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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
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Review: Federer Versus Murray by David Finkle

Gerda Stevenson's play incisively deals with a couple facing a great loss in very different ways.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Thursday, April 5, 2012

Review: REVIEW: Evita by David Finkle

Michael Grandage's bombastic revival of the bombastic musical about Eva Peron isn't helped by the uneven performances of stars Elena Roger and Ricky Martin.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM

Review: REVIEW: Being Shakespeare by David Finkle

Simon Callow delivers a thoroughly engaging lecture on the Bard beautifully disguised as a play.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:28PM
Sunday, April 1, 2012

Review: The Taming of the Shrew by David Finkle

Arin Arbus directs a rib-tickling, well-acted production of Shakespeare's comedy for Theatre for a New Audience.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM

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

Michael Wison's star-studded Broadway revival of Gore Vidal's prescient political play couldn't be bettered.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Review: Manon by David Finkle

Anna Netrebko looks stunning in Laurent Pelly's mostly successful production of Massenet's opera at the Metropolitan Opera House.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:30PM
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Review: Lost in Yonkers by David Finkle

TACT presents a solid gold revival of Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a troubled family.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Review: Cosi Fan Tutte by David Finkle

Christopher Alden's New York City Opera production of Mozart's comic masterpiece is close to perfect.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:10PM
Monday, March 19, 2012

Review: A Moon for the Misbegotten by David Finkle

The Pearl Theatre mines the humor in Eugene O'Neill's classic play about an unlikely romance.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Sunday, March 18, 2012

Review: Travesties by David Finkle

The McCarter Theatre serves up a stylishly directed and beautifully acted production of Tom Stoppard's intellectual comedy.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
Friday, March 16, 2012

Review: Macbeth by David Finkle

Thomas Hampson and the sensational Najda Michael star in the Metropolitan Opera's revival of Verdi's opera.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:30PM
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Review: Death of a Salesman by David Finkle

Phillip Seymour Hoffman gives an award-worthy performance as Willy Loman in Mike Nichols' magnificent revival of Arthur Miller's 1949 masterpiece.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Sunday, March 11, 2012

Review: Give Me Your Hand by David Finkle

Dermot Crowley and Dearbhla Molloy have a field day with Paul Durcan's unusual piece about art at the Irish Repertory Theatre.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Review: Judy Kuhn at Feinstein's at Loews Regency by David Finkle

The Broadway star serves up an incredibly sophisticated suite of love songs.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:10PM
Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Review: Painting Churches by David Finkle

The Keen Company presents a surprisingly undelicate revival of Tina Howe's exquisite, autobiographically-inspired play.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Monday, March 5, 2012

Review: The Lady from Dubuque by David Finkle

Edward Albee's play about a woman dying of cancer gets an unnecessary revival.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Monday, February 27, 2012

Review: Hurt Village by David Finkle

Katori Hall's sensational drama looks at the residents of a downtrodden Memphis neighborhood.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM

Review: Rutherford & Son by David Finkle

The Mint Theatre offers a worthy revival of Githa Sowerby's play about a family ruled by a domineering patriarch.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Sunday, February 26, 2012

Review: Beyond the Horizon by David Finkle

The Irish Repertory Theatre presents Eugene O'Neill's groundbreaking 1920 work about an unhappy marriage.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Review: Call Me Waldo by David Finkle

Rob Ackerman's problematic new play deals with a 40-something electrician who becomes obsessed with Ralph Waldo Emerson.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:59PM
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Review: The Thrill of the Chase by David Finkle

Philip Gawthorne's overlong psychological thriller benefits from fine performances.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:40AM
Monday, February 20, 2012

Feature: Playing Around in London by David Finkle

TheaterMania reports on eight worthy prodcutions, including Absent Friends, Collaborators, The Comedy of Errors, and The Recruiting Officer.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Thursday, February 2, 2012

Review: Look Back in Anger by David Finkle

Sam Gold helms a brilliantly acted and directed production of John Osborne's groundbreaking play.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Saturday, January 28, 2012

Review: Götterdämmerung by David Finkle

The Metropolitan Opera concludes Robert Lepage's misconceived version of Wagner's "Ring Cycle."

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
Monday, January 23, 2012

Review: Stopped Bridge of Dreams by David Finkle

John Jesurun's multimedia work may be more effective online than in the theater.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Sunday, January 22, 2012

Review: Miss Kim by David Finkle

Gina Kim's autobiographical play about her extremely troubled life properly belongs in a therapist's office.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM

Review: The Convert by David Finkle

Danai Gurira's tough-minded play deals with a young South African woman who has embraced Catholicism.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Review: Richard III by David Finkle

Kevin Spacey gives an indelible portrait of Shakespeare's tyrannical monarch at BAM.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Review: The Road to Mecca by David Finkle

The Roundabout Theatre's production of Athol Fugard's important drama about an elderly artist suffers from a tedious first act.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Sunday, January 15, 2012

Review: Leakey's Ladies by David Finkle

This show details the work of three pioneering female anthropologists.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM