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• Theatre Review (LA): Orson's Shadow by Austin Pendleton at the Pasadena Playhouse

  Orson Welles, Joan Plowright, Lawrence Olivier, and Vivien Leigh meet a Rhinoceros.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jan 19, 2008

• Theater Review (London): Believe at the New End

  If you're a man with a guilty conscience about how you've treated a woman, you should go - the nightmares should be good for your soul.

  Review by Natalie Bennett — on Jan 18, 2008

• Theater Review (Boston): Third by Wendy Wasserstein

  Despite the flaws, Third is very effective in presenting its issues with biting humor and honesty.

  Review by Greg Hard — on Jan 17, 2008

• Theater Review (LA): The Catholic Girl's Guide To Losing Your Virginity

  A 25-year-old woman wants to lose her virginity.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jan 15, 2008

• Theater Review (London): Walking on Water at the White Bear, Kennington

  Superb acting and neat writing can't entirely save this depressing story we've seen many times before.

  Review by Natalie Bennett — on Jan 11, 2008

• Theater Review (LA): The Common Air by Alex Lyras and Robert McCaskill

  Six characters with "baggage" wait out a possible terrorist scare in an airport in this funny, profound, well-acted play.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jan 10, 2008

• Theater Review (NYC): The Pirates of Penzance

  Dazzling staging and choreography, superb singing, and rich, zany humor add up to an exhilarating evening for all ages.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jan 09, 2008

• Theater Review (LA): As Much As You Can by Paul Oakley Stovall

  Tonya Pinkins stars in this play about a gay black man with family problems.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jan 09, 2008

• Theater Review (LA): Edge by Paul Alexander with Angelica Torn at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

  Angelica Torn plays Sylvia Plath, and it's perfection.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Jan 08, 2008

• Theater Review (NYC): Young Frankenstein

  The cast is bland, the music is boring, and the direction is of paint-by-numbers quality.

  Review by Tulis McCall — on Jan 07, 2008

• Theatre Review (Stratford On Avon, UK): Henry V

  After 409 years, Henry V retains the power to expose all aspects of war, and the motives of its brokers.

  Review by Nigel Simons — on Jan 07, 2008

• Theater Review (LA): Alice Sit By The Fire by J. M. Barrie

  In this seldom-performed Barrie play, unlike in Peter Pan, the parents are the subject, and learn from the kids.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Dec 31, 2007

• Theater Review (NYC): The Honor and the Glory of Whaling: Following the Northern Star at La Mama

  If Bruce Springsteen had grown up in a New England fishing community he might have written characters like these.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Dec 29, 2007

• Theatre Review (LA): Love Loves A Pornographer

  Cucumber sandwiches, secrets, adultery, and the usual British wit, set in an English manor house.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Dec 27, 2007

• Theatre Review (LA): The Color Purple - The Tour

  Here comes Celie, on tour and singing in The Color Purple.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Dec 23, 2007

• Theater Review (LA): A Charlie James Brown Christmas by The Troubadour Theatre Company at The Falcon Theatre

  A retelling of a classic TV Christmas special with music from The Godfather of Soul

  Review by Robert Machray — on Dec 22, 2007

• Theater Review (NYC): A Kid's Life

  A fun family show, not necessarily for all ages.

  Review by CindyC — on Dec 21, 2007

• Theater Review (LA): The Charles Phoenix Holiday Jubilee by Charles Phoenix at Disney Hall

  Marionettes, yard ornaments, a retro slide show, and ambrosia.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Dec 20, 2007

• Theater Review (LA): Twist by Gila Sands and Paul Leschen at the Avery Schreiber Theatre

  Oliver gets twisted and has a Dickens of a time.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Dec 18, 2007

• Theater Review (LA): The Kid From Brooklyn - The Danny Kaye Story by Mark Childers and Peter J. Loewy at the El Portal Theatre

  The Danny Kaye Story, complete with music.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Dec 17, 2007