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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Review: Summer Shorts 2012: Series B by David Finkle

This entertaining trio of short works by Paul Rudnick, Sean Hartley & Sam Davis, and Neil Labute have a high silliness quotient.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Sunday, August 5, 2012

Review: Gore Vidal's The Best Man by David Finkle

Some starry new cast members, including John Stamos, Cybill Shepherd, and Kristin Davis, more-than-effectively step into this timely revival of Gore Vidal's political drama.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Friday, August 3, 2012

Review: Sweet Charity by David Finkle

The New Haarlem Arts Theatre offers up a Latin-tinged revival of the 1966 musical comedy about an overly optimistic dance-hall hostess.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:20PM
Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Review: Summer Shorts 2012: Series A by David Finkle

This trio of one-act plays by Wendy Kesselman, Nancy Giles, and James McLure are decidedly above-average.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:59PM
Friday, July 27, 2012

Review: 2012 NYMF Roundup #4 by Dan Bacalzo, David Finkle, and Brooke Pierce

Reports on Living With Henry, Zapata! The Musical, A Letter to Harvey Milk, and The Groove Factory.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00AM
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Review: New Girl In Town by David Finkle

Irish Rep presents an enticing revival of the Bob Merrill-George Abbot tuner, based on Eugene O'Neill's 1921 drama Anna Christie.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Review: Black Milk by David Finkle

Russian playwright Vassily Sigarev's New York premiere is an over-long exercise in gratuitous violence and scatological language.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Monday, July 23, 2012

Review: Tartuffe by David Finkle

Marc Kudisch imbues the title character of Moliere's play with a whopping quantity of theatrical delight.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
Friday, July 13, 2012

Review: 2012 NYMF Roundup #1 by David Finkle, Barbara Siegel, and Scott Siegel

Reports on Rio, Flambe Dreams, and Himself and Nora.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
Monday, July 9, 2012

Review: DruidMurphy by David Finkle

This trio of plays by Ireland's Tom Murphy vividly displays the troubles his countrymen have endured over the past 125 years.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Sunday, July 8, 2012

Review: Macbeth by David Finkle

Alan Cumming gives a brilliant, often surprising performance in this unusual version of Shakespeare's tragedy at the Lincoln Center Festival.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
Sunday, July 1, 2012

Review: Romeo and Juliet by David Finkle

Ali Ahn and William Jackson Harper make an attractive and passionate pair in the title roles of Joanna Settle's contemporary Shakespeare on the Sound production of the Bard's tragedy.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00PM

Feature: SPECIAL REPORT: London Review Roundup by David Finkle

Reports on Fear, Henry V, The Last of the Haussmans, Posh, and Twelfth Night

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Thursday, June 14, 2012

Review: Harvey by David Finkle

Jim Parsons and Jessica Hecht give brilliant performances in the Roundabout Theatre Company's winning revival of Mary Chase's comedy.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Review: Rapture, Blister, Burn by David Finkle

Gina Gionfiddo's examination of contemporary feminism is full of witty lines that mask the play's seminar-like feeling.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Thursday, June 7, 2012

Review: Food and Fadwa by David Finkle

This new play about a Palestinian family living under Israeli rule is only mildly effective.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Review: Murder in the First by David Finkle

Chad Kimball gives a breakout performance as a murderer facing the death penalty in this intensely exciting courtroom drama.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Thursday, May 24, 2012

Review: The Common Pursuit by David Finkle

Six fine actors shine in Moises Kaufman's production of Simon Gray's play about a group of longtime friends.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Sunday, May 20, 2012

Review: Old Jews Telling Jokes by David Finkle

This rollicking revue at the Westside Theatre has patrons chortling at some familiar, but still hilarious material.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Monday, May 14, 2012

Review: Are You There, McPhee? by David Finkle

Paul Gross stars in the world premiere of John Guare's overly convoluted if promising new play at the McCarter Theatre.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM

Review: Orpheus by David Finkle

New York City Opera offers up an admirable production of Telemann's opera based on the famed Greek myth.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AM
Thursday, May 10, 2012

Review: Welcome to America by David Finkle

This adaptation of H. Leivick's 1920's dysfunctional family drama about Jewish immigrants proves to be only intermittently effective.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Sunday, May 6, 2012

Review: Man and Superman by David Finkle

The Irish Repertory Theatre offers a thoroughly engaging production of George Bernard Shaw's weighty play.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Saturday, May 5, 2012

Review: The Caretaker by David Finkle

Jonathan Pryce leads an expert cast in this top-notch production of Harold Pinter's groundbreaking play.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Friday, May 4, 2012

Easy Reader: Margery, Sheldon Harnick Visit 'The Outdoor Museum' by David Finkle

The idea behind the coffee-table tome is to tribute New York City as a sprawling site which may boast of being home to several actual museums but is -- more than those institutions imply -- …

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:55PM
Monday, April 30, 2012

Review: Uncle Vanya by David Finkle

Target Margin's experimental production of Chekhov's classic play doesn't succeed on most levels.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Sunday, April 29, 2012

Review: Macbeth by David Finkle

Ty Jones gives a fiery performance in the title role of Ron Russell's often innovative production of Shakespeare's great tragedy.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Thursday, April 26, 2012

Review: Leap of Faith by David Finkle

Raul Esparza delivers his finest performance to date as a flimflamming evangelist in this musical adaptation of the 1992 film.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Review: The Columnist by David Finkle

John Lithgow gives a bang-up performance in David Auburn's penetrating if flawed portrait of powerful political columnist Joseph Alsop.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Review: Nice Work If You Can Get It by David Finkle

Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara lead a truly talented troupe in this scintillating tuner full of Gershwin songs, broad jokes, and dazzlingly inventive dancing.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Review: One Man, Two Guvnors by David Finkle

James Corden gives a hilarious performance in Nicholas Hytner's must-see production of Richard Bean's funny-as-can-be farce.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM