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Jonathan Kent's production has all the elements needed to portray Oedipus' inexorable progress towards simultaneous enlightenment and doom.
Mike Daisey's ruminations include the observation that even the heroes of our past (like George Washington) would be regarded as today's terrorists.
The dashing hat and coat provided for James Naughton's entrance fits him to a tee, but this complex role is a far more imperfect fit.
This production brings a vibrant jolt to what has become so familiar.
It's easy to see why the themes of liberty versus tyranny and Cato's struggle to maintain his beliefs in the face of death appealed to the founding fathers since they almost perfectly echoed…
Having cast members as well as stagehands move props and scurry around the stage between scenes is both annoying and a pungent visual symbol of the titular boys moving in circles rather than…
I've never seen less need for an intermission - let alone two - than in this single set play.
One can only feel privileged that this production rejoins the playwright with the original director Marshall W. Mason.
I couldn't help wondering what Ernst Lubitsch, known for his souffle-like touch, would say if he were around to see this. My guess is that he would utter a pained "Ach, Nein" and probably be…
An extrvaganza, with blisteringly hot 80s rock songs, a live band, and enough wine coolers to float a love story on.
The fact that this story about the tragic consequences of the lapse from decency of an "ordinary" American businessman like Joe Keller is a World War II period piece doesn't keep it from but…
One of the funniest and well staged shows in town - and a wonderful, fun way for TACT to launch its season.
In the same week that Harold Pinter celebrated his 78th birthday, a production of his mature yet rarely-performed drama opens boasting not only one of Britain's hottest directors, Rupert Goo…
Lee Blessing has come up with an interesting premise though with some problems that prompt a pun about it's being a mixed blessing.
While commendable and certainly topical, this play also lacks the kind of emotional peaks and dramatic twists that can keep an audience riveted.
A most well written and acted collection of five short plays.
If the Rapp-sters who were in the audience at the performance I attended were disappointed by Adam Rapp in this gentler, quieter mode, it wasn't evident. They laughed loudly and in all the r…
Joe DiPietro and David Bryan based this spoof on Lloyd Kaufman's 1985 low budget horror film comedy, taking some liberties with the original plot but not with the outrageous grotesqueries an…
Have a drink to brace yourself before seeing Kane's play, but see it.
If this proves to have sturdy enough legs to appeal to a wide enough age range to become a lucky Broadway marquee number, it will be mainly because of Brown's fresh and bouncy score and its …
It is the subtle strokes of humor in Robert Bolt's text that Frank Langella delivers with an aplomb that is uniquely his. Moreover, the humor is achieved without ever compromising Thomas Mor…
The design around which this piece was written seems too minimalist to build an entire play around.
In a new translation by David Greig and directed by Alan Rickman, the Donmar's lucid production of this heftily bleak play does not shy away from Strindberg's unforgiving view of human inter…
While well done the filmic elements leave one wondering if this wouldn't work a lot better on screen.
