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30 Sep 2009
Ray Dooley's startling performance demonstrates that he's not forgotten just how far art must go—and how detrimental it can be to orderly business.
30 Sep 2009
(Arts: Theater)
16 Sep 2009
Cirque Productions and its Cirque Dreams "brands" have no relationship to the world-famous Cirque du Soleil, and it is important to understand that in order to avoid disappointment.
16 Sep 2009
(Arts: On the Boards)
Hair reminds us how the military draft, with its power to drastically affect people's lives, shook the complacency of the intelligentsia.
16 Sep 2009
(Arts: On the Boards)
10 Jun 2009
If this production were danced on a bare stage in workout clothes, even by lesser dancers, it would be thrilling in its mix of bold charging action and rich detailed steps that are like embroidery over embroidery.
11 Jun 2009
(Arts: Dance)
Swan Lake was an unforgettable evening, but not exactly in the way I had thought it would be.
15 Jun 2009
(Arts: Dance)
3 Jun 2009
I wonder if this project might be more abundant as a sound recording emphasizing its musicality?
3 Jun 2009
(Arts: Theater)
13 May 2009
There are some spectacular dance pieces, and the movement throughout is freighted with emotional information and takes this show beyond the standard for musicals.
14 May 2009
(Arts: Theater)
22 Apr 2009
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean takes place in a tiny West Texas town just before and during the reunion of the "Disciples of James Dean" on the 20th anniversary of his death.
22 Apr 2009
(Arts: Theater)
15 Apr 2009
Coarse, coy, sentimental and packed with clichés, this production does not even have the merit of being sexy eye candy.
15 Apr 2009
(Arts: Theater)
8 Apr 2009
Would you be willing to modify a text that is nearly sacred to legions of Jane Austen worshipers and premiere it opposite the Final Four and while the actor who most perfectly embodied Mr. Darcy was sporting around nearby? No, me neither.
8 Apr 2009
(Arts: Theater)
1 Apr 2009
This show is far more likely to please those who loved the movie than those who loved the book.
1 Apr 2009
(Arts: Theater)
25 Feb 2009
11 Feb 2009
We didn't love this now frowsy 75-year-old bookshop enough to sustain her, but she loves us to the bitter end.
11 Feb 2009
(Arts: Casual Observer)
Instead of "Hell is other people," in this hell, the pain comes from being separated from the ones you love.
11 Feb 2009
(Arts: Theater)
4 Feb 2009
Throughout the Knave's trial scene, I kept looking for him—and finally realized he was there—dressed as the Nine of Diamonds.
4 Feb 2009
(Arts: Theater)
22 Jan 2009
Shen Wei had been wowing us at ADF before he even had a dance company of his own.
22 Jan 2009
(Arts: Dance)
7 Jan 2009
The tide of time ran beneath the surf of new plays and dances, and brought in a powerful rip current of older ones—often ones that had been change-provoking in their days.
7 Jan 2009
(Arts: The Year in Arts)
10 Dec 2008
Feste gets the final line: "We'll strive to please you every day." If the run of this Twelfth Night continues as it began, the cast will have succeeded in this pledge.
10 Dec 2008
(Arts: Theater)
29 Oct 2008
Wasserstein's last play, Third, will not go down in history as one of the early 21st century's greatest.
29 Oct 2008
(Arts: Theater)
8 Oct 2008
Set in an "alternate version of now," which is only slightly different from the one in which we live, the play involves several plot lines tangling like the vines that literally cover the terrain of the set.
8 Oct 2008
(Arts: Theater)
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