WITTY KILLER TO KILLER WIT By FRANK SCHECK (***)
THE Fringe Festival is bursting with one-per son shows, but you won't find any two more different in tone than "Zombie" and "That Dorothy Parker."
THE Fringe Festival is bursting with one-per son shows, but you won't find any two more different in tone than "Zombie" and "That Dorothy Parker."
David Leveaux's disarming revival, starring Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner, is sweet but surprisingly potent.
It may not completely succeed as drama, but it's a success at making Ivins' sly and exuberant spirit come alive onstage.
'Last Schwartz' Is a Standout at Shepherdstown Festival
Molly Ivins is well served in this tribute and Kathleen Turner has the chops to deliver it.
The recorded history of Shakespeare's life is riddled with enough gaps to invite speculation. So is that of his contemporary, Christopher Marlowe, who was killed under mysterious circumstances at age 29.
With JD Cullum as Marlowe.
In this tedious new collection of Thornton Wilder one-acts, the straight-faced seriousness of it all makes you dream for a surprise appearance by Borat in a yellow thong.
Comic Receives Mark Twain Prize And a Gentle Ribbing From Friends
We've had "Shakespeare in Love," so why not "Shaw in Love"?
RECOMMENDED “Bad Jews” is kind of a cheap title, but it's also a smart one. It reminds you of cable softcore porn or direct-to-video prank anthologies. It’s attention-getti…
Royal Court, LondonA clear-sighted appraisal of our ailing NHS emerges with verve, humour and candour from Michael Wynne's timely verbatim playThere are occasions when only naturalism and do…
AN OFFER HE CAN'T REFUSE It's easy to dislike this alleged 511-year-old comedy. All's Well That Ends Well (originally Love's Labors Won) is the wrong title: It should be "The End Justifies T…
MAKING HEAVY OF LIFE "Can you see magic?" That's both process and purpose in Jordan Harrison's deliberately dazzling 75-minute bravura piece The Grown-Up, now strutting its precious stuff…
Theatre Royal, WinchesterAlan Bennett's tale of maverick teachers with wandering hands isn't quite so innocent nowadays, but this production cannily critiques abuse of all kinds Continue rea…
LONDON " On a London theater trip, it's a good idea to start your planning with the schedule of the National Theatre, the grand empire on the south bank of the Thames.
Review: Adaptation of Chinese fable is an eye-catching saga of love and fate
Ustinov Studio, BathThere is doleful humour and quiet despair in this piece by Pavel Pryazhko, directed by Michael Boyd and designed by Tom Piper Continue reading...
STRIPPING DOWN TO BASICS Charged with unforced sympathy and unpolemical solidarity for plucky underdogs, The Full Monty, like the Fox movie that inspired this musical make-over, fits the …
If you are 18 or older, you might want to get yourself over to the Mark Twain House & Museum Saturday night. It will be anything but a staid evening at the renowned author's house thanks to …
George Takei gathers no moss. In town for a two-night "Wits" gig, the social media star and "Star Trek" icon’s current passion is the Broadway musical he’s mounting this fall.
FAME BY DAY, A CLOSET AT NIGHT This retrospective 2010 drama by British playwright Dylan Costello is so well meant, you want to forgive it for its good intentions. But–well–don't…
Few playwrights have David Ives' wit or way with words. From "Venus in Fur" to "The School for Lies," Ives has enlivened the stage with cracking exchanges. Which is why...