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2012

“Harrison, TX: Three Plays by Horton Foote” skewer southern moresoriginal ↗
6 Sept 2012
“Gore Vidal‘s The Best Man” plums the skullduggery of U.S. politicsoriginal ↗
3 Sept 2012
“Newsies The Musical” is terrific Bway show about workers‘ oppressionoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2012
Brit James Corden is riotously funny in “One Man, Two Guvnors”original ↗
27 Aug 2012
“Sister Act” a hokey, funny, musical spoof about a cabaret singer, gangsters and nunsoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2012
“Harvey” is cute but dated fantasy about living the right lifeoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2012
“Love Goes to Press” skewers an unseen Hemingway in feminist romporiginal ↗
1 Jul 2012
“Storefront Church” a John Patrick Shanley comic morality playoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2012
“Medieval Play” a clever, funny light-hearted spoof about very dark timesoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2012
“As You Like It” is rousing tale of love and lustoriginal ↗
21 Jun 2012
“Godspell” is a joyous and political take on the Christian God storyoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2012
“4000 Miles” is how far one must travel to search for human connectionsoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2012
“My Children! My Africa!” – powerful agitprop against apartheid South Africaoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2012
Lithgow brings out the vitriol in a complex Joe Alsop, “The Columnist”original ↗
6 Jun 2012
“Death of a Salesman” attacks capitalism but also its delusional acolytesoriginal ↗
23 May 2012
“The Big Meal” a luscious feast for the souloriginal ↗
24 Apr 2012
“The Taming of the Shrew” trades an independent Kate for a surly neuroticoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2012
“The Lady from Dubuque” is Albee‘s strong and subtle musing on deathoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2012
“My Occasion of Sin” is smart play about jazz and race in 1960s Omahaoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2012
Tina Howe‘s “Painting Churches” is a moving portrait of couple‘s struggle for survivaloriginal ↗
3 Apr 2012
“ ˜Tis Pity She‘s a Whore” a riveting campy 400-year-old melodramaoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2012
“Hurt Village” a tough story of attempt to escape a dysfunctional lifeoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2012
New York Ethics: It takes a Fedoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2012
“The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs” a compelling exposíé about Apple’s exploitation of Chinese workersoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2012
The dishonesty of WSJ columnist Mary O’Gradyoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2012
Athol Fugard’s “Blood Knot” is stunning parable about apartheid South Africaoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2012
Marieann Meringolo brings drama to Legrand songs at Feinstein’soriginal ↗
29 Feb 2012
New film about naked short sellingoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2012
This “Look Back in Anger” shows a nasty working class guy who hates womenoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2012
“Seminar” pits an obnoxious writing teacher against four wanna be novelistsoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2012
“Stick Fly” is engrossing comedy-drama about a rich black familyoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2012
“Wit” shows power of intellect to preserve one’s humanity in face of deathoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2012
“The Road to Mecca” explores women’s self-fulfillment in conservative cultureoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2012
Comic “Chinglish” tells how translating culture is about more than languageoriginal ↗
21 Jan 2012
Romney on Board: Marriott accused of cheating clients on his watchoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2012
Sondheim’s “Follies” elegantly dramatizes showgirls’ bad choicesoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2012
May, Allen and Coen depict the weird, funny, and bizarre of families in “Relatively Speaking”original ↗
3 Jan 2012

