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David Finkle

November 22, 2020 12:15 pm

The Seven Deadly Sins: The Weill-Brecht 40-Minute Opera in Top Form

★★★★★ Director-choreographer Gary Clarke leads strong cast through each sin with hectic ease

October 28, 2020 1:00 pm

A Touch of the Poet: Cuccioli Stuns in Strong O’Neill Revival

★★★★☆ Ciarán O’Reilly directs able cast in a work from the playwright’s intended 11-play cycle

October 25, 2020 6:03 pm

The School for Wives: An All-Women Cast Goes #MeToo on Molière

★★★★☆ Tonya Pinkins has a high time under Lucie Tiberghien’s direction

October 22, 2020 2:00 pm

Death of a Salesman: Brian Dennehy is the Unforgettable Forgotten Man

★★★★★ Robert Falls directs Dennehy, Elizabeth Franz, and other stalwarts in Arthur Miller’s magnificent work

October 18, 2020 3:23 pm

Show Boat: Francesca Zambello’s Revival Goes Upstream and Down

★★★☆☆ The seminal Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical as inevitable as ol’ man river

September 20, 2020 5:00 pm

Jack Was Kind: A Confused Wife on Her Husband’s Public Indiscretion

★★★☆☆ Tracy Thorne writes and performs a potent monologue with one serious drawback

July 22, 2020 1:41 pm

The Weir: Conor McPherson’s Tense Bar Play in Viral Circumstances

★★★★☆ Ciarán O’Reilly’s Irish Rep stage version, rethought for home screens, with a first-rate cast

July 2, 2020 1:11 pm

And So We Come Forth: Nelson’s Apples Convene Under Zoom Stress

Jay O. Sanders, Maryann Plunkett, Laila Robins, Sally Murphy, Stephen Kunken at their viral best

April 27, 2020 2:47 pm

Intermission Talk: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration

The beloved and respected songwriter is saluted by the brightest Broadway entertainers of today

March 31, 2020 4:29 pm

Intermission Talk: Bob Avian’s Fleet-Footed Show-Biz Memoir

The choreographer-director recalls his active career, including the Michael Bennett years

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