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• Theater Review (NYC): Two Detectives

  Top-notch supporting performances partially save Daniel Landon's foray into the world of noir.

  Review by Hannah Marie Ellison — on Mar 09, 2008

• Theatre Review (LA): Dickie And Babe: The Truth about Leopold and Loeb

  Leopold and Loeb - the unvarnished truth.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Mar 09, 2008

• Theatre Review (LA): The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at the 68 Cent Theatre

  A provocative Judas Iscariot whodunit by Stephen Adly Guirgis.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Mar 08, 2008

• Theater Review (NYC): Great Hymn of Thanksgiving and Conversation Storm at the Frigid Festival

  The play's deliberately fractured action careens between genuinely dramatic intensity and inexplicable weirdness.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Mar 04, 2008

• Theater/Opera Review (LA): Otello by Giuseppe Verdi at The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

  This new production of Verdi's Otello at the LA Opera features a smashing Desdemona sung by Christina Gallardo-Domas.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Mar 03, 2008

• Theater Review (NYC): STUCK! at the Frigid Festival

  Kiki's frazzled morning slams to a halt when she gets locked in the basement bathroom of a Starbucks.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Mar 02, 2008

• Theatre Review (LA): The Memoirs of Abraham Lincoln by Peter King Beach

  Abe Lincoln tells his side of things in this masterfully performed one-man play.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Feb 26, 2008

• Theatre Review (LA): Stay Forever: The Life and Music of Dusty Springfield with Kirsten Holly Smith

  An exciting and moving show about Dusty Springfield's life, music, and legend.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Feb 20, 2008

• Theatre News (LA): Twice Upon A Time by Ray Cooney, Chris Walker and Mary Stewart-David

  A new musical from Ray Cooney, "Master of British Farce."

  News by Robert Machray — on Feb 19, 2008

• Theater Review (Brooklyn, NY): Macbeth with Patrick Stewart

  Patrick Stewart and Rupert Goold's Macbeth has top-notch acting, of course, but also flair and humor and bonechilling thrills.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Feb 17, 2008

• Theater Review (NYC): The Play About the Naked Guy

  It spoofs Off-Broadway and the gay club scene, yet it's a delicious entertainment for everyone.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Feb 10, 2008

• Theater Review (Milwaukee): Grafton City Blues

  The rise and fall of Paramount Blues, where many of the most important blues records of all time were made.

  Review by Lou Novacheck — on Feb 09, 2008

• Theater Review (NYC): Conjur Woman - A Folk Opera

  A harrowing trip into the heart of darkness courtesy of a bag of charms, a rope, and Shelia Dabney's worldly-dark voice.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Feb 03, 2008

• Theater Review (LA): Orson's Shadow

  This polite history of backstage dramatics is given a light-filled, lively production at the Pasadena Playhouse.

  Review by Purple Tigress — on Feb 03, 2008

• Theater Review (LA): Ray Bradbury's Invisible Boy

  This bill of three one-acts based on Ray Bradbury stories seems underdeveloped for dramatic effect.

  Review by Purple Tigress — on Feb 02, 2008

• Theatre Review (Boston): Angels in America

  Still painfully relevant today, Angels in America is a modern masterpiece with an ambitious new revival in Boston.

  Review by Greg Hard — on Feb 01, 2008

• Theater Review (Bronx, NY): Agnes of God

  The ghost of America circa 1979 retains its power to haunt.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Feb 01, 2008

• Theater Review (NYC): Glimpses of the Moon at the Oak Room in the Algonquin Hotel

  From the first Gershwinian piano chords, we know we're in for a roaring good time in this jazzy 1920's tale.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jan 29, 2008

• Theater Review (NYC): Fabrik

  Using puppets and masks, this powerful historical drama fuses crafty stage magic with near-minimalist economy of narrative.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jan 22, 2008

• Theater Review (NYC): Wanda's World

  A delightful romp of a show for kids of most ages - and for any adult with a yen for fun.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jan 20, 2008