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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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