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John Simon

June 21, 1999 | Theater Review
"The Image Makers"
December 10, 2001 | Theater Review
Heart Songs

Broadway Bash!
The Streets of New York

October 27, 2003 | Theater Review
All Petered Out

Peter Allen married Liza Minnelli and struck gold with I Go to Rio. But despite a game impersonation by Hugh Jackman, The Boy From Oz never engages us.

March 15, 1999 | Theater Review
"Not About Nightingales"

"Not About Nightingales" is a paragon of ensemble acting and masterly direction.

January 3, 2000 | Theater Review
"Adam Baum and the Jew Movie"
June 5, 2000 | Theater Review
"Don Carlos"

Hard to say what's worse about "Don Carlos" -- the acting or the directing.

July 19, 1999 | Theater Review
"The Taming of the Shrew"
January 3, 2005 | Theater Review
Whispers and Size

Fat Pig reveals Neil LaBute’s strengths (cruel wit) and weaknesses (the tender bits).

January 3, 2005 | Theater Review
A Number

The new golden rule for playwrights is: the less comprehensible, the better.

November 24, 2003 | Theater Review
Bum Rap

A Pinter revival makes no case for The Caretaker; Paula Vogel’s Christmas tale is a multiculti mishmash; Fame won’t live forever in Times Square.

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