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"Romeo and Juliet' at the Arden (1st review)
Romeo and Juliet: The dream and the nightmare
Matt Pfeiffer's direction of the Arden's Romeo and Juliet bathes us in emotional intensity. He also strips the young lovers' tragedy of any romance in order to cast a disapproving glare on Shakespeare's text itself.
Romeo and Juliet. By William Shakespeare; directed by Matt Pfeiffer. Through April 11, 2010 at Arden Theatre, 40 N. Second St. (215) 922-1122 or www.ardentheatre.org.
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Bill Cain's "Equivocation,' Off-Broadway
Playwright's predicament
No equivocating about Equivocation: This superb Off-Broadway production of Bill Cain's smart, complex play, directed by the brilliant Garry Hynes, satisfies on every level— emotional, intellectual, theatrical. It's funny, too.
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"A Behanding in Spokane' on Broadway
Watered-down lunacy, saved by Chris Walken
A Behanding in Spokane is less provocative and less political than Martin McDonagh's previous brand of Irish lunacy. But with the wildly unsettling presence of Christopher Walken, it's a great show.
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"Annie' shows her age
We know the Depression's depressing….
Annie's recent return to the Merriam provided an inadvertent reminder: The Great Depression has become ancient history, especially when we have a pretty good depression right here and now.
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"Coupla White Chicks' by New City Stage (2nd review)
When the audience is the problem
John Ford Noonan's play about two women trying to salvage lives for themselves out of their wrecked marriages offers a forward-looking insight into the shortcomings of sisterhood. The night I attended, it also offered insight into the damage caused by a single boorish audience member.
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Graham's "Any Given Monday' by Theatre Exile (2nd review)
What's a decent husband to do?
Overlook the logical lapses in Any Given Monday. Bruce Graham has delivered a major moral message about how a man must behave to hold his marriage together in an age filled with politically correct lies.
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Campbell's "The Pride,' off-Broadway
Gay anguish, then and now
Alexi Kaye Campbell's The Pride is a deeply engrossing play contrasting the closeted gay world of 1958 to the wide-open scene of today. It's enlivened by four fine actors but marred by excessive speechifying.
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"Coupla White Chicks' by New City Stage (1st review)
The way we were
Thirty years after this flimsy suburban comedy opened with Susan Sarandon and Eileen Brennan, A Coupla White Chicks still possesses some value— not for any lasting insight into the feminine psyche or gender relations, but as a reminder of how our perceptions have evolved in 30 years.
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Graham's "Any Given Monday' by Theatre Exile (1st review)
The way of the wimp
Bruce Graham purports to create an edgy satire of modern mores, in which an idealistic teacher benefits from the murder of his romantic rival. But Graham is just too soft around the edges. Instead of pushing the envelope of comedy, he stays carefully within its existing borders.
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McNally's "Golden Age' by PTC (3rd review)
McNally's triumph about a triumph
From its first moments, Terrence McNally's Golden Age liberates itself from the fetters of the stage and soars into the magical realm that only theater can make possible.
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