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John Simon

May 23, 2004 | Theater Review
In Brief: Tennessee Williams's Spring Storm

Tennessee Williams’s early and immature Spring Storm is best as a game for Williams fans: How many names, characters, situations, and devices of his later plays can you identify here?

December 9, 2002 | Theater Review
Small Ben

Richard Nelson's portrait of Benedict Arnold is short on character; Encores! celebrates a glorious decade.

November 1, 1999 | Theater Review
"Look Back in Anger"
April 19, 2004 | Theater Review
Sleeping Beauty

Broadway’s spring awakening comes in the form of a finely observed drama about a ballet master and the mysterious couple who visit.

February 8, 1999 | Theater Review
"The Iphigenia Cycle"
May 31, 2004 | Theater Review
In Brief: Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul

sometimes wonder whether Tony Kushner’s greatest talent isn’t for marketing.

April 3, 2000 | Theater Review
Three-Quarter Moon

In "A Moon for the Misbegotten," a trio of great actors reveal the searing power of O'Neill's last play (even if one of them is somewhat miscast).

February 17, 2003 | Theater Review
War Was Hell

Lanford Wilson’s Vietnam-ruined Talley clan seems a little dated in an imperfect revival of Fifth of July; David Lindsay-Abaire’s glibness runs riot in Kimberly Akimbo.

October 11, 1999 | Theater Review
Upstairs, Downstairs

"The Country Club" is a deft, sad tale of twentysomething blue bloods at loose ends; "Mud" and "Drowning" give you the feeling of drowning in mud.

February 21, 2005 | Theater Review
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is almost too much title for a wispy little musical that hangs on the horns of a dichotomy.

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