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Everyone has a story to tell- and told well, we'll take the time to listen to it. Unfortunately, Steve Solomon's My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish and I'm in Therapy doesn't pass the t…
Even the most ordinary office can be the scene of a terrible outrage. At least that what Adam Bock seems to be implying in The Receptionist
Legendary singer, Broadway star and once upon a time heart throb Robert Goulet, died in California yesterday, age 73.
Puppetry, lighting and sound come together to make this National Theatre production of War Horse, a ravishing live stage event. For those who want more meat on their animal fables, let them …
Chazz Palminteri's A Bronx Tale is a heartfelt remembrance of a past life. So what if it verges on the sentimental, it's still the real thing.
Point a finger at Jack Klugman and Paul Dooley for making this revival of Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys a laugh riot. The old shtick still works.
Reality takes a beating in Sarah Treems A Feminine Ending. Her script is so self-congratulatory, it ought to be highlighted.
Michael Lesslie's Swimming with Sharks is one of those cutthroat blood in the water tales of Hollywood that lacks the proper bite.
Mercedes Ruehl will appear in the Signature Theatre Company's production of Edward Albee's Occupant, a world premiere, next May.
All hail the Thane of Cawdor all hail Macbeth - all hail Patrick Stewart in the title role, giving a performance for the ages, under the superb direction of Rupert Goold.
Picture a subway at rush hour, sardine-packed with people and you have a rough approximation of what it feels like to be in the audience at Fuerzabruta. But the show dazzles and the cast is …
Tony Martin graced the stage at Feinstein's at Loew's Regency and gave a performance, two, really, that younger performers could only envy. Not bad for a 95-year old.
This Roundabout revival of Pygmalion lets us see Professor Henry Higgins, for what he really is: A bully, a tyrant and a spoilt brat. This might not be a popular view, but it's the way direc…
Hollywood may be full of mean people, but their bark is much worse than their bite, in Michael Lesslie's stage adaptation of the Kevin Spacey movie Swimming with Sharks . Christian Slater co…
Doris Day may respectfully decline to appear in public. But the 83-year old legend has a wonderful substitute in the celebrated cabaret star Mary Cleere Haran.
This revival of William Wycherley's The Country Wife offers a masterly performance by David Haig as the doltish Pinchwife. Otherwise, Jonathan Kent's production could have been better.
Just a play about some Chicago real estate salesmen trying to stay alive. But, in playwright David Mamet's hands, Glengarry Glen Ross is a brilliant bit of urban office poetry
The Ritz may be dated, The Ritz may be old news, but The Ritz is still very funny.
This well- done revival of William Nicholson's Shadowlands offers up an added bonus: Charles Dance's eye-opening performance. Who knew he had such a range and strength of feeling?
This is not your father's Misanthrope nor even yours, unless you have a strong grounding in the Moliere classic. If you do, you'll appreciate what director Ivo Van Hove's provocative style h…
25 years ago, when A.R. Gurney wrote The Dining Room, the customs he portrayed were bordering on quaint. Today, those customs are positively antiquated.
Who knew stamp collecting could be so exciting?
Lightning hasn't quite struck twice at the National: Present Laughter is no Private Lives - even though the author Noel Coward and the director Howard Davies are the same in both cases.
