302 stories by "Tim Dunleavy"
As McCarter Theatre's A Christmas Carol opens, the streets of London are bustling. Snow is falling lightly, and good will is in the air. A group of carolers gathers around a brightly decorat…
If there's one thing the recent spate of cinematic and televised incarnations of Sherlock Holmes has proven, it's that after more than a century, the appeal of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's celeb…
It was when the man dressed as a woman sat on my knee that I knew this wasn't going to be a typical night in the theater. "What's your name?" asked Queen Agnes of Malvaria, played with a gru…
Becoming Dr. Ruth is a cute little show about a cute little lady. A one-woman show about Ruth Westheimer, the world's most famous "German-French-Israeli-American" TV sex therapist, Becoming …
If you don't know anything about William O. Douglas (1898-1980), the man who served on the United States Supreme Court longer than any other justice, Douglas Scott's play Mountain: The Journ…
Lights Rise on Grace is a play that has a lot to say about race, sexuality and secrecy, but says it sparingly. Chad Beckim's play depicts three characters who reveal a lot to the audience in…
“It's been a big year for me." That was quite an understatement coming from Scott Greer. The veteran Philadelphia actor had just won his fifth Barrymore Award, named Outstanding Leadin…
Bill Cain’s Equivocation is a good concept gone astray. Its alternative history about William Shakespeare getting caught up in deadly royal court intrigue is exceedingly clever and alm…
Bullets Over Broadway is one of Woody Allen's funniest, most accessible movies. But the stage musical adaptation, using a script by Allen himself, is an awkward mishmash of comedy and music …
Is A Comedy of Tenors, Ken Ludwig's newest comedy, a worthy successor to Lend Me a Tenor, his knockabout farce that opened on Broadway in 1989 and has been produced in hundreds of theatres a…
Technically speaking, Rizzo isn't a great play. Bruce Graham's new play about the life of the late Philadelphia mayor Frank Rizzo doesn't dig deeply enough into what made its main cha…
Nobody can seethe like Jenna Kuerzi. As Katherina in The Taming of the Shrew, Kuerzi reacts to every slight from her unwelcome suitor Petruchio with rage. Her nostrils flare. Her eyes bulge.…
Disgraced is a play that pushes people's buttons. Almost every character says something that is guaranteed to outrage somebody. But when you push too many buttons, a show can feel mechanical…
If there's one thing the Irish are good at, it's keeping " and creating, and gossiping about " secrets. (My Irish grandmother practically turned it into an art form.) In Hooked!, playwright …
At the beginning of Shipwrecked!, Greg Wood bounds onto the stage of the Walnut Street Theatre's Independence Studio and greets the audience: "Hello," he says, "and welcome to this temple of…
Watching Metamorphoses is a sensory experience. Mary Zimmerman's play retells ancient myths with intelligence and invention, and that alone makes it memorable. But what you'll remember most …
Oh, the weather outside is frightful. It's the middle of the night on an isolated Kansas highway, somewhere between Kansas City and Topeka, and a massive winter snowstorm has stranded a grou…
Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl's fresh take on a classic Greek myth, is irreverent and deadly serious at the same time. It's profound… and at times it's also profoundly silly. And its willingness to…
You can cut the air " and the tension " with a knife in Princeton these days. The McCarter Theatre's new production of Baby Doll, adapted from Tennessee Williams' 1956 screenplay (and his sh…
Philip Barry's 1939 play The Philadelphia Story has long been rightly celebrated as a model of wit and sophistication. It inspired a classic movie version the following year and then, in 195…
What's art? The characters in Andy: A Popera, a new piece based on the life of the pop art pioneer Andy Warhol, get asked that question many times, and they have many answers. "An opportunit…
Alias Ellis Mackenzie tells the story of Barry Seal, who smuggled drugs into the United States for the Medellin Cartel during the 1980s while simultaneously working as an informant for the U…
Once upon a time, The Captive was hot stuff. Édouard Bourdet's play caused a sensation in Paris in 1926, and again later that year on Broadway. But the Broadway run was cut short when au…
Underground Railroad Game is a show that doesn't care who it shocks. It's filled with racial and sexual stereotypes, raunchy language, and offensive images, not to mention full frontal nudit…
Mary Martello is a master thief. Anyone who's seen her play supporting roles in shows as diverse as Memphis, 9 to 5, and Candide knows that this five-time Barrymore winner is an expert at st…
