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David Mamet's Race, which opened last night on Broadway, takes place in a law office where a white man, accused of raping a black woman, seeks legal representation. Mamet, who also directs, has assembled four talented actors—James Spader, David Alan Grier, Kerry Washington, Richard Thomas—and a top-notch design team. We get a high-voltage melodrama that is unafraid to raise painful questions while dispensing prickly ideas and provocative dialogue amid steady suspense.
Amen. Spreading ecumenical good cheer, "Altar Boyz" has arrived at off-Broadway's Dodger Stages where it should be preaching to enthusiastic crowds for some time to come.
For $2, passengers on the A train can witness the birth pangs of theater pieces featuring talent from every socio-economic class that makes New York, well, New York.
The play, the first production in the Signature Theatre Company's season-long salute to Mee, has been directed by Landau with a fierceness that makes every one of its 85 minutes count.
ON Broadway, the play's the thing that's making the cash register ring.
Sure, all the Broadway musicals are bragging about their advances - $10 million for "The Boy From Oz," $8.5 million for "Wicked," 20 cents for "Taboo" and "Wonderful Town" combined - but the little straight plays are sitting on a nice pile of cash, too.
The rancid farce The Female of the Species, recently opened in a Los Angeles production starring Annette Bening, ranks among the most noxious productions I've seen at a major nonprofit theater.
