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The Butterfly Collection
Written by Theresa Rebeck; directed by Bartlett Sher at Playwrights Horizons.
The Beginning of August
Written by Tom Donaghy; directed by Neil Pepe at the Atlantic Theater.
Lifegame
Created by Keith Johnstone at the Jane Street Theater.

The Dinner Party
By Neil Simon.
Directed by John Rando at the Music Box.
The Unexpected Man
By Yasmina Reza.
Directed by Matthew Warchus at the Promenade Theatre.
Proof
By David Auburn.
Directed by Daniel Sullivan at the Walter Kerr Theatre.

"Gore Vidal's The Best Man" is a well-acted entertainment that lampoons American politics with the not-so-subtle vitriol that is Vidal's specialty.

"The Apple Cart,""A Woman of No Importance,""Still Life," and "She Loves Me"

Ralph Fiennes plays one king unthroned by hauteur and another unthroned by complacency

The only things that "High Infidelity" betrays are wit, intelligence, and theater; "imPerfect Chemistry" makes even "High Infidelity" look respectable.

Free "Julius Caesar" in the park is the usual hodgepodge (but a godsend after "The Winter's Tale").