- December 18, 2006 |
- The Year in Theater
Hollywood carpetbaggers couldn’t keep up with our homegirls Christine Ebersole and Julie White. Will Power’s hip-hop Aeschylus owned New York Theatre Workshop. And John Doyle’s new Company proved that his spectacular Sweeney Todd was no fluke.
- December 11, 2006 | The Theater Review
- It’s the Little Things
Company gets the John Doyle treatment and looks great at 36. Plus: Another dispiriting celebrity turn, in The Vertical Hour.
- December 4, 2006 | The Theater Review
- So Far, So Good
The Coast of Utopia is a huge, eloquent piece of theater, gaudy with talent. And we’re just into Part One.
- November 27, 2006 | The Theater Review
- Fly Away, Mary Poppins
Rent the movie instead. Plus: Skip Les Mis, Part Deux, in favor of an acting tour de force.
- November 20, 2006 | The Theater Review
- Domestic Drama
Sarah Ruhl’s The Clean House feels like it’s been thoroughly scrubbed of human ambiguity. And the jokes would really work better in English.
- November 13, 2006 | The Theater Review
- The East Hampton Star
Grey Gardens isn't the revolutionary musical for today, but you won’t see the likes of its star anywhere else.
- November 6, 2006 | The Theater Review
- It’s Not Alright, Ma
As boomer Broadway wheezes its way into irrelevance with The Times They Are A-Changin’, a fresh voice emerges downtown.
- October 30, 2006 | The Theater Review
- Stand and Don’t Deliver
After all the drama around My Name Is Rachel Corrie, what are we to make of the actual play?
- October 23, 2006 | The Theater Review
- ‘House’ of Great Repute
Shaw’s Heartbreak House gets a revival that shows off its talky brilliance. Plus: Cynthia Nixon, Neil LaBute, and more.
- October 16, 2006 | The Theater Review
- Broadway Melody of 1975
Yes, it’s a period piece. No, it’s not a jaw-dropping revival. But A Chorus Line still has that hard-to-define something.