Monday, August 1, 2011
This absurdist comedy doesn't make much sense, but there are laughs and kicks to be had if you go along for the ride.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMDeborah Voigt and Marcello Giordani star in the Metropolitan Opera's workman-like revival of Puccini's opera about a saloon owner who falls in love with an outlaw.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMHoliday panto entertainment includes David Hasselhoff portraying Captain Hook in Peter Pan, while Marianne Elliott directs Alan Ayckbourn's Season's Greetings, Derek Jacobi headlines Michael…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMThis new adaptation of Franz Kafka's classic story will more likely please those unfamiliar with the tale than purists.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMBrendan Fraser and Denis O'Hare's fine performances often redeem the problematic script and misguided direction in this play about two mismatched buddies.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMThis double-bill of Harold Pinter one-acts features Lisa Emery in a true tour de force performance.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMThis double-bill of Harold Pinter one-acts features Lisa Emery in a true tour de force performance.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMKneehigh Theatre Company presents this darkly enthralling and decidedly adult-oriented adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMRoberto Alagna soars in the title of role of Nicholas Hytner's stirring new production of Verdi's opera at the Metropolitan Opera.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMPeter Nichols' play about a group of expatriate teachers in Florence gets an involving, well-acted production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMWilliam Christie makes his conducting debut at the Metropolitan Opera with a beautifully sung production of Mozart's comic opera.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMThis surprisingly humorless and musically disappointing adaptation of Pedro Almodovar's film squanders some of Broadway's brightest talents.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMAnna Ziegler's compelling new play concerns the discovery of DNA and the search for male-female compatibility.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMRichard Nelson's appealing new drama about a family gathering on Election Night 2010 benefits from a superb cast.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMShakespeare's Globe comes to New York with an irresistible production of the Bard's comedy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMThe musicals Love Story and Fela! arrive in the West End, while you can also catch Gemma Arterton and Stephen Dillane in The Master Builder, Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles in The Rivals, Sa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMEnda Walsh's less-than-successful play about four ardent suitors of the Homerian heroine receives an extremely well-acted production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMThis tuner about two competitive singing clubs is too arch and too modestly sung to engender much enthusiasm.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMLeonard Bernstein and Stephen Wadsworth's rarely performed opera about an unhappy family is simply not very good.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMJames Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave give superb performances in David Esjbornson's highly effective production of Alfred Uhry's play about the growing relationship between a rich Southern …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMMark Rylance gives an astonishing comic performance in Matthew Warchus' often hilarious revival of David Hirson's rhyming-verse play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMThe commanding Rene Pape leads an accomplished cast in Stephen Wadsworth's first-rate version of Mussorgsky's opera at the Metropolitan Opera.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMElevator Repair Service transforms F. Scott Fitzgerald's brilliant novel into a mesmerizing theatrical experience.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMThis month's highlights include musical revivals of Me and Juliet and Bells Are Ringing, along with Ena Lamont Smith's Men Should Weep, Brett Neveu's Red Bud, Sarah Kane's Blasted, and the k…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMCherry Jones and Sally Hawkins give disappointing performances in Doug Hughes' misguided revival of George Bernard Shaw's classic drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMEngland's Kneehigh company brilliantly transforms Noel Coward's tearjerker into a one-of-a-kind musical entertainment.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMRobert Lepage's much-anticipated new Metropolitan Opera production of Richard Wagner's beloved opera is a five-alarm disappointment.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMThe Keen Company's production of Michael Frayn's 1975 comedy is well directed and impeccably cast, but the experience ultimately adds up to less than the sum of its commendable parts.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMLee Hall's play about a group of British miners who find success in the art world is the front-runner for the Tony Award.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMTheaterMania reviews House of Games, Design For Living, Danton's Death, Blood and Gifts, and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMSimon Russell Beale and Jonathan Groff are superb in Matthew Warchus' near-perfect revival of Ira Levin's marvelous thriller.
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