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Greer: The familiar territory of urban decay. (Photo: Paola Nogueras.)

Bruce Graham's "North of the Boulevard'

Bruce Graham grows up
Bruce Graham has written so many plays that it may be appropriate to describe his work as facile. But his last two works provide credible characters wrestling with difficult decisions.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 3 minute read
Sturridge, Baldwin, Foster: Echoes of the Tsarnaev brothers.

"Orphans' on Broadway: The Boston Marathon link

Two abandoned brothers, then and now, or: Does this story sound familiar?
I saw Orphans when it opened in the 1980s, and remember being repelled by its violence and ferocity. Not now. This hilarious, harrowing absurdist drama sheds chilling insight into the two brothers charged in the Boston Marathon bombing.

Carol Rocamora

Articles 5 minute read
Patina Miller in 'Pippin': Fosse? How could you tell?

'Pippin,' 'Kinky Boots' and 'Matilda' on Broadway

Cross-dressers of the world, unite! (and other Broadway musical fantasies)
When it comes to musicals, Broadway is a three-ring circus this season. Pippin, Kinky Boots and Matilda are all high-flying spectacle and daredevil entertainment, offering instant gratification and plenty of cotton candy.

Carol Rocamora

Articles 5 minute read
Shaw as Mary: I didn't raise my boy to be a troublemaker.

Virgin Mary, Sue Mengers and Ann Richards in NY

Three tough women
With whom would you rather spend an evening alone? A Hollywood super-agent, the mother of Jesus, or the former governor of Texas? These are your choices among one-woman shows on Broadway.

Carol Rocamora

Articles 6 minute read
Sharon (left), Litszinger (rght): Some enchanted evening, up a notch.

"South Pacific' revival in Wilmington

Still younger than springtime
South Pacific's mix of wartime action, drama, comedy and song still works. The current Delaware production is quite moving. But who today would think of a sexy 44-year-old man as "old"?
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 3 minute read
Dibble as Henry: Just don't sit in the front row.

Lantern's Henry V (2nd review)

None dare call it castor oil
How do you render Shakespeare's histories appealing to folks who attend only because they think it's good for them? Charles McMahon of the Lantern Theater seems to have cornered the formula.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Articles 3 minute read
Pecora (right) with Peter Andrew Danzig as Iokanaan: No touching! (Photo: Kimberly Reilly.)

Oscar Wilde's "Salome' at Villanova (2nd review)

Does Salome still work?
Does Oscar Wilde's Salome still hold up as a drama, without Strauss's thunderous score? I went into the play not expecting much, frankly, and came away pleasantly surprised.

Andrew Mangravite

Articles 2 minute read
Pecora as Salome: What's better than seven veils?

Oscar Wilde's "Salome' at Villanova (1st review)

A century later, Salome gets her just desserts
Oscar Wilde's Salome is a play critics love to hate, but those disparagements can now be dismissed. Villanova University has revealed Wilde's play for the mesmerizing theater that it is.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 5 minute read
Kissoon as Caesar: Lessons for Havel and Mandela.

An African "Julius Caesar' in Brooklyn

Just how do you topple a dictator?
Director Gregory Doran has made a bold, believable choice in setting his Julius Caesar in today's strife-torn Africa. As a result, he shines new light on the Shakespearean play we all memorized in high school and thought we knew inside and out.

Carol Rocamora

Articles 5 minute read
Hanks as McAlary: Salty, yes— but loveable?

Nora Ephron's "Lucky Guy' on Broadway

Swept away
The rise, fall, comeback and ultimate demise of the relentlessly ambitious newspaper columnist Mike McAlary makes a great story— but only in the romantic world of the Broadway stage.

Carol Rocamora

Articles 5 minute read