- 10/8/10 /
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Theater Review: The Power of Just Words, in Lawrence Wright’s The Human Scale
It may not be a sustained magic he creates, but it’s unassailably sincere.
Scott Brown Archive
- 10/7/10 /
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Theater Review: Is Natasha Lyonne the Next Kathleen Turner?
"There's often a fine line between the stupidest thing you could do ... and the sexiest thing you could do."
- 10/6/10 /
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Theater Review: A Spellbinding Six-Hour Gatz
Anyone seeking this generation’s true second coming of 'Gatsby' should clear a day for a trip to the Public Theater.
- 10/3/10 /
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Theater Review: A Friendly Clash of Charms in Mrs. Warren’s Profession
"A more voluptuous Cherry Jones than we're accustomed to."
- 10/3/10 /
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Theater Review: The Art-Appreciation Lectures of The Pitmen Painters
This feel-good story with a grim social undergirding, from the writer of 'Billy Elliot,' feels far, far less personal.
- 10/1/10 /
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Theater Review: The Inside-Out Audience Experience at Hotel Savoy
You enter the house, which is also the main character; you're directed to your room; and things begin to happen — or no happen, as the case may be.
- 9/30/10 /
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Theater Review: A Brief Encounter That Unleashes Long-Repressed Emotion
A cabinet of wonders, built atop David Lean's dour 1945 film about an impossible extramarital affair.
- 9/30/10 /
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Stage Dive: The Night Tony Curtis Put the Moves On Me
"Everything, Scott," he told me, draping a pal-o-mine arm around my shoulders, "is flirting."
- 9/28/10 /
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Stage Dive: The Small-Town Desperation of A Bright New Boise
This is a rube tragedy — a respectful and honest-feeling one, for a change.
- 9/27/10 /
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Stage Dive: An Orlando Without Heat or Humidity
The show, in spirit, might’ve been subtitled "The 500-Year-Old Virgin."