Tarzan<br> Review By Brendan Lemon

The actors - Josh Strickland and Jenn Gambatese are Tarzan and Jane - are secondary, and Phil Collins's songs are pretty much what you would expect. But Tarzan is the only show of the season…

The Drowsy Chaperone<br> Review By Brendan Lemon

Charging a hundred bucks for such fluff, however, constitutes pocket-picking of a kind perfected by the Marx Brothers, whose antic comedy is referenced more than once here.

Lestat<br> Review By Brendan Lemon

(*** out of five)

Three Days of Rain<br> Review By Brendan Lemon

In theory, one applauds Roberts's taste in choosing a beautifully written contemporary drama for her leap into the theatrical big league. But a more standard star vehicle might have made her…

The Threepenny Opera<br> Review By Brendan Lemon

Entertaining Mr Sloane, Laura Pels Theatre, New York<br> Review By Brendan Lemon

Grey Gardens, Playwrights Horizons<br> Review By Brendan Lemon

Enjoyable as this show is, it too often comes across as quaintly entertaining rather than fiercely eccentric.

Review: Red Light Winter By Brendan Lemon

Though still quite young, Adam Rapp has authored numerous plays and film scripts, as well as seven novels. I admire his industry but with Red Light Winter, which has just opened off-Broadway…

Review: A Naked Girl on the Appian Way By Brendan Lemon

Lennon, Broadhurst Theatre, New York By Brendan Lemon

By a stroke of fate, I was across the street from New York's Dakota apartment building on December 8 1980, at the moment John Lennon was shot.

Death of a Salesman, Lyric Theatre, London<br> Review By Alastair Macaulay

Billy Elliot the Musical, Victoria Palace Theatre By Alastair Macaulay

Elton John's music is too often formulaic but about half of this show achieves dramatic poetry of a kind rare in any kind of theatre. It continually transcends realism.

A love affair with theatre by James Inverne

There's nothing venerable about Jerry Zaks.