Putting a Still-Vexed Play in a Historical Context
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Shakespeare's most problematic play Â at least with respect to modern sensitivities Â receives an intelligent interpretation from Michael Radford and a superb cast.
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The men from Neil LaBute's new work discuss what they really thought about the way the play depicted male psychology. Their verdict? It's scarily dead on.
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While âThe Maddening Truthâ is fascinating as a character study, its weakness as a play is the paucity of dramatic conflict.
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The new production of Maeterlinckâs play at Urban Stages suffers from common genre maladies like heavy-handed messages, overly black-and-white plot elements and unimaginative fantastical elements.
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The forthcoming theater calendar seems distinguished by its fixation on invention.
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A new performance of 'Dividing the Estate' finds the legendary playwright very much engaged in present-day issues.
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Jonathan Marc Shermanâs play, while agreeably acted and directed, feels like an internal monologue distributed among four characters.
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A second Birmingham theatre company could stage a controversial play that was dropped following protests by members of the Sikh community. Send us your reaction.
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By Simon Neville  IT is a site that has always entertained an audience of some sort, although the performers these days are very different from those in the late 1800s.
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Adam Bockâs new play provides a nifty hour and change of light comedy that bleeds into dark finger-wagging.
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The Vineyard Theaterâs rare revival of J. M. Barrieâs elegantly plotted ghost story is an occasion of some interest.
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The bard, or not the bard, that is the question.
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In Stephen Massicotteâs excellent new play,  T. E. Lawrence and Robert Graves are two veterans and it takes no leap of the imagination to translate their World War I experiences into stories from todayâs newspaper.
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A. R. Gurneyâs play, revived respectfully by the Keen Company, remains an insightful mood piece but one thatâs perhaps best in its details.
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Adapting Philip Glass' Barbarians opera for its U.S. debut requires overcoming significant technological limitations. By Theresa Everline.
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Style trumps content in this beautifully staged and acted production of August Wilson's new play, the ninth in his 10-play cycle of works dealing with black life in the 20th century.
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âJerry Springer: The Operaâ  uncovers something grand within the small, squalid lives it portrays.