A stunning performance by Bill Camp sets off an explosive adaptation of Dostoevsky's great novella.
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Theater Review (NYC): The Libertine
Stephen Jeffreys' comedy set during the Restoration transports us to a lofty realm of wit and ribaldry few contemporary playwrights even attempt.
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When printed newspapers die, we will lose a way to be alone with our thoughts and the thoughts of someone else. Does it matter?
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Shelleen Kostabi approaches the role of the Maid of Orléans with an admirable balance of holy righteousness and teenage vulnerability.
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Are people sheep? Or are people their own best shepherds? Can the Right have it both ways?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): After the Revolution
It's rare we get such a close look at people with such firm convictions and such clear human and philosophical reasoning behind them, right or wrong.
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A real-life supposed alien encounter from the 1950's gets the comedy treatment—complete with puppets.
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An astounding depiction of a "sick" mind.
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Halloween. I don't like it. I've never liked it. Could someone please make it go away?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Woyzeck
Georg Büchner's way-ahead-of-its-time, experimental, unfinished play from the 1830's can make a pretty fine straight drama, too.
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