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REVIEW: Fern Hill Goes Far Too Gentle Into That Good Night

August 17, 2018

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

August 8, 2018

The author has tweaked her intriguing, elliptical script in problematic ways.

REVIEW: PSF’s All’s Well That Ends Well is the Comfortable Side of Extreme

August 1, 2018

In positive and negative ways, this bold production idea proves surprisingly smooth sailing.

REVIEW: In Titus Andronicus, the Son Will Come Out, Tamora

July 29, 2018

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

July 22, 2018

The crown may be hollow, but here it seems weightless.

REVIEW: PSF’s Shakespeare in Love is a Midsummer Night’s Dream

July 14, 2018

Yet this extravagantly enjoyable show would benefit from being taken a bit more seriously.

REVIEW: In His Girl Friday at Hedgerow, Screwball Comedy That’s Trying Too Hard

June 30, 2018

Summon the ghosts of Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant at your peril.

REVIEW: From the Transport Group, Smoke… and Intermittently, Fire

June 29, 2018

In this intriguingly spare production, Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke remains a puzzler.

REVIEW: More Flash than Substance in Broadway’s The Iceman Cometh

June 25, 2018

The major takeaway from George C. Wolfe’s uneven production is it’s time we put Iceman on ice.

REVIEW: In Three Tall Women, One Towers Above the Others

June 21, 2018

Joe Mantello’s wildly entertaining production also exposes the flaws of Albee’s play.

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