- April 8, 2009
- Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them
Kurt Vonnegut once ruefully admitted that writing antiwar novels is about as effective as writing anti-glacier novels.
- April 13, 2009
- Sunshine Supermen
Hair retains its wispy elation on Broadway. Plus, An Oresteia’s beautiful marathon of blood.
- March 31, 2009
- Rambo Redux
A daffily powerful one-person play that re-creates the book First Blood. With M&Ms.
- March 31, 2009
- Hero and King
Irena's Vow and Exit the King can be insufferable (the plays), sometimes riveting (the performances), and both improve with humor.
- April 6, 2009
- The A-Team
Actors trump material in the theatrical smackdown God of Carnage and the more muted Impressionism.
- March 30, 2009
- Come Again?
Revivals of West Side Story and Blithe Spirit work, more or less—more thanks to two performances.
- March 10, 2009
- 33 Variations
Jane Fonda (accompanied by Beethoven) is not to be missed.
- March 4, 2009
- One Hot Mess
Cynthia Nixon battles a troubled kid (and script) in Distracted.
- March 2, 2009
- Live and Learn
The Story of My Life doesn’t take the easy road, and isn’t up to the tough one.
- February 23, 2009
- Misery Times Two
Uncle Vanya’s jumpy, star-studded Russian melancholy, and Lynn Nottage’s grimly lyric Ruined.
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