Broadway

God of Carnage

July 1, 2009

“God of Carnage.” Yasmina Reza, playwright. Matthew Warchus director. Bernard B. Jacobs Theater, Broadway. Yasmina Reza is a French playwright whose works transcend barriers of language and culture to reveal the core of human relationships. She has a gift for lifting the rock of good-mannered stoicism to reveal the baser human emotions squirming just below [...]

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Angela Lansbury in Blithe Spirit

June 20, 2009

“Blithe Spirit.” Noel Coward, playwright. Michael Blakemore, director. Shubert Theater, Broadway. Here’s one of my immutable rules of theater enjoyment: If there’s a play by George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, or Noel Coward in production, don’t miss it. Wilde and Shaw virtually invented the drawing room “comedy of manners” that exposed hypocrisy and boorishness among [...]

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Waiting for Godot

June 4, 2009

“Waiting for Godot.” Samuel Beckett, playwright. Anthony Page, director. Studio 54, Broadway. “Waiting for Godot,” Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece of existential angst, opened at Studio 54 on Broadway this spring with a sparkling cast and towering set. The script, about two men waiting on a dreary road for someone named Godot to come, is deliberately spare, [...]

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All My Sons

October 3, 2008

“All My Sons.” (1947) Arthur Miller, playwright; Simon McBurney, director. Schoenfeld Theater, Broadway, limited run. Starring John Lithgow, Patrick Wilson, Dianne Wiest, Katie Holmes. “All My Sons,” Arthur Miller’s powerful play about family ties, corruption, and lies set just after World War II, opens with a massive wind storm that knocks over a large tree [...]

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