- January 3, 2005 | Theater Review
- A Number
The new golden rule for playwrights is: the less comprehensible, the better.
- January 3, 2005 | Theater Review
- Whispers and Size
Fat Pig reveals Neil LaBute’s strengths (cruel wit) and weaknesses (the tender bits).
- December 20, 2004 | Theater Review
- Gem of the Ocean
August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean is a big, bustling mess.
- December 20, 2004 | Theater Review
- The Caged Bird Sings
La Cage aux Folles may no longer be shocking, but it’s still good farcical fun.
- December 13, 2004 | Theater Review
- The Singing Samurai
In the revived Pacific Overtures, the arrangements grow more Japanese as the delivery goes Broadway.
- December 6, 2004 | Theater Review
- Dame Edna: Back With a Vengeance!
Some comics transcend their material; Barry Humphries, a.k.a. Dame Edna, is one such.
- December 6, 2004 | Theater Review
- Faith-Based Initiative
A tale of Catholic-school scandals, Doubt treats both victims and villains with admirable ambiguity.
- November 29, 2004 | Theater Review
- The God Of Hell
The God of Hell is an absurdist but not entirely absurd comedy.
- November 29, 2004 | Theater Review
- ’Night, Mother
’Night, Mother is about daughter Jessie carefully preparing her suicide, and mother Thelma unable to stop her.
- November 29, 2004 | Theater Review
- Realpolitik
Michael Frayn shows the human side of the democratic process, in all its tragicomic muddle.