REVIEW: In Mary Rose, J. M. Barrie in a Different and Haunting Neverland
A nearly-lost gem of a play gets a glowing revival by the gifted Philadelphia Artists Collective.
REVIEW: In Lay Me Down Softly, There’s No Knockout
Some fine acting enlivens Irish Heritage Theatre’s production, but the show is punching above its weight.
REVIEW: At Second Stage, the Quiet, Epochal Mary Page Marlowe
In 90 understated minutes, Tracy Letts sums up a life.
REVIEW: Fern Hill Goes Far Too Gentle Into That Good Night
A starry production at New Jersey Rep can’t overcome the thinness of Michael Tucker’s play.
In Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men, Bros will be Bros
The author has tweaked her intriguing, elliptical script in problematic ways.
REVIEW: In Titus Andronicus, the Son Will Come Out, Tamora
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s energetic production makes a good case for the play without solving all its problems.
REVIEW: At the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, the Poetic Richard II is made Prosaic
The crown may be hollow, but here it seems weightless.
REVIEW: In His Girl Friday at Hedgerow, Screwball Comedy That’s Trying Too Hard
Summon the ghosts of Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant at your peril.
REVIEW: From the Transport Group, Smoke… and Intermittently, Fire
In this intriguingly spare production, Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke remains a puzzler.
REVIEW: More Flash than Substance in Broadway’s The Iceman Cometh
The major takeaway from George C. Wolfe’s uneven production is it’s time we put Iceman on ice.
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