact in mind.
Harold Pinter's The Homecoming may still be disturbing, but it's lost some of its ability to shock. Blame it on our violent, slaughter-filled times, for starters.
First seen in 1972, Alan Ayckbourn's ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR is a serious comedy set in three different kitchens over three successive Christmases, all involving the same set of characters. A…
It's hard to say where Mark Twain leaves off and play adapter David Ives begins - but Is He Dead? has modern audiences rolling in the aisles
When it comes to this production of George Bernard Shaw's The Devil's Disciple, a handful of compelling performances can't salvage a superannuated play.
There's surprising depth in these brief snapshots of every day life offered up by Will Eno
Bound for Broadway VIII offers glimpses of five musicals in various stages of development. There's a good chance some of these tuners will make it big in the Big Apple
David Henry Hwang's Yellow Face almost appears to be two separate plays. A funny first act backstage comedy morphs into a deadly serious second act all about politics and an international ba…
The plot of Conor McPherson's The Seafarer may center on a cardgame with the devil, but it's the tried and true Irish characters and some memorable performances that make the play a transpor…
Michael Grandage's production of Othello puts the emphasis where it should be - on the title character. And it pays off. Chiwetel Ejiofor's performance as the Moor is priceless.
The Constant Couple, a neglected George Farquhar gem, offers keen, catty observations on Restoration mores.
Tracy Letts has written a doozy of a play - August: Osage County. This is a dark comedy about one large dysfunctional family. Attention must be paid.
One of the Bard's less popular plays, Cymbeline is given a sumptuous, clean production under the artful direction of Mark Lamos.
Who actually invented television? Aaron Sorkin's The Farnsworth Invention tries to make sense of the David vs. Goliath backstory of that fateful discovery.
Queens Boulevard the musical is a microcosmic Our Town - a couple's commitment to the institution of marriage is put to the test in playwright Charles Mee's work.
A South African take on A Christmas Carol/Ikrismas Kherol, complete with a female Scrooge. No bah humbug here.
Katie Mitchell's Women of Troy is bound to divide spectators. In this instance, her director's artifice pre-empts-not complements the proceedings
John Patrick Shanley's Doubt forces audiences to take a fair amount of the action on faith. Many details of the plot just don't add up.
Desperately Seeking Susan to close after only a month - two, counting previews at the Novello
Just what we needed- two Frankensteins -even if one of them is Young. And neither one of them is very good. Where's Boris Karloff when we need him?
After portraying Hamlet and Richard II for CSC, Michael Cumpsty now offers us his Richard III. Give him credit for relishing his villainy.
Frankenstein - the off-Broadway musical, is earnest to a fault. Ironically, there's very little life in this story about a man who strives to unearth the secrets of life itself.
