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November 29, 1999 | Theater Review
Oh, Brother!

Aiming small, Arthur Miller is on the money, mostly, in "The Price."

November 29, 1999 | Theater Review
"Eclipsed"

"Eclipsed," about women enslaved in a laundry, deserves to clean up.

November 22, 1999 | Theater Review
"Book of Days"
November 22, 1999 | Theater Review
Friends?

In the new Donald Margulies play, two couples with a happy history find one infidelity too much for four to bear.

November 22, 1999 | Theater Review
"The Rainmaker"

"The Rainmaker" is waterlogged.

November 15, 1999 | Theater Review
Know-Brainers

Two remarkable new plays from the Manhattan Theatre Club: In one, science itself is in danger; in the other, amnesia proves to be a blessing.

November 8, 1999 | Theater Review
"The Water Engine"
November 8, 1999 | Theater Review
"Saturday Night Fever"

"Saturday Night Fever" has a beat -- but no pulse.

November 8, 1999 | Theater Review
"Cranes"
November 8, 1999 | Theater Review
Lost in Translation

Joyce's masterly "The Dead" makes an uneasy transition from page to musical stage.