Monday, August 1, 2011
Elevator Repair Service transforms F. Scott Fitzgerald's brilliant novel into a mesmerizing theatrical experience.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]This month's highlights include musical revivals of Me and Juliet and Bells Are Ringing, along with Ena Lamont Smith's Men Should Weep, Brett Neveu's Red Bud, Sarah Kane's Blasted, and the k…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Cherry Jones and Sally Hawkins give disappointing performances in Doug Hughes' misguided revival of George Bernard Shaw's classic drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]England's Kneehigh company brilliantly transforms Noel Coward's tearjerker into a one-of-a-kind musical entertainment.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Robert Lepage's much-anticipated new Metropolitan Opera production of Richard Wagner's beloved opera is a five-alarm disappointment.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]The Keen Company's production of Michael Frayn's 1975 comedy is well directed and impeccably cast, but the experience ultimately adds up to less than the sum of its commendable parts.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Lee Hall's play about a group of British miners who find success in the art world is the front-runner for the Tony Award.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]TheaterMania reviews House of Games, Design For Living, Danton's Death, Blood and Gifts, and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Simon Russell Beale and Jonathan Groff are superb in Matthew Warchus' near-perfect revival of Ira Levin's marvelous thriller.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Kenny Solms' comedy about a struggling screenwriter proves to be dismally unfunny.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Kate Baldwin and Lewis Cleale shine in the Westport Country Playhouse's revival of the Tom Jones-Harvey Schmidt tuner about a long-married couple.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Reports on Just In Time: The Judy Holliday Story, Picking Palin, and A Matter of Choice.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 27, 2011
The valiant Galway-based Druid Theatre Company brings the rarely seen piece to the John Jay College's Gerald W. Lynch Theater as part of Lincoln Center Festival 2011.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 05:14PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 24, 2011
Danny Aiello returns to the stage in Susan Charlotte's often manipulative play, which references both the Holocaust and 9/11.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM[SHARE]Friday, July 22, 2011
This stage version of Yukio Mishima's novel about a troubled young man is often enthralling.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Jan Maxwell stars in Howard Barker's muddled political drama about 17th-century England.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM[SHARE]Monday, July 18, 2011
Kevin Spacey gives an indelible performance in the title role of Sam Mendes' brilliant production of Shakespeare's play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Stephen Sykes' pair of one acts about men and women are annoyingly obscure.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:58PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Rupert Goold's production of the Bard's tragedy for the Royal Shakespeare Company contains many unforgettable elements.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, July 11, 2011
Veanne Cox gives a tour-de-force performance in Bay Street Theatre's hilarious production of Christopher Durang's comedy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 9, 2011
Peter Brook's stripped-down, 100-minute version of Mozart's great opera is indisputably refreshing.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:30PM[SHARE]Friday, July 8, 2011
The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Shakespeare's gender-bending comedy gets most everything right.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 7, 2011
Tyne Daly gives a superb performance as opera great Maria Callas in Manhattan Theatre Club's worthy revival of Terrence McNally's play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM[SHARE]Andrea Mauella and Mark Shanahan shine in the Irish Repertory Theatre's chilling revival of Karoline Leach's two-hander.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 30, 2011
The "problem plays" Shakespeare uncorked in the early 17th century contain enough problems that there's no call for directors and players to add new ones. That, however, is what's …
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Falstaff is going global. Or you might say, Falstaff is going Globe-al. What's meant by that? Well, Shakespeare's Globe London Cinema Series begins tonight with 6:30 p. m. screenings in t…
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Reports on six worthwhile British productions, including Dominic West in Butley, Kristin Scott Thomas in Betrayal, and Alex Kingston in Luise Miller.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 20, 2011
It's as if a huge state-of-the-art factory has been built to produce one small bells-and-whistles toy that awes children of some ages for a few minutes before they lose interest.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:51PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 15, 2011
This adaptation of Ken Ludwig's classic farce rarely improves on the original.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 14, 2011
The new London production of the Broadway musical shines much brighter than before.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00PM[SHARE]Monday, June 6, 2011
London audiences can take in two star-studded productions of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
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