Big Apple Circus: True family entertainment, with gales of laughter and the 'wow' factor by Toby Zinman

London Theater: 'The Ferryman' at the Royal Court, London: Delicious accents, hard truths, engaging cast by Toby Zinman

'Mother of the Maid' at the Lafayette Theatre: A good idea gone terribly wrong by Toby Zinman

'Mother of the Maid' at the Lafayette Theatre: A good idea gone terribly wrong by Toby Zinman

Tennessee Williams' 'Creve Coeur' at Theatre at St. Clement's: Bizarre, nonsensical, for completists only by Toby Zinman

Tennessee Williams' 'Creve Coeur' at Theatre at St. Clemens: Bizarre, nonsensical, for completists only by Toby Zinman

Broadway theater: 'Bernhardt/Hamlet' at American Airlines Theater is great theater, if not a great play by Toby Zinman

Definitely worth seeing, a fine night at the theater, with a great cast and fine acting, Theresa Rebeck's latest has too many ideas and pulls in too many directions at once.

Broadway theater: 'Bernhardt/Hamlet' at American Airlines Theater is great theater, if not a great play by Toby Zinman

Definitely worth seeing, a fine night at the theater, with a great cast and fine acting, Theresa Rebeck's latest has too many ideas and pulls in too many directions at once.

'The Nap" at the Manhattan Theatre Club: Crass, unfunny snookering of the audience by Toby Zinman

'The Nap" at the Manhattan Theatre Club: Crass, unfunny snookering of the audience by Toby Zinman

Broadway Review: 'Head Over Heels": Sly, wacky, undoing all binaries -- plus music by the Go-Go's! by Toby Zinman

Broadway Review: 'Head Over Heels": Sly, wacky, undoing all binaries -- plus music by the Go-Go's! by Toby Zinman

'Absolute Hell' at the National Theatre: Historic artifact of a rowdy postwar time by Toby Zinman

Delightful update of Noel Coward's 'Brief Encounter' at Empire Cinema in London by Toby Zinman

'Absolute Hell' at the National Theatre: Historic artifact of a rowdy postwar time by Toby Zinman

London theater: 'Macbeth' at National Theatre: Murky, unintelligible, nonsensical by Toby Zinman

London theater: 'Macbeth' at National Theatre: Murky, unintelligible, nonsensical by Toby Zinman

London theater: 'Nightfall' at the Bridge Theatre: Missed opportunity, just another boring family drama by Toby Zinman

London theater: 'Nightfall' at the Bridge Theatre: Missed opportunity, just another boring family drama by Toby Zinman

'The Writer': Radical, potent exploration of writing, theater, and gender by Toby Zinman

'The Writer': Radical, potent exploration of writing, theater, and gender by Toby Zinman

London Theater: 'Prudes' and 'Instructions for Correct Assembly' at the Royal Court by Toby Zinman

London Theater: 'The Ferryman' at the Royal Court, London: Delicious accents, hard truths, engaging cast by Toby Zinman

London Theater: 'Prudes' and 'Instructions for Correct Assembly' at the Royal Court by Toby Zinman

What a Broadway weekend!: 'St. Joan' and 'My Fair Lady'! by Toby Zinman

What a Broadway weekend!: 'St. Joan' and 'My Fair Lady'! by Toby Zinman

'Three Tall Women' at the John Golden Theatre: Who could ask for more? by Toby Zinman

'Three Tall Women' at the John Golden Theatre: Who could ask for more? by Toby Zinman

'Angels in America' at the Neil Simon Theatre: A play for the ages, as good as theater gets by Toby Zinman

'Angels in America' at the Neil Simon Theatre: A play for the ages, as good as theater gets by Toby Zinman

'Good for Otto': Stellar cast, profound themes, too much going on by Toby Zinman