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John Simon

May 10, 1999 | Theater Review
Blood Brothers

"The Lonesome West," Martin McDonagh's latest addition to the Leenane saga, carries sibling rivalry to giddy heights and stultifying depths.

April 12, 1999 | Theater Review
Blarney's Tone

Bar plays are inevitably all talk and little action, but Conor McPherson's "The Weir" lacks stories engaging enough to transcend the meager Irish-pub setting.

March 15, 2004 | Theater Review
Fool's Errand

Director Jonathan Miller and his star, Christopher Plummer, conspire to cut Shakespeare’s towering tragic hero down to size.

April 20, 1998 | Theater Review
In Brief: "Wait Until Dark"
May 15, 2000 | Theater Review
The Music Woman

Susan Stroman's lively revival of "The Music Man" may not displace the memory of Robert Preston, but it should finally make a star of Rebecca Luker.

January 3, 2000 | Theater Review
The Hungry I

Returning to the scene of her mother's triumphant comeback, Liza Minnelli recalls both her parents in a performance of almost unbearable neediness.

June 10, 2002 | Theater Review
Double Twaddle

Boys and Girls
This Thing of Darkness

April 10, 2000 | Theater Review
Anna Deavere Smith's "House Arrest"
March 19, 2001 | Theater Review
Mexican Malaise

Ten Unknowns, Dogeaters

August 3, 1998 | Theater Review
Crocodile Tears

Theâtre de Complicité's attempt to adapt Bruno Schulz's poetic "Street of Crocodiles" is a flat-footed exercise in futility.

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