- April 21, 2009
- Broadway’s Back at the Palace
Mining a classic like Mary Stuart for contemporary relevance isn’t as easy as it looks.
- April 8, 2009
- Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them
Kurt Vonnegut once ruefully admitted that writing antiwar novels is about as effective as writing anti-glacier novels.
- April 8, 2009
- Girls, Girls, Girls
Labute's Reasons to Be Pretty isn't much to look at; Rock of Ages is in on its own joke, which ruins all the fun.
- April 13, 2009
- Sunshine Supermen
Hair retains its wispy elation on Broadway. Plus, An Oresteia’s beautiful marathon of blood.
- March 31, 2009
- Rambo Redux
A daffily powerful one-person play that re-creates the book First Blood. With M&Ms.
- March 31, 2009
- Hero and King
Irena's Vow and Exit the King can be insufferable (the plays), sometimes riveting (the performances), and both improve with humor.
- April 6, 2009
- The A-Team
Actors trump material in the theatrical smackdown God of Carnage and the more muted Impressionism.
- March 30, 2009
- Come Again?
Revivals of West Side Story and Blithe Spirit work, more or less�more thanks to two performances.
- March 10, 2009
- 33 Variations
Jane Fonda (accompanied by Beethoven) is not to be missed.
- March 4, 2009
- One Hot Mess
Cynthia Nixon battles a troubled kid (and script) in Distracted.