- December 6, 2004
- A Second Hand Memory
In Woody Allen’s latest theatrical foray, a fifties Brooklyn family squabbles over obligation, money, and the incompatibility of love and marriage.
- December 6, 2004
- Dame Edna: Back With a Vengeance!
Some comics transcend their material; Barry Humphries, a.k.a. Dame Edna, is one such.
- December 6, 2004
- Whoopi
Times have changed, but Whoopi Goldberg becomes more and more herself every year.
- November 29, 2004
- The God Of Hell
The God of Hell is an absurdist but not entirely absurd comedy.
- November 29, 2004
- ’Night, Mother
’Night, Mother is about daughter Jessie carefully preparing her suicide, and mother Thelma unable to stop her.
- November 29, 2004
- Realpolitik
Michael Frayn shows the human side of the democratic process, in all its tragicomic muddle.
- November 22, 2004
- People Are Wrong!
David Herskovits’ winning ADD-ish direction and an enthusiastic ensemble give the show a kooky charm.
- November 22, 2004
- Sailor’s Song Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
Purely by kismet, John Patrick Shanley has three shows up this month, two of which have just opened.
- November 22, 2004
- Five by Tenn
Not all of Tennessee Williams’s unpublished or forgotten playlets deserve staging. Five by Tenn comprises four of the former and one of the latter.
- November 22, 2004
- Southern Exposure
Matthew Broderick goes nonnative in the fishing farce The Foreigner.