All stories by David Finkle on BroadwayStars

Monday, August 1, 2011

Review: The Red Shoes by David Finkle

Kneehigh Theatre Company presents this darkly enthralling and decidedly adult-oriented adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM

Review: Don Carlo by David Finkle

Roberto 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 07:54AM

Review: Lingua Franca by David Finkle

Peter Nichols' play about a group of expatriate teachers in Florence gets an involving, well-acted production.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM

Review: Cosi Fan Tutte by David Finkle

William Christie makes his conducting debut at the Metropolitan Opera with a beautifully sung production of Mozart's comic opera.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM

Review: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown by David Finkle

This surprisingly humorless and musically disappointing adaptation of Pedro Almodovar's film squanders some of Broadway's brightest talents.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM

Review: Photograph 51 by David Finkle

Anna Ziegler's compelling new play concerns the discovery of DNA and the search for male-female compatibility.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM

Review: That Hopey Changey Thing by David Finkle

Richard Nelson's appealing new drama about a family gathering on Election Night 2010 benefits from a superb cast.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM

Review: The Merry Wives of Windsor by David Finkle

Shakespeare's Globe comes to New York with an irresistible production of the Bard's comedy.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM

City Spotlight: London Spotlight: November 2010 by David Finkle

The 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 07:54AM

Review: Penelope by David Finkle

Enda Walsh's less-than-successful play about four ardent suitors of the Homerian heroine receives an extremely well-acted production.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM

Review: Perfect Harmony by David Finkle

This tuner about two competitive singing clubs is too arch and too modestly sung to engender much enthusiasm.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM

Review: A Quiet Place by David Finkle

Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Wadsworth's rarely performed opera about an unhappy family is simply not very good.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM

Review: Driving Miss Daisy by David Finkle

James 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 07:54AM

Review: La Bete by David Finkle

Mark Rylance gives an astonishing comic performance in Matthew Warchus' often hilarious revival of David Hirson's rhyming-verse play.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM

Review: Boris Godunov by David Finkle

The 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 07:54AM

Review: Gatz by David Finkle

Elevator Repair Service transforms F. Scott Fitzgerald's brilliant novel into a mesmerizing theatrical experience.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM

City Spotlight: London Spotlight: October 2010 by David Finkle

This 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 07:54AM

Review: Mrs. Warren's Profession by David Finkle

Cherry Jones and Sally Hawkins give disappointing performances in Doug Hughes' misguided revival of George Bernard Shaw's classic drama.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM

Review: Brief Encounter by David Finkle

England's Kneehigh company brilliantly transforms Noel Coward's tearjerker into a one-of-a-kind musical entertainment.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM

Review: Das Rheingold by David Finkle

Robert Lepage's much-anticipated new Metropolitan Opera production of Richard Wagner's beloved opera is a five-alarm disappointment.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM

Review: Alphabetical Order by David Finkle

The 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 07:54AM

Review: The Pitmen Painters by David Finkle

Lee 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 07:54AM

Feature: London Report: Men Behaving Badly! by David Finkle

TheaterMania reviews House of Games, Design For Living, Danton's Death, Blood and Gifts, and The Merry Wives of Windsor.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM

Review: Deathtrap by David Finkle

Simon Russell Beale and Jonathan Groff are superb in Matthew Warchus' near-perfect revival of Ira Levin's marvelous thriller.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM

Review: It Must Be Him by David Finkle

Kenny Solms' comedy about a struggling screenwriter proves to be dismally unfunny.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM

Review: I Do! I Do! by David Finkle

Kate Baldwin and Lewis Cleale shine in the Westport Country Playhouse's revival of the Tom Jones-Harvey Schmidt tuner about a long-married couple.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM

Review: 2010 FringeNYC Festival Roundup #1 by Andy Buck, David Finkle, and Andy Propst

Reports on Just In Time: The Judy Holliday Story, Picking Palin, and A Matter of Choice.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

First Nighter: Sean O'Casey's Silver Tassie a Challenging Lincoln Center Festival Puzzle by David Finkle

The valiant Galway-based Druid Theatre Company brings the rarely seen piece to the John Jay College's Gerald W. Lynch Theater as part of Lincoln Center Festival 2011.

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 05:14PM
Sunday, July 24, 2011

Review: The Shoemaker by David Finkle

Danny Aiello returns to the stage in Susan Charlotte's often manipulative play, which references both the Holocaust and 9/11.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Friday, July 22, 2011

Review: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by David Finkle

This stage version of Yukio Mishima's novel about a troubled young man is often enthralling.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Review: Victory: Choices in Reaction by David Finkle

Jan Maxwell stars in Howard Barker's muddled political drama about 17th-century England.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM