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David Finkle

April 22, 2018 7:00 pm

The Metromaniacs: David Ives Tickles a Rhyming French Mini-Classic

★★★☆☆ Alexis Prion is the now-all-but-forgotten comic writer whose spoof is reworked

April 19, 2018 9:44 pm

My Fair Lady: Shaw Goes Ibsen in Sher’s Appealing Revival

★★★★☆ Bartlett Sher directs Lauren Ambrose, Harry Hadden-Paton and an impeccable cast

April 18, 2018 9:00 pm

The Seafarer: Conor McPherson’s Tense Drinking, Soul-Searching Tale

★★★★☆ Matthew Broderick heads an expert ensemble is this realistic-surrealistic drama

April 16, 2018 6:18 pm

Children of a Lesser God: Mark Medoff Prize Winner Back Forthrightly

★★★☆☆ Joshua Jackson as speech teacher to the deaf and Sarah Ridloff as unwilling student

April 13, 2018 6:00 pm

The Sting: The Irresistible 1973 Oscar Flick as Irresistible Tuner

★★★★★ Harry Connick Jr. leads a cast directed by John Rando and choreographed by Warren Carlyle.

April 13, 2018 6:52 am

King Lear: Antony Sher Makes Foolish Old Age Memorable

★★★★☆ Director Gregory Doran runs mostly hot and sometimes cold on the Shakespeare masterpiece

April 10, 2018 10:00 pm

Miss You Like Hell: Hudes and McKeown View Mothers and Daughters

★★★☆☆ Rubin-Vega and Jiménez as an estranged mother and daughter renewing their love to songs

April 9, 2018 4:57 pm

The Winter’s Tale: Arin Arbus’ Austere–Too Austere?–Revival

★★★☆☆ The stage direction that goes “Exit, pursued by bear” gets it best showing ever

April 3, 2018 8:59 pm

Feeding the Dragon: A Childhood Sometimes Charmed, Often Not

★★★☆☆ Writer-performer Sharon Washington remembers being the girl who lived in the library

March 27, 2018 9:01 pm

Rocktopia: Rock and Classical Fight to the Death, Both Lose

★☆☆☆☆ Classic rock warhorses meet classical warhorses, but the singers, orchestra, and choir reach no agreement

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