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Its one act is overlong (80 minutes), even if its one speaking character is played by the fine Irish actor Stephen Rea, who does everything performance can do for a play.
The German-language premiere of Mel Brooks's "The Producers" features singing and dancing Nazis, and easily achieves its main aim of making the audience laugh.
As with "Gypsy" last year and "Chicago" several years earlier, "Damn Yankees" would love to return to Broadway via Encores! That's about as likely as a revival of the Senators.
The result is predictable and silly but, as with "August: Osage County," extremely entertaining, not to mention a full hour shorter.
All cirques are not created equal, but "Cirque Dreams" does provide a mild, family-friendly diversion.
Oskar Eustis's Central Park revival is the most misguided "Hamlet" I have ever seen. If there existed a booby prize for consummate demolition of Shakespeare, Eustis would win it hands down.
Running in the Philadelphia Theatre Company's handsome new theater in the heart of an arts-incited Center City revival, "Happiness" has seen fleets of limos ferrying New York producers down …
