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Oscar Wilde's "Ideal Husband' at the Walnut (1st review)
Oscar Wilde gets serious
At the fringes, Oscar Wilde's characters in An Ideal Husband convey a spritely delight in mocking the staid practices of a moralistic society. But Wilde keeps dragging them into a ludicrous plot that he wants us to take seriously.
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Beckett's "Endgame' at the Arden (1st review)
Beckett, with a smidgen of hope
Kevin Depinet's set prompts a fresh look at a Beckett classic. It's a specific illustration of the end of a world as we knew it; but it's not quite the end of civilization, as Endgame has been interpreted in the past.
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New York's Under the Radar festival
The god of overcoming obstacles finds refuge in Manhattan
Two troupes of “outsiders”— one from Australia, the other from Belarus— have forced themselves to center stage by dint of their sheer passion, courage and tenacity.
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McDonagh's "Beauty Queen of Leenane' at the Lantern (1st review)
Ireland's answer to Where's Poppa?
What is it about modern Ireland that produces so many playwrights intent on cutting through that charming Gaelic sentimentality to expose the human brutality underneath?
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"Catch Me If You Can' on national tour
Calling Professor Harold Hill
Some musicals about con men succeed (think The Music Man); others, like this one, fail— because complex scams aren't easily explained in songs competing with a blaring orchestra.
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Inge's "Picnic,' revived in New York
A woman's place in Eisenhower's America
Behind William Inge's sunny, gentle slice of small-town Americana from 1953 lies another, quite sobering story. A woman's life in that sweet little Kansas town was rigid and restrictive, to say the least.
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Leslye Headland's "Assistance' at the Wilma
O, to be young, shallow and exploited
Working for a tyrannical boss is no fun. Neither is Leslye Headland's tired attempt to wring comedy from the situation.
Assistance. By Leslye Headland; David Kennedy directed. Through February 3, 2013 at the Wilma Theater, Broad and Spruce Sts. (215) 546-7824 or wilmatheater.org.
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"Les Misérables': Stage vs. screen
Two faces of Les Miz
The new film version of Les Misérables reminds us of what the classic stage musical mostly forgets: that the theme of Victor Hugo's novel is poverty and suffering.
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"Chaplin: The Musical,' on Broadway
You have the right to remain silent: The rise and fall of Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin thrived in the silent films and resisted “talkies” for years. Yet when he did speak, his career took a fatal turn.
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"Winter Wonderettes' at Norristown
Was Santa Claus Jewish?
The 11th Hour Theatre Company's holiday-season show got me thinking: How come virtually all secular Christmas songs have been written by Jews?
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