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New
Features This Edition:
New York critic David Spencer
reviews:
The agony of success ...
Present Laughter
by Noël Coward
Directed by Nicholas Martin
Starring Victor Garber
Roundabout Theatre Company
American Airlines Theatre
The agony of agony ...
A View from the Bridge
by Arthur Miller
Directed by Gregory Mosher
Starring Liev Schrieber, Scarlett Johansson,
Jessica Hecht and Michael Crostofer
Cort Theatre
Nothing is frozen ...
Time Stands Still
by Donald Margulies
Directed by Daniel Sullivan
Starring Laura Linney, Brian D'Arcy James,
Eric Bogosian and AliciaSilverstone
Manhattan Theatre Club at
The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
and
A scandalous 1870 novel, an electric 2010 treatment
and very possibly the breakout performance of a new star ...
Venus in Fur
by David Ives
Directed by Walter Bobbie
Starring Nina Arianda and Wes Bentley
Classic Stage Company
New York critic Richard Gleaves
reviews:
An off-off Broadway surprise:
Perhaps the best new American play of the season ...
Safe Home
by Sean Cullen
Directed by Chris Henry
The Women’s Interart Center
San
Francisco critic Judy Richter
reviews:
Love and the mysterious benefactor ...
Music, Lyrics and Orchestrations
by Paul Gordon
Daddy Long Legs
Book and Direction by John Caird
from the novel by Jean Webster
Presented by TheatreWorks
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
and
Lust, jealousy and guilt, ancient-world style:
Some things never change ...
Phèdra
by Jean Racine
Translated and Adapted by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Directed by Carey Perloff
American Conservatory Theater
Florida critic Marie J. Kilker
reviews:
A bewildering Pulitzer nominee ...
Hearts
by Willy Holtzman
Directed by Greg Leaming
Asolo Repertory Theatre
FSU Center for the Performing Arts/Mertz Theatre
How pop songs define their era -- and vice versa ...
Reflections
Developed by Richard Hopkins, Rebecca Langford, Jim Prosser
Directed and Choreographed by Bill Castellino
Florida Studio Theatre's Goldstein Cabaret
Comedy is never foolproof ...
Sly Fox
by Larry Gelbart
Directed by Murray Chase
Venice Theatre’s Mainstage
and
The distaff answer to Forever Plaid ...
The Marvelous Wondrettes
Book by Roger Bean
Various Composers & Lyricists
Directed by Larry Raben
Golden Apple Dinner Theatre
Los Angeles critic Penny Orloff
reviews:
Those absurdly patient clowns ...
Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett
Directed by Andrew Traister
A Noise Within
Finally:
Twin Cities critic Vlad Dima
reviews:
Adequate passion ...
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Penny Metropulos
Guthrie Theater
and
A dark yet brilliant comedy ...
Stones in His Pockets
by Marie Jones
Directed by Michelle Hensley
Ten Thousand Things Theater
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