Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Jan Maxwell stars in Howard Barker's muddled political drama about 17th-century England.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMMonday, July 18, 2011
Kevin Spacey gives an indelible performance in the title role of Sam Mendes' brilliant production of Shakespeare's play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AMWednesday, July 13, 2011
Stephen Sykes' pair of one acts about men and women are annoyingly obscure.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:58PMTuesday, July 12, 2011
Rupert Goold's production of the Bard's tragedy for the Royal Shakespeare Company contains many unforgettable elements.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMMonday, July 11, 2011
Veanne Cox gives a tour-de-force performance in Bay Street Theatre's hilarious production of Christopher Durang's comedy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMSaturday, July 9, 2011
Peter Brook's stripped-down, 100-minute version of Mozart's great opera is indisputably refreshing.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:30PMFriday, July 8, 2011
The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Shakespeare's gender-bending comedy gets most everything right.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThursday, July 7, 2011
Tyne Daly gives a superb performance as opera great Maria Callas in Manhattan Theatre Club's worthy revival of Terrence McNally's play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMAndrea Mauella and Mark Shanahan shine in the Irish Repertory Theatre's chilling revival of Karoline Leach's two-hander.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMThursday, June 30, 2011
The "problem plays" Shakespeare uncorked in the early 17th century contain enough problems that there's no call for directors and players to add new ones. That, however, is what's …
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:15PMMonday, June 27, 2011
Falstaff is going global. Or you might say, Falstaff is going Globe-al. What's meant by that? Well, Shakespeare's Globe London Cinema Series begins tonight with 6:30 p. m. screenings in t…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:42AMTuesday, June 21, 2011
Reports on six worthwhile British productions, including Dominic West in Butley, Kristin Scott Thomas in Betrayal, and Alex Kingston in Luise Miller.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AMMonday, June 20, 2011
It's as if a huge state-of-the-art factory has been built to produce one small bells-and-whistles toy that awes children of some ages for a few minutes before they lose interest.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:51PMWednesday, June 15, 2011
This adaptation of Ken Ludwig's classic farce rarely improves on the original.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00PMTuesday, June 14, 2011
The new London production of the Broadway musical shines much brighter than before.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00PMMonday, June 6, 2011
London audiences can take in two star-studded productions of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMTuesday, May 31, 2011
John Doyle directs and designs the Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman musical Road Show, with other fare including Lend Me a Tenor The Musical, Ghost The Musical, Kevin Spacey in Richard III, Sim…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PMFriday, May 27, 2011
The best is yet to come? Not this time. It's already here as it deliciously unfolds by way of singers Sally Mayes, Lillias White and Rachel York.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 03:45PMWednesday, May 25, 2011
Maria Dizzia and Greg Keller give spirited performances in Daniel Goldfarb's pair of one-acts about parenthood.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMBook lovers, here's a full disclosure about reporter/bookist me and BookExpo America 2011 at New York City's Jacob Javits Center: I go for the giveaways.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:02PMSaturday, May 21, 2011
This observer believes the musicalized version of George Bernard Shaw is not only a sorrowful entertainment, but indicative of a much larger concern about how the musical, as a genre, is evo…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:22PMThursday, May 19, 2011
Jonathan Marc Sherman's intermittently affecting new play concerns a 40-year-old man facing fatherhood for the first time.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMThursday, May 5, 2011
Kushner has produced a play also reminiscent of Arthur Miller at the top of his form, a play about which many ticket buyers will conclude he's equaled Miller's best.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:57PMRonan Noone's new play about a dysfunctional family in Kansas is often ludicrous.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:59PMThe 2011 Tony Award nominations were announced early Tuesday morning, which can only mean that the annual press meet-and-greet erupted -- or something like that -- not quite so early Wednesd…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:32PMWednesday, May 4, 2011
The popular cabaret singer's appealing new show at the Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room celebrates women songwriters.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMSunday, May 1, 2011
The Irish Repertory Theatre serves up a worthwhile production of Dion Boucicault's rarely-seen 19th-century melocomedy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMSaturday, April 30, 2011
London's starry May includes Penelope Wilton and Imelda Staunton in A Delicate Balance; Rupert Everett and Diana Rigg in Pygmalion; Kristen Scott Thomas in Betrayal; Zoe Wanamaker and Conlet…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PMMonday, April 25, 2011
David Cromer's revival of John Guare's visionary tragicomedy is only partially successful.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMSunday, April 24, 2011
Nina Arianda, Jim Belushi, and Robert Sean Leonard do stellar work in Doug Hughes' smartly directed revival of Garson Kanin's timeless comedy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMSaturday, April 23, 2011
Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's beloved opera proves to be spellbinding.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM 
