'The Liar' review: 17th century facts and their alternates
David Ives, Stephen Sondheim's collaborator on a new musical and author of the seductively manipulative "Venus in Fur," also has a singular fascination with classic French plays. He is back in familiar territory, the Classic Stage Theater, with his breezy, good-natured translation of Pierre Corneille's mid-17th century comedy, "The Liar."