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Though occasionally intriguing and proudly unconventional, the 90-minute, three-actor drama feels like an unfinished and incoherent mess.
While Harper's performance is impressive, the play is just a collection of one-liners and innuendos constructed around a flimsy plot.
Tonight really ranked among the best JRB concerts I've seen, including his performances at Le Jazz Au Bar in summer 2005 and Jazz at Lincoln Center in winter 2007.
It didn't take too long for "God of Carnage" to get its groove back. The play's third cast has managed to bring Matthew Warchus' production back to the original level of relentless hilarity …
Sheryl Kaller's production showcases sensitive performances that capture the heart and sadness inherent in the play.
Here's hoping "The Scottsboro Boys" receives the Broadway transfer it deserves.
The Irish Repertory Theatre's thoroughly engaging and perfectly cast revival, as directed by Broadway set designer Tony Walton, is truly as good as it gets.
Though it offers many laughs and even a suitcase full of severed hands, "Behanding" is surprisingly undeveloped, unedited and lacking in dramatic tension. Think of a five-minute sketch exten…
Kids may still get a kick out of this famous story of overcoming physical obstacles. But with such painfully obstructed views, this revival is a poor way to celebrate the play's 50th anniver…
While academics may appreciate Cain's ambitious mix of English history, conspiracy theory, classical drama and pure fiction, "Equivocation" is a disappointing bore.
This revival serves as a strong reminder of just how brilliant the stage version of "Nine" is in comparison to its dreary film version. It's also refreshing to see such a somber and sexual m…
A seamless, totally focused fusion of stage design, directorial tone and performance.
Here's hoping the "High School Musical" crowd will want to see Bleu in a far better musical.
Pam MacKinnon delivers a first-rate production with wonderful ensemble performances.
Today, with its shock value long gone and its creaky playwriting more apparent, "The Boys in the Band" feels more like a cultural artifact than a classic play. Nevertheless, the Transport Gr…
Besides some cute one-liners, this tedious play is as forgettable and insubstantial as the latest celeb rumors.
Whereas "Ages of the Moon" is a short, small, tightly-constructed takeoff of "Waiting for Godot," "A Lie of the Mind" is overwritten, ambitiously large and rambling - notwithstanding the fac…
While much of the play is slow and didactic, and the overall concept is familiar, it remains an engaging study of how gay identity has evolved and the frustrations associated with finally ga…
Theatre for a New Audience, which is now staging it for the third time in its history, is offering a contemporary and accessible production headed by a thoroughly excellent ensemble.
After a very promising start with engrossing dialogue, its unfocused second act twists and turns and ultimately leads nowhere.
