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REVIEW: In The Waverly Gallery, Age Can Indeed Wither Us

October 29, 2018

Yet Kenneth Lonergan’s often powerful play seems oblivious to its own sense of privilege.

REVIEW: Final Follies, A.R. Gurney’s Last Stand, Falls Down

October 26, 2018

Not one of these wan, trivial one-acts proves worth producing.

REVIEW: A Lovely Sunday at Creve Coeur is an Unexpected Key to the Tennessee Williams Door

October 25, 2018

But director Austin Pendleton’s production too often makes this world grotesque.

REVIEW: Theresa Rebeck’s Bernhardt/Hamlet Is a Missed Opportunity

October 23, 2018

If you were hoping for some new insight into this fascinating chapter of theater history, ‘tis not to be.

REVIEW: Hello Again, Gorgeous!: Funny Girl with Sheridan Smith (for Parterre Box)

October 22, 2018

Trafalgar’s enjoyable filmed stage production preserves a star turn that should be seen.

REVIEW: In Sweat, Reading, Pennsylvania Becomes a Microcosm of America

October 18, 2018

Both play and production are honorable but flawed, though signs are positive for the Philadelphia Theatre Company.

REVIEW: In Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, the Too-High Cost of Doing Business

October 16, 2018

Curio’s homerun production breathes new life into a turgid melodrama.

REVIEW: In Detroit ‘67, Home is Where the Heart and Heartbreak Are

October 15, 2018

Dominique Morisseau’s meaty, thought-provoking play gets a terrific production at McCarter.

REVIEW: In Broken Biscuits at 1812, Too Much Charm Equals Too Little Payoff

October 11, 2018

This tale of terminally unpopular British teenagers feels like a 22-minute sitcom stretched to two hours.

REVIEW:Trouble in Paradise — Double-Bill at Curtis Opera (for Parterre Box)

October 8, 2018

Chas Rader-Shieber’s conflation was simultaneously over-conceptualized and insufficiently thought through.

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