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'I've been part of this group since the beginning and I understand our process, which is a big part of our work here'
Charles Isherwood: Attention spans may be shrinking to the blink of an eye or two, but there are still some of us who would rather read a fat Victorian novel than tweets
'Everyone can go in there if they want to, but I will hold my own against anybody " male or female " and I think I'll prove that onstage'
Robert Cushman: The play gets an excellent revival from a new outfit, Shadowtime Productions, directed by Dan Spurgeon on a set
Robert Cushman: There cannot be many writers like Albee, who commenced operations half-way through the 20th century and were still going strong at the dawn of the 21st
'I think they'll have memories of it that will come alive for them in the future. Because music and art happened in their city'
Robert Cushman: This isn't the most spectacularly performed Second City show ever, but it may be the best written, at least in recent years
Robert Cushman: It's one of those in which he seems to be looking back on his achievements and wondering if they were worth it
Robert Cushman: Debra Hanson's sets are all right for the vernal second act, and very strange for the urban first one, which is dominated by a line of smoke-stacks
Robert Cushman: The legendary circumstances of the original run may have given the play a critical status in excess of its actual merits
'The idea of a string quartet competing against another string quartet is perverse, and we go into this knowing it's a strange paradigm'
Robert Cushman: Every word, every wince, every nervous smile is perfectly timed, perfectly true: wit in the service of feeling
The production, on an ice cold set by Lorenzo Savoini, has a certain visual style, though with plenty of oddities
'Most of the action takes place in Scotland, where the accents seem based on the idea that incomprehensibility is automatically funny'
'Foster Jenkins is played by Meryl Streep " and much to her credit, Streep fleshes out her role, emphasizing her character's frailty and courage'
'Mengesha's direction is spare, clear and driving, on an impressively raw set by Lorenzo Savoini, lit with pitiless exactness by Kevin Lamotte'
'Special to the festival context is the coming together and concentration of diverse approaches to performance'
'Matilda is a show that celebrates the importance of fairness, kindness and intelligence, three qualities that resonate with the cast mates'
'From the first dark notes of the introductory Ballad of Sweeney Todd, this "musical thriller" musically thrills'
The Dance of Death is in repertory until September 10, Engaged until October 23
Jimmy Carr: 'If you start drawing the line of what people can and can't joke about, it becomes very difficult because someone's offended by everything'
It is not just rockers who are objecting to the use of their songs by Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee
The show's ability to draw so many A-listers is a reflection of the fact that there are now far fewer opportunities for classical artists to appear on television
'We get to be trailblazers and kind of see where we can go and who else we can inspire to go further than we're going'
Hamlet and All's Well That Ends Well alternate through September 4
