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Why Shakespeare? Why now?
Shakespeare-lovers are enjoying a plethora of productions in honor of the Bard's 450th birthday.
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'Three Sisters' at the Arden (2nd review)
A leisurely entry into a leisurely world
This is the real thing, as opposed to the Durang comedy that trades on Chekovian names. It’s a realistic and compelling look at the Russia of 1900, despite — or because of? — some changes in staging and text.
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Durang's 'Vanya and Sonia' by PTC (2nd review)
Relying on outsiders
An homage of sorts to Chekhov is on stage at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre while the real Chekhov is across town at the Arden. The resemblances are slight.
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'Three Sisters' at the Arden
Taking it to the streets
We’re so used to immersive theater experiences that when the fire on stage sets off a real fire alarm, we think it’s just part of the performance. The audience for Three Sisters at the Arden Theatre had a hard time detaching themselves from the show, accepting that they had been driven out into a cold Russian night.
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'Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq' at the Wilma (3rd review)
A wounded hero and the fierceness of his victims
Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq is as much about sexual abuse as it is about the wounded veteran. Why aren’t we talking about that?
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'Phantom of the Opera' at the Academy of Music
Reimagining Phantom
A new production of The Phantom of the Opera, designed to be taken on the road, has been bankrolled by the wealthy man who mounted the original version a quarter-century ago.
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‘Don Juan’ comes Home from Iraq' at the Wilma (2nd review)
War and other atrocities
Paula Vogel’s Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq is not so much a drama as an unrelievedly angry anti-war harangue.
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‘Rocky’ to music, on Broadway
He’s ba-a-ack
Yo! Rocky’s back, and his musical adaptation is a knockout, thanks to a director with a dynamic sense of theater space and its endless possibilities.
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'Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq' at the Wilma (1st review)
A marine in freefall
A gripping play about veterans of the Iraq war is daring and frightening in its world premiere.
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Durang’s ‘Vanya and Sonia’ by PTC
Six characters in search of a catalyst
Christopher Durang’s witty if lightweight comedy Vanya and Sonia poses a puckish literary question: If Chekhov’s characters were given a second chance to pursue the road less taken, where would they go?
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