Two Unrelated plays by David Mamet: Keep Your Pantheon and School

An amusing featherweight double bill.

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Luck

Megan Riordan cautions against a life that may end in disaster and at the same time, makes that life seem irresistible.

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Talent - Review by Lizzie Loveridge

Talent amuses for those who remember the original and if you are a fan of Victoria Wood you'll probably love it for her particular style of comedy. For me, although I liked Suzie Toase's gentle, wide-eyed Maureen, the show seems terribly dated and tacky.

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Mahida's Extra Key to Heaven

Russell Davis, who is also a professional juggler has made a game try at bringing his juggling skills to this play, juggling the requirement for theater to provoke thought but also entertain.

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<cite>Enron</cite>, reviewed by Lizzie Loveridge

Lucy Prebble has made theatre wait a long time for her second play since the success of The Sugar Syndrome at the Royal Court in 2003, but I would gladly wait another six years for a play only half as good as her latest. Of course with Rupert Goold at the director's helm, we knew Enron would be very exciting theatre, but even my high expectations were exceeded by this dazzlingly intelligent and physical production.

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Reviewed by Simon Saltzman

Peter Sellars is at the helm of this Public Theater/LAByrinth Theater Company production of William Shakespeare's Othello. Purists may find that their hair is standing on end as they attend …

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Eclipsed

In Dana Guria's new play, director Robert O'Hara guides some surprisingly un-preachy material and his five-person, all female cast is superb.

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Lizzie Borden

The show's creators have taken liberties with the story, but who cares about fact when fiction is so much fun

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Killers and Other Family

Whatever the changes in the script and the staging this is still more a case study in psychotic behavior and neurotic neediness than a truly satisfying play.

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A Boy and his Soul

Colman Domingo certainly succeeds in articulating the importance of music to his family, and soul music fans

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Little House on the Prairie - Review by Simon Saltzman

While far from being a theatrical trail blazer, this family-friendly show can probably feel secure that it has what it takes to make its lengthy projected national tour a success even if it …

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Judgment Day

This Almeida production has a brooding intensity, some of the quality of a film noir.

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Ethel Waters: His Eye is on the Sparrow - Review by Simon Saltzman

Of all the performers considered legends of the 20th century, Ethel Waters deserves a special place in the history of African-American entertainers

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Having Our Say - Review by Simon Saltzman

Emily Mann's stage adaptation of the best selling book about the remarkable Delany Sisters is having a revival at the McCarter Theater where it premiered in 1995 before moving to Broadway

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Fences

There are moments of greatness in the Huntington production, but not enough spiritedness, not enough risk, and that finally means not enough August Wilson.

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Groovaloo

A 90-minute explosion of hip-hop and freestyle dance, is so energetic and eye-catching that it nearly pops off the stage.

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Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas

Blair Singer's corny and not so funny little celebrity send-up at the Geffen Playhouse couldn't be more bloodless even if it employed single celled protozoa instead of actors

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Aftermath

Well written and at times brilliantly acted, but a contrived work in that it trades shamelessly on the natural empathy and guilt privileged Americans tend to feel when confronted with the ha…

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First You Dream: The Music of Kander and Ebb

A wonderful cabaret style revue of Kander and Ebb songs.

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The Shawshank Redemption

Peter Sheridan's well cast, powerfully played production of Stephen King's book

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Punk Rock

Simon Stephens' play reveals the pain of the transition into an uncertain adulthood

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Peace

Aristophanes, adapted for the Getty Villa

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Hamlet

While Hamletomanes eagerly await the arrival on Broadway of Hamlet from London starring Jude Law, there is plenty to savor and consider in the markedly idiosyncratic performance of Gareth Sa…

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Is Life Worth Living?-an Exaggeration

Theatergoers will find Lennox Robinson's slyly affectionate sendup of dour European dramas and loving tribute to an Irish village life well worth seeing

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The Bereaved

Thomas Bradshaw's play rings with an absurdity that promotes a rather unbalanced sense of humor

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