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NEWS: London's Olivier Award nominations are in, see our London Page. . . Yasmina Rez's hit God of Carnage will get its third cast, details at top of review and in our annotated Broadway listings. . .Another small show making a big enough splash to extend its life: Zero Hour will move to a new venue for an open run. . .
Fanny- the Encores! concert version. . . The Jackie Look-Finley embodies Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis but the lecture-like setup often fails to hold attention . . . The Play That Changed My Life- a Curtainup book review . . . Phantom Killer- The plot twists will certainly keep many on the edge of their seat. . . . Time Stands Still-while Laura Linney, like Liev Schreiber, is likely to be collecting Best Actor statues at awards time, she is very much part of an ensemble of actors fusing their characters with the finesse of a fine, comfortably compatible string quartetExtended to Marcch27th! . . . Holden Caulfield Theater Aficionado - a re-play of a 1998 essay as the curtain has gone down on the Catcher in the Rye creator's long run as America's most elusive and reclusive literary celebrity. . . Present Laughter - this production's set, a cross between the art deco lobbies at Radio City Music Hall and the Edison Hotel, is like an inanimate diva upstaging even the charming Victor Garber.. . . Manigma - another addition to the solo genre by Michael Aronov. . . Ages of the Moon-Samuel Beckett's influence is much in evidence in this play written by Sam Shepard especially for Stephen Rae and Sean McGinley. Extended to 3/21 . . . View From the Bridge- You know almost from the beginning that this is indeed a Greek tragedy. But watching how that inevitable climax is reached with these actors, and especially LievSchreiber, is all the suspense you need to be enthralled . . . The Orphan's Home Cyle, Part 3-The final installment of Horace Robineaux's odyssey is wonderful, right from its breathtakingly theatrical rainy cemetery opening Extended to 5/08/10 plus 2 extra marathons! . . . . New Sam Shepard Backgrounder- with two Shepard palys on the boards this season, one new, one revival, we've added the prolific playwright to our Author's Album As You Like It -The Bridge Project's double Shakespeare bill gets off to a fine start. . . Venus in Fur-Even sex can be a bore. So why not up the ante with sado-masochism? extended to 3/07! . . . The 2010 Nightlife Awards The Common Air-Airports, train stations and highway rest stops are frequent settings for people topour out their hearts, but seldom as well and with such simple elegance . . . The Myopia -David Greenspan's solo tour de force . . . Girls Night—The Musical - a return engagement of a fun night outs for the girls only./ . . The Man in Room 306- Craig Alan Edwards attempt to pay tribute to the memory of an American icon and give us a glimpse of the man behind the myth lacks factual backup. . . .
London
The Whisky Taster- James Graham ties in his themes of advertising, synaesthesia and love remarkably well in a witty script with sadness always just underneath the comedy. . .Enron-updated: new venue, some new cast members Wet Weather Cover-Actor Oliver Cotton reveals a talent for writing pure comedy. . . . Three Sisters, Hope Despair and Vodkaa fresh look at Chekhov's wonderful play - . . . The Little Dog Laughed - Douglas Carter Beane's Hollywood comedy at the Garrick. . . Six Degrees of Separation-John Guare's play still entertains after 20 years later . . . Greta Garbo Comes to Donegal-a world premiere by Frank McGuinness . . . Legally Blonde-another Broadway musical hit for London . . . Twelfth Night-Twelfth Night not the best night at the RSC . . . The Misanthrope- Martin Crimp's adaptation starring Keira Knightley. . .
California Twelfth Night-The Hollywood Forever Cemetery is an attractive venue and should house plenty of interesting performances, but this one, while not strictly for the dead, is a misfire. . . . Cousin Bette - Jeffrey Hatcher's fine adaptation of Balzac's novel . . . bobrauschenbergamerica- When you think about it, this was really a match made in mashed-up paradise: Robert Rauschenberg, the American collageist as seen through the eyes of Charles L. Mee, a playwright who borrows everything from everywhere. . . Whisper House- A new Duncan (Spring Awakening) Sheik in San Diego . . . Confusions-American premiere of six Ayckbourn playlets at The Lost Studio . . . An Oak Tree-Tim Crouch's performance rotating hit at the Odyssey . . .
Philadelphia The Eclectic Society- a world premiere by a new plawright at the Walnut Street Theater . . . Golden Age-Terrence McNally's third opera-related play premiered at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre. . .
Connecticut
Compulsion-Mandy Patinkin as a fictionalized Meyer Levin, obsessing over his version of the Anne Frank story at Yale Repertory Theater . . .Gee's Bend- Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder's play is a patchwork of African-Wmerican women's lives at Hartford Stage . . . Lil's 90th- Darci Picoult's world premiere at Long Wharf Theater starts out great, but slips just short of intermission. . .
DC
Orestes A Tragic Romp- Holly Twyford is the star attraction in Ann Washburn's transadaption of Euripides at the Folger, . . .Dc's Helen Hayes nominations are in. For details see the Helen Hayes website: http://helenhayes.org/sub/nr.cfm
Back to Top of Review List Elsewhere
Gatz -Elevator Repair Service's 6 1/2 hour epic reading based on The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald . . .Sleep No More- the most astonishing production to come to Boston in a decade is a treat for the adventurous and the patient Extended to February 7th 2010. . . New Jersey
Fetch Clay, Make Man- Will Powers explores the testy but curiously close relationship, indeed a provocative bonding, between boxing champion Muhammad Ali and former Hollywood film star Stepin Fetchit. . . .
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