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Sheila Callaghan's "Crumble,' by Flashpoint Theatre
When a woman needs a man
Sheila Callaghan's politically incorrect Crumble boldly asks, in effect, “What would women do without men?” The answer is provided in her title.
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McPherson's "Shining City' by Theatre Exile (2nd review)
Heaven's my destination (not)
Conor McPherson's Shining City raises uncomfortable questions about human relationships. I would have appreciated some attempt at an answer.
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Enda Walsh's "Bedbound,' by Inis Nua Theatre
Death of an Irish salesman
Ireland is no longer poverty-stricken, but you wouldn't know it from the current crop of pessimistic Irish playwrights. Witness Enda Walsh's allegorical Bedbound as the latest example.
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Neil LaBute's "Fat Pig' by Theatre Horizon
Size matters
Neil LaBute's Fat Pig— a commentary about prejudice against those who are different, especially the overweight— is a daring choice for a small suburban company. Its callous characters are difficult to watch but also difficult to turn away from.
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Lee Blessing's "When We Go Upon the Sea'
Europe's ghosts, and ours: George W. Bush on trial
Lee Blessing's new play, When We Go Upon the Sea, imagines George W. Bush in a place liberals would love to see him: awaiting trial as a war criminal in The Hague. Blessing has plenty of fun with “George,” as he calls him, but he points a darker finger at the rest of us, Americans and Europeans alike.
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"The 39 Steps' in Wilmington
Hitchcock goes slapstick
Patrick Barlow's The 39 Steps is an entertaining spoof of the Hitchcock genre, using a series of clever slapstick stunts in place of the master's subtle wit.
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Luna Theater's "Sick' at Walnut Studio 5
Clean up your room (but don't overdo it)
Zayd Dohrn's disturbingly intense and provocative play about parents who isolated their children from germs serves as an allegory about the benefit of exposure to alien ideas.
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"Travels With My Aunt' at Walnut's Studio 3
Graham Greene vindicated
Giles Havergal's stage adaptation is faithful to Graham Greene's mischievous comic novel about the travels of an amoral adventuress and her straitlaced nephew. But the real marvel however, is the cast— a perfectly synchronized quartet, each playing about 22 madcap roles with pitch-perfect precision.
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McPherson's "Shining City' by Theatre Exile (1st review)
That couldn't be me, could it?
Conor McPherson's haunting Shining City is a small, intensely involving, disquieting and thought provoking story about two lonely men trying to pull themselves together.
Shining City. By Conor McPherson; directed by Matt Pfeiffer. Theatre Exile production through April 25, 2010 at Plays and Players Theatre, 1724 Delancey Pl. (215) 218-4022 or www.theatreexile.org.
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Lantern Theater's "Henry IV, Part I' (1st review)
O to be a king (whose nobles are itching for a fight)
Shakespeare's Henriad— the history plays that span the reigns of Henry IV and Henry VI— are hard to stage and rarely performed. They're especially challenging in the confines of the Lantern Theater's cramped space, with multiple roles being played by all cast members save one. Charles McMahon's production brings off the first of these plays with kaleidoscopic vigor and intensity, abetted by brilliant staging.
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