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Cate Blanchett is a magnificent Blanche DuBois at the Kennedy Center, and soon at BAM.
An old activist's fond reminiscence, worried rumination, and hope
Playwright Kristoffer Diaz's creation is an allegory dressed up in non-stop, hilarious, tasteless, brilliant commentary
A family friendly show with one hummable song on top of another, eye-popping choreography and a book that mixes Irish blarney, fairy tale charm and political satire that's surprisingly timel…
Director David Cromer hasn't made Neil Simon's jokes disappear just caused them to retreat from front and center so that this Brighton Beach Memoirs is a play that lets comic business lighten but not drown out its sorrows
Even for those who cherish the classic 1940 film version starring Henry Fonda and Jane Darwell, this is as faithful and sweeping a distillation of the novel's major characters and their west…
This revival is atypical for the usually family friendly Godspeed
Just as in Memphis in the 50s, you may want to shout Hockadoo; as you leave the Shubert Theater. That word has as much meaning as the show, and that may just be enough
The most astonishing production to come to Boston in a decade is a treat for the adventurous and the patient
Patrick Marber's moving Strindberg's Swedes to an English country house on the eve of the Labor party's historic win in 1945 works quite well; but the name recognition casting of Sienna Mill…
John Caird and composing partner Paul Gordon have found the ideal heroine in Megan McGinnis for this sweet, simple tale
If you are expecting a vastly staged West End musical this is not your show but with Young Vic prices half those in the West End, you'll get more bang for your buck!
Beckett's Winnie and Willie are much in evidence in Roger Rosenblatt's wry rumination on life, aging and death
Ciaran O'Reilly has found the perfect Brutus Jones in John Douglas Thompson who's impressed audiences and critics with his portrayal of Othello and now digs deep into t…
Dominic West stars in the Donmar's production of Pedro Calderón de la Barca's Golden Age play
This fascinating production is both amusing and at time rather touching: two unexpected emotions in this orgy of existentialism.
David Hare on the financial crisis is informative and didactic but there is no drama other than the events themselve
Doubtless the Keen Company was overwhelmed with good will and a love of Thornton Wilder. But even the best playwright is not always at his best.
To call this revival hopelessly cute and relentlessly wholesome may sound like faint praise, but it is exactly that.
Judith Ivey brings advice columnist Ann Landers back to life
Some thoughts on the proliferation of solo plays
A shtick-propelled backstage farce that lands laughs thanks to a cast of fine farceurs, Mark Waldrop's snappy direction and Ray Klausen's fiendishly clever abstract set
Clever idea. Superb acting. At almost two hours without an intermission, somewhat over extended
