- 5/16/13 /
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Theater Review: Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Ironic Detachment of 2012
A musical based on a section of War and Peace.
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- 5/12/13 /
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A Family for All Occasions Is a Play of One Dimension
Directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman.
- 5/10/13 /
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Theater Review: Is It Possible to Get Past the Ridiculousness of On Your Toes?
It's a weak production, too. And yet …
- 5/8/13 /
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Theater Review: Chasing Chekhov With Nikolai and the Others
"Nelson’s opening gambit — an appetizer of red herring — pays off spectacularly."
- 5/7/13 /
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Alec Baldwin Sure Does Hate Ben Brantley
"Brantley is viewed as some odd, shriveled, bitter Dickensian clerk."
- 5/6/13 /
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Alec Baldwin–Starring Orphans Is Closing Six Weeks Ahead of Schedule
Score one for Shia LaBeouf.
- 5/2/13 /
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Theater Review: A Trampling Bull With Bared Teeth
"It’s just cruel for the easy fun of it."
- 5/1/13 /
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22 Songs, One Guaranteed Hit Show — Presenting A League of Their Own: The Musical
Come on, Broadway producers — we already did half the work here.
- 4/30/13 /
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Here Are Your 2013 Tony Nominees
Kinky Boots and Matilda cleaned up.
- 4/29/13 /
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Rocky Musical Is Broadway Bound
Meat-punching, now with more jazz hands.
- 4/25/13 /
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Theater Review: Big Top Pippin
They added a circus!
- 4/24/13 /
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Theater Review: The Not Quite Divine Miss Mengers, in I’ll Eat You Last
"Do we really care how hard it is to make a living as a Sherpa on the slopes of power?"
- 4/24/13 /
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Anne Hathaway Not in Cabaret Revival [Updated]
What good is sitting alone in your room?
- 4/23/13 /
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Theater Review: The Trip to Bountiful, Without Doilies
"The most brutal show in town right now."
- 4/23/13 /
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Theater Review: Imelda Is More Than a Woman in Here Lies Love
A disco musical shouldn't work. But ...
- 4/22/13 /
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Theater Review: The Quite Contrary Testament of Mary
Conceived without sin (but with tragedy).
- 4/21/13 /
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Theater Review: It Were Done Quickly, This Macbeth
It's cut to barely 100 minutes.
- 4/18/13 /
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Theater Reviews: Orphans and Jekyll & Hyde
"The question that lingers after the swift little dream of Orphans passes is: What just happened? What was that about?"
- 4/18/13 /
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Ben Foster on Orphans, Tattoos, and Replacing Shia LaBeouf
"I love that f-cker. He’s got a great mind."
- 4/17/13 /
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Theater Review: The Heartbreak of The Assembled Parties
It ... may hit you like a punch to the heart.