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"Tulipomania' at the Arden (2nd review)
When the present interferes with the past
The intriguing story of Amsterdam's 17th-Century tulip mania somehow got subordinated within a fictitious story set in a present-day pot bar. Michael Ogborn should have let the audience draw its own comparisons.
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"My Fair Lady' at Act II in Ambler
Henry Higgins, male chauvinist no more
Is it possible to improve on Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins? Tony Braithwaite has a youthful spring in his step that renders him more plausibly romantic.
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Lantern's "The Island' (3rd comment)
Out of sight, out of mind: Why island prisons don't work
Island prisons like Robben Island and Guantánamo share one notable characteristic: They never solve the problems that created them.
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"Tulipomania' at the Arden (1st review)
A good investment
Tulipomania concerns greed, not as a deadly sin but as a by-product of market opportunity. For a musical about 17th-Century Holland, it sounds all too contemporary.
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Lantern's "The Island' (2nd review)
Which prisoner is the hero?
Since South African Apartheid no longer officially exists, this 1973 Athol Fugard work might seem merely historical. Yet The Island's relevance transcends its criticism of one particularly cruel and arbitrary state.
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Shakespeare Theatre's "Titus Andronicus' (2nd review)
Time for dinner!
For once, an audience cheered a Shakespeare play not for its literary style but for its sheer blood-and-guts entertainment.
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3 minute read
Lantern's "The Island' (1st review)
Profiles in courage
When The Island was first performed in South Africa in 1973, it represented a courageous attempt to capture the inhumanity of Apartheid. It's still compelling from the relative comfort of a theater seat in Philadelphia, but nothing like the real thing, as I can attest.
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6 minute read
"The Columnist' and "The Best Man' on Broadway
Wheeling and dealing, '60s style
Mitt Romney might well seek consolation in the theater these days, where the spring season seems to be imitating the current political one in terms of accusations and revelations. The stage candidates, of course, are far more colorful than the real ones.
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6 minute read
"Behanding in Spokane' by Theatre Exile
Man with a mission
A Behanding in Spokane combines Martin McDonagh's trademark violence and humor. It's a 90-minute play that requires great performances to succeed. Fortunately, Theatre Exile provided them.
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1812 Productions does Mamet's "Boston Marriage'
David Mamet's woman problem
David Mamet supposedly wrote Boston Marriage to prove he can write substantive roles for women. He still hasn't.
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3 minute read