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In the end, this comedic drama is too slow and laborious to succeed in any form.
"Abraham Lincoln's Big, Gay Dance Party" is a pretty amusing title. No doubt about it. Whether Aaron Loeb's play is actually any good is another issue entirely. In fact, it's a real stinker.
There is simply appears to be little point or purpose to "Trust," which lacks an involving plot and has little character development.
Now send in the audience!
Leslye Headland's new play about a bachelorette party gone to hell manages to be sharp, shocking and very, very funny.
Half a year since opening on Broadway to harshly negative reviews, David Mamet's new play "Race" remains one of the most one-dimensional and broadly sketched plays of his established career.…
Michael Greif's production is decent enough and Tom Kitt's original score is lovely, but it never fully comes together. The acting is uneven, the scenic effects are awkward, and the pace is …
As played by Al Pacino in Dan Sullivan's excellent production at Shakespeare in the Park, Shylock comes off not as a villain, but as both a wildly theatrical and complex tragic figure reacti…
About a year ago, Theatermania columnist Peter Filichia instituted a monthly "leftovers" column in which he provided brief reviews from productions still in need of mention. It's the end of …
As directed by Mark Lamos, the four-member cast is superb.
Sitting through the 25th anniversary production of "Nunsense" is rather like watching a rerun of a sitcom you once thought was hilarious and now find stupid and boring. The fun is gone and y…
The amount of theater exploring the Bush presidency is surprisingly limited, marked mainly by David Hare's ensemble docudrama "Stuff Happens" and Will Ferrell's monologue "You're Welcome Ame…
Will Frears' intimate production is marked by nuanced performances and creative use of a small theater.
"The Metal Children" is an involving piece of theater that delves into the passionate extremes that have led to our country's Tea Party protest movement.
Diaz' comedic drama is clever and consistently entertaining.
"That Face" is sure to shake and rattle many disgrunted audience members with its melodramatic and grim extremes. Nevertheless, this 90-minute domestic tragedy makes for an absolutely exhila…
There's a lot less sunshine over at the hippy happy musical "Hair" these days.
