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A quiet revival that does have many fine moments
As theatrical experience, the National's production of Mother Courage and Her Children is often brazenly, outrageously adventurous. Ultimately, though, its message becomes muddied in the blood and grime which it so forcefully and noisily depicts.
Kevin Spacey adds star power to this classic courtroom drama.
It isn't at all unexpected that the still vital and vigorous Arthur Laurents would eventually turn his attention in his dotage to a play about love, loss, and how one copes with them.
This A-cast revival of the 1927 Ferber/Kaufman hit is sure to thrill anyone yearning to re-experience a bygone era.
David Mamet's miscommunicating student and professor still get people stirred up about their Rashomon-like power play.
While Jude Law is the magnet (deservedly so) to make tjos one of several celebrity cast plays attracting crowds to the theater district, much of its success is owed to Michael Grandage's sta…
It may not be exactly the "if you've got it, spend it" school of theatrical production, but, my heavens, Annette Bening... plus Medea... plus exploding light towers!
My enthusiastic appraisal of the initial production is as valid now as it was then.
Like most spoofs, this one is extravagant, naughty and physical. And like most such spoofs and, despite the many twists of its plot and some inspired acting, it goes on too long.
The timeliness and excellence of Anna Deavere's Smith's script and presentation, as well as Leonard Foglia's simple yet slick staging, make this the best of her verbatim plays I've seen.
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Charlayne Woodward's solo play is certainly inspirational, but at times it seems more appropriate for a therapist than an audience.
Two handsome Hamlets seen within two weeks of each other inspire Simon Saltman's feature
A misconceived fairy tale about Gentile women in Hitler's Germany
This re-conceived musical simultaneously zings the intellect, breaks the heart and roils the blood. A return to Broadway would seem every bit in order
Alexander Dinelaris' play is that rare combination: an unashamedly romantic tearjerker with a distinctly modern bent.
Though the play is not 100% without cliches or implausibility, these shortcomings are easily ignored or forgiven in the light of the finely nuanced performances, staging, and playwright Tracy Letts' way with forceful dialogue. No it's not another August: Osage County, but it is a wonderfully affecting look at a vanishing world and the healing power of friendship.
Carrie Fisher is performing at the one-time disco she frequented (in her wayward past) and that's now the home of the Roundabout Theatre Company, known for its classic revivals. While her l…
Matt Lucas takes on the serious role of Halliwell. His portrayal is most unsympathetic and his performance of Orton's roommate as a reclusive, draining nonentity has the result of making Ort…
Sadly this adaptation of Truman Capote's novella is more zircon than diamond
The show is worth seeing for the excellent performances
Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman are truly a dynamic duo. Without a lot of fancy staging (nor Bond-ish gadgetry Wolferine style metal claws), both actors deliver the goods
Director Gia Forakis has created a tightly wound, vaudevillian world in the National Asian American Theatre Company's Chekhov production
Nora and Delia Ephron have expanded Ilene Beckerman's charming illustrated memoir into a theatrical assemblage reminiscent of The Vagina Monologues.
