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Theater Reviews Archive

April 16, 2007
Cheese Ahoy!

The Pirate Queen plays out like a parody of bombastic musicals, but a new Oliver Twist is devilishly dark.

April 12, 2007
No Monkeying Around

With Christopher Plummer in the lead, Inherit the Wind evolves. Plus: Misbegotten Kevin Spacey.

April 9, 2007
Too Sad for Words

Joan Didion’s one-woman show raises the problem of how to be loudly intimate.

April 2, 2007
She’s a Man, Baby!

A contemporary approach to Shakespeare’s original all-male casting. Plus: Curtains just hangs there.

March 26, 2007
Everything Is Illuminated

The greatest-actor-of-his-generation label is a lot to stick on a guy, but Talk Radio gives Liev Schreiber a chance to back up the hype.

March 12, 2007
Somme Story

You’d think we’ve seen every possible war-is-hell tale—yet Journey’s End still has the power to silence an audience.

March 7, 2007
The Taming of King Lear

Kevin Kline is the latest star to fail the test of Shakespeare.

March 5, 2007
Arise, Ye Prisoners of Tom Stoppard

Somehow, the eight hours of dialogue in The Coast of Utopia leave one hungry for more talk.

February 26, 2007
Something’s Coming

First Spring Awakening, now In the Heights: Could musicals actually be adapting to a new century’s audience?

February 19, 2007
Prejudicial Restraint

A pair of Elizabethan plays notorious for their monstrous stereotypes get a thoughtful airing-out.

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