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Theater Review (San Antonio): Garson Kanin’s ‘Born Yesterday’ at the Classic Theatre
A fine cast and production breathe new life into Garson Kanin's 1946 comedy.
Read More »Theater Review (Off Broadway-NYC): ‘Toast’ by Richard Bean
What is it about the nature of work that becomes boring?
Read More »Theater Review (Vienna, VA): ‘Creed Bratton (from ‘The Office’): ‘An Evening of Music and Comedy’
At his sold out show, Creed Bratton proved to be as hilarious, outrageous, and delightfully offensive as ever.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Sensuality Party’ by Justin Kuritzkes
'The Sensuality Party' is a disturbing, fascinating, weirdly funny dive into the psyche of a generation as seen through one very talented writer's novelistically observant eye.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Echoes’ by Henry Naylor
A Victorian-age woman and a modern-day Muslim woman in the UK tell their parallel stories.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘Henry IV Part 1’ and ‘Henry IV Part 2’
What makes these productions so good is their attention to detail, both in the actors' characterizations and in the myriad perfect touches of action and interaction.
Read More »Theater Review (Bethesda): ‘Laughter and Reflection with Carol Burnett’
Actress and comedian Carol Burnett is still in her element at these live, intimate Q&A sessions.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Henry V’ from the Royal Shakespeare Company
Many of the play's well-known scenes and speeches hit home with depth and exactitude under Gregory Doran's scholarly and wide-angled direction in this spectacular if flawed production.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Nathan the Wise’ with F. Murray Abraham and Stark Sands
With a uniformly excellent cast, this bracing version of Gotthold Lessing's German Enlightenment play hits home with its then (and still) controversial view of religion: that no faith has the uniquely true message of God.
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