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September 6, 1999 | Theater Review
"Tartuffe"

The appalling "Tartuffe" disproves the notion that it's any safer in Central Park.

September 6, 1999 | Theater Review
Royal Flush

"Kat and the Kings" is a naïve, juvenile song and dance dressed up as a musical.

August 30, 1999 | Theater Review
Voices in the Dark

"Voices in the Dark" should find itself in the dark all too soon.

August 30, 1999 | Theater Review
Fête de Famille

"Jar the Floor" is a moving and hilarious account of a black family sparring in a Chicago suburb.

August 2, 1999 | Theater Review
"Chicago"
August 2, 1999 | Theater Review
"After the Fair"
August 2, 1999 | Theater Review
Bodies Politic

The spirit of O'Casey lives: The Lincoln Center Festival presents an early Brian Friel play notable for its explicit, powerful take on the Troubles.

July 26, 1999 | Theater Review
"Uncle Vanya"
July 26, 1999 | Theater Review
The Daze After

Robert Wilson's "The Days Before" is smug, pretentious, and, worst of all, boring.

July 19, 1999 | Theater Review
"The Taming of the Shrew"