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theater review
Theater Review: ‘A Sherlock Carol’: It’s Never Too Late to Change
NEW YORK —The fictional worlds of Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle lovingly collide in playwright Mark Shanahan’s not-at-all humbug, "A Sherlock Carol" at New World Stages. This delightful mash-up features ...
December 10, 2022
BY
Judd Hollander
Theater Review: ‘The Kite Runner’: Coming to Terms With the Past
NEW YORK—"There is a way to be good again" is the most telling phrase uttered during the Broadway ...
August 3, 2022
BY
Judd Hollander
Theater Review: ‘Prayer for the French Republic:’ To Stay or to Go?
NEW YORK—Is there anywhere in the world that's truly safe? This is the question at the heart of ...
February 23, 2022
BY
Judd Hollander
Theater Review: ‘The Alchemist’
NEW YORK—Red Bull Theater puts the axiom that people get exactly what they deserve squarely in their sights ...
December 10, 2021
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Judd Hollander
Theater Review: The ‘Gazillion Bubble Show’: Childlike Delight for All Ages
NEW YORK—No matter how old you may be, there's something magical in touching a floating bubble and then ...
December 1, 2021
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Judd Hollander
Theater Review: ‘Autumn Royal’: The Caretakers’ Dilemma
NEW YORK—In a very modest dwelling in Cork City, Ireland, two 30-somethng siblings wrestle with a long-standing problem: ...
November 16, 2021
BY
Diana Barth
Theater Review: ‘A Recipe for Disaster’
CHICAGO—For regular theatergoers, Windy City Playhouse’s aptly named “A Recipe for Disaster” may not be what they’re accustomed ...
October 23, 2021
BY
Betty Mohr
Theater Review: ‘John Cullum: An Accidental Star’: A Short Glance at a Long, Happy Career
For someone who has been acting in plays since he "was knee-high to a grasshopper," the 91 years-young ...
April 11, 2021
BY
Judd Hollander
Online Theater Review: ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’: A Holiday Special in Song and on Screen
Get set for a terrific two-hour virtual production on YouTube. The scene is a middle-class home in St. ...
December 21, 2020
BY
Diana Barth
Theater Review: ‘Feathers of Fire: A Persian Epic’
“Feathers of Fire: A Persian Epic” is like a Disney fairy tale. It’s such an engrossing cinematic spectacle—exhilarating ...
June 10, 2020
BY
Betty Mohr
Online-Theater Review: ‘Cymbeline: A Folk Tale With Music’
One of Shakespeare’s last plays, “Cymbeline” is considered to be one of his more problematic works. That’s because ...
May 30, 2020
BY
Betty Mohr
Theater Reviews: ‘Chekhov/Tolstoy Love Stories’: Adaptations From Two Russian Greats
NEW YORK—Can short stories morph into theatrical entities? British playwright and actor Miles Malleson has theatricalized two short ...
February 15, 2020
BY
Diana Barth
Theater Review: ‘Paradise Lost’: We Would Have Lost Paradise Too
NEW YORK—From the opening exchange between Satan and Beelzebub, Tom Dulack’s script captivates. Dulack’s take on “Paradise Lost” ...
February 11, 2020
BY
Jani Allan
Theater Review: ‘Das Barbecü’: Wagner, Southern style
NEW YORK—The great thing about a classic is how, in the right hands, it can be transformed into something ...
January 30, 2020
BY
Judd Hollander
Theater Review: ‘My Name Is Lucy Barton’
NEW YORK—Each of us has links to our past, no matter how we may try to deny them. ...
January 27, 2020
BY
Judd Hollander
Theater Review: ‘The Scourge’
NEW YORK—Irish Repertory Theatre's downstairs W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre is now presenting a unique offering: It is ...
January 27, 2020
BY
Diana Barth
Theater Review: ‘London Assurance’: A Slow Build in This 19th-Century Farce
NEW YORK—The sin of pride leads to more than a few comeuppances in Dion Boucicault's 19th-century farce "London ...
January 16, 2020
BY
Judd Hollander
Theater Review: ‘Sing Street’
NEW YORK—Few shows start off with as much promise as the new off-Broadway musical "Sing Street," at New ...
January 8, 2020
BY
Judd Hollander
Theater Review: ‘Judgment Day’: A Collision Between Guilt and Innocence
NEW YORK—The cavernous Wade Thompson Drill Hall of the Park Avenue Armory presently houses "Judgment Day," written by ...
January 6, 2020
BY
Diana Barth
Theater Review: ‘Harry Townsend’s Last Stand’
NEW YORK—Len Cariou gives a virtuoso performance as a man determined to live his life on his own ...
December 31, 2019
BY
Judd Hollander
Theater Review: ‘The Enigmatist’: Give Your Brain a Workout!
NEW YORK—More often than not, the answer to solving a riddle is staring you right in the face. ...
December 22, 2019
BY
Judd Hollander
Theater Review: ‘Seared’: A Literal Taste Test
NEW YORK—Theresa Rebeck's delicious new comedy has the audience sniffing actual cooking odors, as temperamental genius chef Harry ...
December 16, 2019
BY
Diana Barth
Theater Review: ‘A Christmas Carol’
NEW YORK—People love the idea of second chances, which goes a long way in explaining the staying power ...
December 4, 2019
BY
Judd Hollander
Theater Review: ‘Oedipus Rex’ at Chicago’s Court Theatre
CHICAGO—Any time a theater produces a classic that ultimately says, when we confront social ills, that we should ...
November 22, 2019
BY
Sharon Kilarski
Theater Review: ‘The White Chip’
NEW YORK—When you’re in a downward alcoholic spiral, it's only a matter of time before you hit rock ...
October 15, 2019
BY
Judd Hollander
Theater Review: ‘Kingfishers Catch Fire’
NEW YORK—Playwright Robin Glendinning was inspired to write the provocative “Kingfishers Catch Fire” by a visit a few ...
October 8, 2019
BY
Diana Barth
Theater Review: ‘Two’s a Crowd’
NEW YORK—It’s not what you've done in life that matters, but what you haven't done. And thinking about ...
July 29, 2019
BY
Judd Hollander
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