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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Review: Painting Churches by David Finkle

The Keen Company presents a surprisingly undelicate revival of Tina Howe's exquisite, autobiographically-inspired play.

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Monday, March 5, 2012

Review: The Lady from Dubuque by David Finkle

Edward Albee's play about a woman dying of cancer gets an unnecessary revival.

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Monday, February 27, 2012

Review: Hurt Village by David Finkle

Katori Hall's sensational drama looks at the residents of a downtrodden Memphis neighborhood.

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Review: Rutherford & Son by David Finkle

The Mint Theatre offers a worthy revival of Githa Sowerby's play about a family ruled by a domineering patriarch.

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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Review: Beyond the Horizon by David Finkle

The Irish Repertory Theatre presents Eugene O'Neill's groundbreaking 1920 work about an unhappy marriage.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Review: Call Me Waldo by David Finkle

Rob Ackerman's problematic new play deals with a 40-something electrician who becomes obsessed with Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Review: The Thrill of the Chase by David Finkle

Philip Gawthorne's overlong psychological thriller benefits from fine performances.

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Monday, February 20, 2012

Feature: Playing Around in London by David Finkle

TheaterMania reports on eight worthy prodcutions, including Absent Friends, Collaborators, The Comedy of Errors, and The Recruiting Officer.

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Review: Look Back in Anger by David Finkle

Sam Gold helms a brilliantly acted and directed production of John Osborne's groundbreaking play.

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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Review: Götterdämmerung by David Finkle

The Metropolitan Opera concludes Robert Lepage's misconceived version of Wagner's "Ring Cycle."

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Monday, January 23, 2012

Review: Stopped Bridge of Dreams by David Finkle

John Jesurun's multimedia work may be more effective online than in the theater.

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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Review: Miss Kim by David Finkle

Gina Kim's autobiographical play about her extremely troubled life properly belongs in a therapist's office.

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Review: The Convert by David Finkle

Danai Gurira's tough-minded play deals with a young South African woman who has embraced Catholicism.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Review: Richard III by David Finkle

Kevin Spacey gives an indelible portrait of Shakespeare's tyrannical monarch at BAM.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Review: The Road to Mecca by David Finkle

The Roundabout Theatre's production of Athol Fugard's important drama about an elderly artist suffers from a tedious first act.

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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Review: Leakey's Ladies by David Finkle

This show details the work of three pioneering female anthropologists.

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Friday, January 13, 2012

Review: The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess by David Finkle

Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis lead a superb cast in Diane Paulus' effective musicalized version of the beloved opera.

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Monday, January 9, 2012

Review: Bridesburg by David Finkle

Victor Kaufold's dysfunctional family drama, set in a working-class Philadelphia neighborhood, is well performed.

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Sunday, January 1, 2012

Review: The Enchanted Island by David Finkle

The Metropolitan Opera's world premiere, which combines Shakespearean characters and Baroque arias, lives up to its title.

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Review: The Pirates of Penzance by David Finkle

New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players' lively production plays an all-too-brief run at Symphony Space.

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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Review: Shlemiel the First by David Finkle

This delightful musical adaptation of Isaac Bashevis Singer's classic story receives a first-rate revival.

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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Review: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever by David Finkle

Harry Connick Jr. and Jessie Mueller shine in this improved revisal of the 1965 Alan Jay Lerner-Burton Lane musical.

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Friday, December 9, 2011

Review: James X by David Finkle

Gerard Mannix Flynn's powerfully acted, darkly poetic monologue details the abuse of Irish schoolchildren.

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Review: Krapp's Last Tape by David Finkle

Brian Dennehy and John Hurt offer different interpretations of Samuel Beckett's legendary solo piece.

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Sunday, December 4, 2011

Review: The Man Who Came to Dinner by David Finkle

Jim Brochu gives an ebullient portrayal of Sheridan Whiteside in Kaufman and Hart's immaculately structured comedy.

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Review: Faust by David Finkle

Des McAnuff's updated production of Goethe's opera is very well-sung but suffers from too many unhelpful directorial notions.

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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Review: Bonnie & Clyde by David Finkle

This new Broadway musical about the legendary 1930s bank robbers rarely rises above mediocrity.

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Review: Angel Reapers by David Finkle

Martha Clarke and Alfred Uhry's dance-theater piece takes a questionable view of life among the Shakers.

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Monday, November 21, 2011

Review: An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin by David Finkle

The two Broadway stars haven't fully lost their mannerisms in this often exciting show.

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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Review: Richard II by David Finkle

The Pearl Theatre Company's production of Shakespeare's history play is extremely well-acted.

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Review: Private Lives by David Finkle

Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross give splendidly sleek performances in this near-perfect production of Noel Coward's classic comedy.

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