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Not what I meant by “ice-cold blonde”: Matt Leisy and Karen Peakes in “The 39 Steps” (photo by Mark Garvin)

'The 39 Steps' at Bristol Riverside Theatre

Mixing suspense and comedy

The question turns out to be not whether a parody/comedy of The 39 Steps would work, but why did it take until 2005 to produce one?

Joseph Glantz

Oct 07, 2014 Articles 3 minute read

Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight: Like father, like son?

Showtime's 'Ray Donovan'

Parsing Ray Donovan

Ray Donovan is Nathanael West’s Day of the Locust brought up to date, an ongoing examination and indictment of the sad, ruthless culture that is today’s showbiz Los Angeles.

Bob Ingram

Oct 07, 2014 Articles 4 minute read

Hirson’s ‘La Bête’ at the Arden

An intriguing play in the manner of Molière tries to pit tradition against innovation but bogs down in personal conflicts. Still, Scott Greer’s tour de force performance is worth the ticket price alone.

Steve Cohen

Oct 06, 2014 Articles 3 minute read

Hardy (left), Gandolfini: Offers that can't be refused.

Michaël Roskam’s ‘The Drop’

Coulda been a contender

Michaël Roskam’s The Drop, which strongly echoes On the Waterfront, has much to commend it as an evocation of the Brooklyn underworld. But it drops its own ball at the end.

Robert Zaller

Oct 06, 2014 Articles 4 minute read

The mysteries of time revealed: Harris, Garai, and Bhavesh Patel. (Photo by Joan Marcus)

Roundabout Theatre's 'Indian Ink'

As always, Sir Tom Stoppard offers a theatrical feast. Indian Ink is not only an absorbing mystery, it’s also a “passage to India,” an immersion in an exotic culture with which the British have had a long and complicated love affair.

Carol Rocamora

Oct 05, 2014 Articles 3 minute read

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Her heart gave a sharp twinge: Andalyn Young in “Nellie/Nellie” (photo by Michael T. Williams)

Fringe Festival: ‘Nellie/Nellie’ and ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’

Has women’s mental health care changed since the 1800s?

Two real women of the late 19th century experienced the horror of being labeled insane; their stories still resonate today in powerful Fringe presentations.

Alaina Johns

Oct 05, 2014 Articles 5 minute read

“Garnet Realm,” Richard Pousette-Dart, © Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Richard Pousette-Dart at the Art Museum (1st review)

Coming Full Circle

From cubism to abstract expressionism — Pousette-Dart’s career mirrors the range of 20th-century art.

Anne R. Fabbri

Oct 05, 2014 Articles 2 minute read

Chucho Valdés alone at the keyboard. (photo courtesy of Columbia Artists Management)

Chucho Valdés at the Annenberg Center

One artist's brain, heart, and hands

Chucho Valdés provides a meditation on the piano qua piano in a solo performance by a master of Cuban jazz.

Judy Weightman

Oct 05, 2014 Articles 3 minute read

Taylor Stayton as the noble Almaviva. (Photo: Kelly & Massa.)

Opera Philadelphia’s updated ‘Barber of Seville’

The barber gets clipped

Rossini’s Barber of Seville presupposes a society where women are repressed. Someone forgot to tell the producers of this misconceived 20th-century update.