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• Theater Review (NYC): Vendetta Chrome

  You have less than a week to hustle on over to this fine show.

  Review by Tulis McCall — on Jun 17, 2008

• Theater Review (NYC): All Kinds of Shifty Villains: A Carnival Noir

  A hallucinating gumshoe, a sinister clown, and a femme fatale collide in this shifty new play.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jun 16, 2008

• Dissonance and Dissidents Between Marxist Theory and Practice in Tom Stoppard’s Rock 'N' Roll

  In two contrasting worlds, Stoppard's play shows how Marxist materialism became indefensible in the Soviet bloc.

  Opinion by Ethan Stanislawski — on Jun 13, 2008

• Theater Review (NYC): Coming Home - the Fourth Annual Festival of One Act Plays

  This is a trio of plays worth your bother, and it closes too soon!

  Review by Tulis McCall — on Jun 10, 2008

• Opera Review (Florence, Italy): La Traviata by Verdi at the Duomo Auditorium

  Violetta dies more than once in Florence.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jun 09, 2008

• Theater Review (NYC): Three on a Couch by Carl Djerassi

  A nervous shrink, a devilish plot, revenge, and a mango fuel the American premiere of Carl Djerassi's dark comedy.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jun 08, 2008

• Theater Review (NYC): Standing Clear

  The show's creators use subway vignettes to make us look closely at ourselves - and to laugh at what we see.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jun 03, 2008

• Theater Review (Milan): Il Ventaglio (The Fan) by Goldoni at the Teatro Strehler

  Goldoni hits "The Fan" in Milan.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jun 03, 2008

• Young Frankenstein and the Theater Experience

  Seeing the story on the stage brings a wonderful new dynamic.

  Review by Chris Beaumont — on May 30, 2008

• Theater Review (Huntsville, AL): I Hate Hamlet

  They don't really hate Hamlet, and Theatre Huntsville's production will make a Hamlet fan out of you, too.

  Review by Josh Hathaway — on May 17, 2008

• Theater/Dance Review (Brooklyn NY): The Judgment of Paris by Austin McCormick and Company XIV

  This dazzling new dance-theater piece incorporates elements of pre-ballet Baroque dance.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on May 17, 2008

• Theater Review (NYC): Armor of Wills

  The Beggars Group loves theater, but this production does not match the quality of their commitment.

  Review by Tulis McCall — on May 13, 2008

• Theater Review (NYC): Curtains with David Hyde Pierce

  David Hyde Pierce stars in the new Kander and Ebb musical comedy murder mystery.

  Review by Catherine Tuckwell — on May 12, 2008

• Theater Review (Milan): Profondo Posso Il Musical with the Supervision of Dario Argento at Teatro Smeraldo

  This stage version of Dario Argento's classic cult film is a musical misfire.

  Review by Robert Machray — on May 09, 2008

• Theater Review (NYC): Macbeth

  Whether you’re playgoing or simply stargazing, you’re likely to find something scary at this uneven Macbeth.

  Review by Adam Blair — on May 08, 2008

• Theater Review (NYC): The Sound And The Fury (April Seventh, 1928)

  This company's considerable strength is sourced in ritual, chance, focus, and risk. The combination is glorious.

  Review by Tulis McCall — on May 07, 2008

• Theater Review (NYC): Cherry Docs

  A Jewish attorney defends a skinhead in this snappy little play that won't bust your billfold.

  Review by Tulis McCall — on May 05, 2008

• Theater Review (NYC): Henry James's The Aspern Papers, Adapted by Martin Zuckerman

  Henry James' suspenseful tale of duplicity, set in a backwater of Venice, comes luridly to life on stage.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on May 03, 2008

• Theater Review (Houston): Susanna and Will - A Reckoning Among the Dead in Stratford-upon-Avon

  Shakespeare's daughter Susanna challenges the Bard with tough personal questions about life and love.

  Review by Cynthia Greenwood — on May 02, 2008

• Theater Review (NYC): Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle

  Cast and crew's great cleverness and enormous talent make Brecht's masterpiece pulsate with the outsized, exaggerated energy of real life.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on May 01, 2008