- June 27, 2005
- Gallic Symbols
Jon Robin Baitz’s The Paris Letter inverts tragedy, punishing its hero for conforming too much.
- June 20, 2005
- Report from London
A tale of two musicals: The very British Billy Elliot and the great American Guys and Dolls.
- June 13, 2005
- Musical Squares
Elaine May’s After the Night and the Music is sadly off-key, except for a few poignant moments.
- May 23, 2005
- Curtain Call
The backstage drama aside, Sweet Charity is winsome if terribly slight. PLUS: A critic hangs out his closing notice.
- May 16, 2005
- A Bad Business
David Mamet and his audience adore the horrid men of Glengarry Glen Ross. This can’t be a good thing.
- July 7, 1997
- Dirtyish Dancing
A sexy dance but a cheesy production, �Forever Tango’ loses its tang after a few minutes.
- May 9, 2005
- On Golden Pond
The play cannot be fully salvaged, but an evening spent with such a cast is no waste of time or money.
- May 9, 2005
- A Streetcar Named Desire
Who’d think that the day would come when one would ache to escape from a performance of Tennessee Williams’s masterpiece?
- May 9, 2005
- Truly Scrumptious
The delightful Chitty Chitty Bang Bang proves that children’s theater need not be intolerable to adults.
- May 2, 2005
- Everything is Illuminated
The Light in the Piazza sparks at least a hope for the future of the Broadway musical.