As a polemical warning bell, the show is earnest and heartfelt. It is considerably less successful as a piece of theater. The post George Clooney Issues a Dire Warning About Trump's America …
By the end, "Good Night, and Good Luck" manages what evening news shows have reliably done for decades: It makes the viewer sleepy. The post George Clooney makes his Broadway debut in a slee…
A group of Chicago real-estate salesmen battle ruthlessly for the big deal in David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. The post Glengarry Glen Ross appeared first on Did They Like It?.
It's not just because this is such a patchy production, or because Odenkirk and McKean are nevertheless so good in it, that the losers make the biggest impressions. The winners, once glamoro…
[Patrick Marber's] sharp direction wrings the proper amount of brashness, bullying and dark comedy from the ensemble as they stomp around the toxic office playground. The post 'Glengarry Gle…
Polished, starry, and with nothing to say, this Glengarry sells a McMansion, neither a scam nor a Palace. The post A Curiously Beta GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS appeared first on Did They Like It?.
What's missing from this revival of Glengarry Glen Ross is that sense of knife-edge despair that might have made the play seem as harrowing as it is darkly funny. That probably won't matter …
Culkin, Odenkirk, Burr and castmates Michael McKean, Donald Webber, Jr., Howard W. Overshown and John Pirruccello are so immersed and, yes, expert, in that sleazy, duplicitous and forever ca…
In the main, this is a surprisingly humane "Glengarry" " and that's no criticism, but it does mean this production is a bit of a surprise. The post Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk Lead a Surpris…
The underpowered revival of the show at the cavernous Palace Theatre could certainly use some caffeine. And heat. That the workplace play, on Broadway for the fourth time, opened last night …
Individually, all give sharp-elbowed, effective performances even if, under the direction of Patrick Marber, this staging never quite develops the head of steam that could keep the tension r…
Because it is so tautly and distinctively written, and since most of the actors are good, Glengarry Glen Ross still basically works; it still hooks you in. But it doesn't seal the deal. …
At one hour 45 minutes, it's well paced, the technical designs are appropriately realistic and it's as funny now as it ever was.   The post The Stars are Mostly Selling It appeared…
It's not technology itself that leaves "Dorian Gray" feeling so brittle where "Vanya" is a tear fest. It's that the technology dominates all other values, including Wilde's, often denying th…
The mounting is an incredible accomplishment " for Snook's performance and Williams' tech innovation, yes, but also for its reclamation of a queerness the publicly shamed Wilde couldn't lean…
Despite some fancy camera work and close-ups, this production only goes skin-deep. Wilde himself was an aficionado of artifice, which makes the irony here all the more painful, since this pr…
Williams' cine-style quickly grows distancing and repetitive. Too often, Snook herself is out of view, available only by video; a few times she even leaves the stage entirely, leaving us alo…
Fast, clever, delicious, and performed by Snook with the giddy virtuosity of Simone Biles executing a floor routine, it reaches the gut and the heart lightly, thrusting like a fencer, by way…
It's a theatrical tour-de-force, as well as an impressive feat of video engineering. But, unlike the title character, its imperfections are all too apparent. The post The Picture of Dorian G…
But what the worthwhile play offers " and I know there are many who pooh-pooh screens onstage as a rule " is the childlike wonderment of not understanding the logistics of what you're lookin…
Equal parts acting masterclass, tech wizardry, illusion and clockwork stage management, all costumed and set designed with the wit and color schemes of the most vivid Cindy Sherman photograp…
At this point, theater purists may throw up their hands and demand: Why pay inflated Broadway prices for what is essentially two hours of TV? To my mind, it's sublime spectacle with impeccab…
Snook's performance in Kip Williams's self-penned production is powerful in every way, an exquisitely crafted melange of determination, drive and cheekiness. On the night I saw the show, she…
Much of this legerdemain derives from Marg Horwell's wonderfully ornate Victorian costumes and the uncredited hair and makeup designs, which are remarkable. These changes in pre-recorded phy…
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