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Leslye Headland's "Assistance' at the Wilma
O, to be young, shallow and exploited
Working for a tyrannical boss is no fun. Neither is Leslye Headland's tired attempt to wring comedy from the situation.
Assistance. By Leslye Headland; David Kennedy directed. Through February 3, 2013 at the Wilma Theater, Broad and Spruce Sts. (215) 546-7824 or wilmatheater.org.
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"Les Misérables': Stage vs. screen
Two faces of Les Miz
The new film version of Les Misérables reminds us of what the classic stage musical mostly forgets: that the theme of Victor Hugo's novel is poverty and suffering.
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"Chaplin: The Musical,' on Broadway
You have the right to remain silent: The rise and fall of Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin thrived in the silent films and resisted “talkies” for years. Yet when he did speak, his career took a fatal turn.
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"Winter Wonderettes' at Norristown
Was Santa Claus Jewish?
The 11th Hour Theatre Company's holiday-season show got me thinking: How come virtually all secular Christmas songs have been written by Jews?
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"Jekyll and Hyde' at the Forrest
Why Dr. Jekyll cracked
Robert Louis Stevenson's original Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde introduced the concept of schizophrenia without providing much plot or motivation. That deficiency has been remedied by an inventive musical that offers a soaring, hummable score, to boot.
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"Glengarry Glen Ross' in NY revival
The rat race, from Miller to Mamet
The current superb revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross raises a curious question: Has nothing changed in American business ethics since Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman?
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"Freud's Last Session' at the Arden (2nd review)
From World War II to Newtown
The last thing you might expect from an encounter between the founder of psychoanalysis and a great Christian apologist is a snore.
Freud's Last Session. By Mark St. Germain; Ian Merrill Peakes directed. Through December 23, 2012 at the Arden Theater's Arcadia Stage, 40 N. Second St. (215) 922-1122 or www.ardentheatre.org.
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Wilson's "Piano Lesson' in New York
The black man's secret (that Willy Loman lacked)
Here is the essential recurring conflict in August Wilson's 20th Century cycle: the struggle of African-Americans to define themselves while at the same time bringing the past forward with dignity. Music, it turns out, plays a pivotal role.
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Stoppard's "Real Inspector Hound,' at Curio
A critic's lot is not a happy one
Unlike Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound is pure farce. This time it's theater critics who get caught in his existential web.
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Teachout's "Satchmo at the Waldorf'
Happy on the outside, but….
The Louis Armstrong I met in 1953 was healthy, energetic and genial; the dying Satchmo we meet in Terry Teachout's one-man play is exhausted and bitter. The contrast is instructive.
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