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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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"The Addams Family' in New York
Charles Addams without teeth
The macabre incisiveness of The New Yorker's legendary cartoonist Charles Addams is betrayed in this middle-of-the-road, feel-good musical that merely tips its hat to weirdness.
The Addams Family. Lyrics and music by Andrew Lippa; book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice; directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch. At the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 West 46th St., New York. (212) 307-4100 or (800) 755-4000 or www.ticketmaster.com.
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"Red Hot Patriot': Kathleen Turner as Molly Ivins (3rd review)
News from Planet Texas
Kathleen Turner does a star turn in Red Hot Patriot, a one-woman show about the maverick journalist and political iconoclast Molly Ivins. A more focused script would have served Molly better, but she's welcome back.
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"When the Rain Stops Falling' in New York
Family saga, global calamity
Andrew Bovell, an Australian playwright, and director David Cromer combine with a luminous cast to provide a searing and extraordinary theatrical experience.
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John Logan's "Red': Mark Rothko on Broadway
How art happens
Red, based on two years in the life of the Abstract Expressionist painter Mark Rothko, is a daring play about making art. In 90 minutes it shows us what a monster of self-absorption and narcissistic contempt our art-god can be.
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"Red Hot Patriot': Kathleen Turner as Molly Ivins (2nd review)
A crusader for our times
The impassioned portrayal of Molly Ivins by Kathleen Turner vividly brings to the stage the columnist's sharp political critiques and belly-laugh mockery of those in power.
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