Theater Review | 'The Power of Darkness': Heavy on the Message and Light on the Nuance
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While Leo Tolstoyâs play remains an intriguing curiosity, more interesting than good, it should be a must-see for students of Russian literature.
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IRVINE, California  - The bill reads like a logical pairing: dark lyrics, creepy images, metal mentality.
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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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The current of intellectual energy snapping through the ferociously engaging screen adaptation of Alan BennettÂs Tony Award-winning play feels like electrical brain stimulation.
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Playbill - LAByrinth Theatre Company productions frequently reach down into the lower depths of society, and its new offering, Brett C. Leonard's Unconditional, looks to follow in that tradition.
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BERLIN  - Dysfunctional families in dramatic literature date back to "Oedipus Rex," so if you're going to take that route, you'd better have something new to say.
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The darkness of the soul encounters the science of pharmaceuticals.
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âPolitics of Passion: Plays of Anthony Minghellaâ consists of two short pieces that explore the limits of ordinary communication.
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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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Sarah Ruhl's devastatingly lovely theatrical gloss on the Orpheus myth may just be the most moving exploration of loss that the American theater has produced since 9/11.
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A business course on cutthroat capitalism disguised as a slacker comedy: Thatâs the kindest way to describe Michael Lehmannâs âFlakes.â
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Three New York theater productions offer contrasting coming-of-age tales.
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Verdiâs talent for penetrating melodies goes a long way toward explaining why so flimsy a drama manages such potency in a strong performance.
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The forthcoming theater calendar seems distinguished by its fixation on invention.
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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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How two words illuminate the shift of power from the media to the people
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The literature of the American theater is chockablock with dysfunctional-family dramas, stories about fathers loathing mothers, wives resenting husbands, brothers and sisters who care too much