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John Simon

March 8, 2004 | Theater Review
Up on the Roof

A revival of Fiddler strikes a universal note; a tennis legend, warts and all; Roulette fires blanks, but bridge & tunnel is a winner.

April 27, 1998 | Theater Review
In Brief: "Saturn Returns: A Concert"

Adam Guettel gets spacey.

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.

November 8, 1999 | Theater Review
"The Water Engine"
August 27, 2001 | Theater Review
Comedy Tonight

The Seagull

December 15, 2003 | Theater Review
The Happy Hoofer

Never Gonna Dance has good dancers and better dances but little charm; an adaptation of Birdy solves literary problems with theatrical acumen.

June 21, 2004 | Theater Review
In Brief: Audra McDonald at Zankel Hall and The Joys of Sex

On leave from A Raisin in the Sun, quadruple Tony winner Audra McDonald recently gave four performances of a 75-minute concert in Zankel Hall.

May 24, 1999 | Theater Review
"Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight"
August 10, 1998 | Theater Review
In Brief: "An Evening With Jerry Herman"

"An Evening With Jerry Herman" is a tribute to a musical master.

April 10, 2000 | Theater Review
Pyramid Scheme

In a numbingly Disneyfied adaptation by Elton John and Tim Rice, the once celestial "Aida" is decked out in gaudy finery and cheap platitudes.

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