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Straight talk about "Romeo and Juliet' (2nd review)
Overblown emotions? Surely. A great love story? Give me a break
I wish I could tear up over Romeo and Juliet like everyone else. And I have— when I was 14. But a more adult perspective on partnership has squelched my enjoyment. Why have we enshrined the fickle, maudlin, airheaded young Romeo as the ultimate synonym for “lover”?
Romeo and Juliet. By William Shakespeare; directed by Matt Pfeiffer. Through April 11, 2010 at Arden Theatre, 40 N. Second St. (215) 922-1122 or www.ardentheatre.org.
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"Language Rooms' at the Wilma (1st review)
Immigrant angst: The sorrow and the comedy
Language Rooms, Yussef El Guindi's fierce comic fantasy, tackles many realities of Arab”“American life. It would be funnier if it moved faster.
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4 minute read
Mary Martello's "Happily Ever After'
Sleeping Beauty snores!
The charming Mary Martello's cute idea— what happens to fairy-tale heroines after they find their charming princes?— is undermined by a weak script that's too often repetitive and obvious.
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"Romeo and Juliet' at the Arden (1st review)
Romeo and Juliet: The dream and the nightmare
Matt Pfeiffer's direction of the Arden's Romeo and Juliet bathes us in emotional intensity. He also strips the young lovers' tragedy of any romance in order to cast a disapproving glare on Shakespeare's text itself.
Romeo and Juliet. By William Shakespeare; directed by Matt Pfeiffer. Through April 11, 2010 at Arden Theatre, 40 N. Second St. (215) 922-1122 or www.ardentheatre.org.
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3 minute read
Bill Cain's "Equivocation,' Off-Broadway
Playwright's predicament
No equivocating about Equivocation: This superb Off-Broadway production of Bill Cain's smart, complex play, directed by the brilliant Garry Hynes, satisfies on every level— emotional, intellectual, theatrical. It's funny, too.
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3 minute read
"A Behanding in Spokane' on Broadway
Watered-down lunacy, saved by Chris Walken
A Behanding in Spokane is less provocative and less political than Martin McDonagh's previous brand of Irish lunacy. But with the wildly unsettling presence of Christopher Walken, it's a great show.
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2 minute read
"Annie' shows her age
We know the Depression's depressing….
Annie's recent return to the Merriam provided an inadvertent reminder: The Great Depression has become ancient history, especially when we have a pretty good depression right here and now.
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"Coupla White Chicks' by New City Stage (2nd review)
When the audience is the problem
John Ford Noonan's play about two women trying to salvage lives for themselves out of their wrecked marriages offers a forward-looking insight into the shortcomings of sisterhood. The night I attended, it also offered insight into the damage caused by a single boorish audience member.
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3 minute read
Graham's "Any Given Monday' by Theatre Exile (2nd review)
What's a decent husband to do?
Overlook the logical lapses in Any Given Monday. Bruce Graham has delivered a major moral message about how a man must behave to hold his marriage together in an age filled with politically correct lies.
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4 minute read
Campbell's "The Pride,' off-Broadway
Gay anguish, then and now
Alexi Kaye Campbell's The Pride is a deeply engrossing play contrasting the closeted gay world of 1958 to the wide-open scene of today. It's enlivened by four fine actors but marred by excessive speechifying.
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3 minute read