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John Simon

March 13, 2000 | Theater Review
"The Tale of the Allergist's Wife"
January 25, 1999 | Theater Review
"Far East"
September 6, 1999 | Theater Review
Royal Flush

"Kat and the Kings" is a naïve, juvenile song and dance dressed up as a musical.

May 2, 2005 | Theater Review
Everything is Illuminated

The Light in the Piazza sparks at least a hope for the future of the Broadway musical.

June 12, 2000 | Theater Review
Night of the Living Dead

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a beauty-free import from England; Dame Edna, another import, doesn't drag -- even the second time around.

February 19, 2001 | Theater Review
Black and Blue

Force Continuum

June 3, 2002 | Theater Review
Opposite Sets

House and Garden
One Shot, One Kill
Smelling a Rat

May 17, 1999 | Theater Review
Nothin' Doin'

"It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues" is somethin' of a bore; "The Cider House Rules" is a half-baked adaptation of half a John Irving novel.

February 3, 2003 | Theater Review
British Beauties

Sam Mendes brings Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya—two wildly disparate views of romance—brilliantly to life; a revival of Comedians is as searing as the original.

June 7, 1999 | Theater Review
"Goodnight Children Everywhere"
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