2011

“Blood and Gifts” a vivid portrait of disastrous U.S. policy in Afghanistan in the 80soriginal ↗
30 Dec 2011
“Anything Goes” with a spectacular, jazzy Sutton Foster is “The Top”original ↗
27 Dec 2011
“Private Lives” is Coward’s clever, sexy, charming take on the impossibility of loveoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2011
How the Food Industry Eats Your Kid‘s Lunchoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2011
“Queen of the Mist” is a powerful musical about a gutsy womanoriginal ↗
3 Dec 2011
“Fragments” shows Beckett’s chiaroscuro mood interpreted by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienneoriginal ↗
20 Nov 2011
Maureen McGovern whips up a tasty brew of jazz and politics at Birdlandoriginal ↗
15 Nov 2011
“Dublin by Lamplight” a fine fantastical play about Irish nationalistsoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2011
“The Select (The Sun Also Rises)” an entertaining parody of Ernest Hemingway’s noveloriginal ↗
12 Sept 2011
Mark Rylance gives brilliant performance in pretentious play “Jerusalem”original ↗
8 Aug 2011
Riveting “Master Class” shows Maria Callas dominating music but not her own lifeoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2011
“Measure for Measure” is vivid staging of Shakespeare’s commentary on sex and hypocrisyoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2011
Murdoch the tax dodgeroriginal ↗
19 Jul 2011
“Baby it’s You!” a fascinating and entertaining feminist juke box musicaloriginal ↗
30 Jun 2011
Shakespeare’s “All’s Well That Ends Well” shows women winning the war of the sexesoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2011
“Born Yesterday” is a funny skewering of crooked capitalists and politiciansoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2011
“The Motherf**ker with the Hat” is a classy, funny, grungy tale of underclass betrayaloriginal ↗
19 Jun 2011
“The House of Blue Leaves” is stunning dark comedy of illusion and delusionoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2011
“The People in the Picture” a tour de force for Donna Murphy as Jewish actor in wartime Polandoriginal ↗
31 May 2011
“A Minister’s Wife” a charming chamber music version of Shaw’s “Candida”original ↗
26 May 2011
“Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” is a fierce political statement against waroriginal ↗
25 May 2011
Stoppard’s “Arcadia” is an engrossing, provocative intellectual argument couched in a mysteryoriginal ↗
22 May 2011
“Good People” is powerful story of working class woman leading life of desperationoriginal ↗
14 May 2011
Jacobi’s stunning “King Lear” is a naturalistic portrayal of Everyman betrayedoriginal ↗
13 May 2011
“The Divine Sister” is vintage Busch satire about religion, culture, social mores – a critical delightoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2011
School administrators’ association censors conference exhibit critical of corporationoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2011
German documentary “Transit” searches for truth about a brother who fled to East Germanyoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2011
“Benefactors” is Michael Frayn’s wry look at good intentions gone badoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2011
“Kin” weaves a network of family and friends that leads to sorrow and sometimes joyoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2011
“Driving Miss Daisy” is tour de force for Redgrave and Jonesoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2011
Russian Deputy PM says 1,000 Russian banks are money-launderersoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2011
“The Whipping Man” a potboiler about slavery and a Jewish family in 1860s Richmondoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2011
“This Ain’t No Tea Party,” a political cabaret, cleverly skewers the right wingoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2011
“American Idiot” plumbs angst among youths with no politics or visionoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2011
Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” delightfully skewers British upper classesoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2011
“The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore” is Williams’ turgid Southern Gothic view of deathoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2011
Comic left-right conflict of “Other Desert Cities” is exploded by a family secretoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2011
“Three Sisters” a brilliant staging of self-delusion and despair in Chekhov’s Russiaoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2011
A Russian spook operation? “Khodorkovsky” film mysteriously stolen twiceoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2011
Ex-employee who claimed firing over opposition to Haiti bribery settles suit against IDToriginal ↗
25 Jan 2011
A preview of what Rudolf Elmer gave WikiLeaksoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2011

2010

“La Bíªte” is a devastating satire about the domination of low cultureoriginal ↗
26 Dec 2010
“Brief Encounter” a hokey, charming takeoff on Noí«l Coward’s iconic filmoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2010
Shells, Shams and Corporate Scamsoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2010
Lucy asks Condoleezza Rice about WikiLeaksoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2010
CNBC Power Lunch: I blame Congress for prisoners’ fraudulent tax refundsoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2010
Lucy on Canadian TV defending WikiLeaksoriginal ↗
3 Dec 2010
“The Pitmen Painters” a riveting story of British coal miners who were fine artistsoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2010
“Freud’s Last Session” is spellbinding intellectual joust over religion, love and sexoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2010
Shaw’s “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” is a deftly staged, terrifically acted blast at hypocrisyoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2010
Journalists from 40 Countries Join in Support for Wikileaksoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2010
Hellman’s “The Little Foxes” plumbs the greed that tears a family apartoriginal ↗
22 Oct 2010
“Me, Myself & I” an Albee shaggy dog story about childhood and identityoriginal ↗
18 Oct 2010
Michael Frayn’s “Alphabetical Order” is appealing comic satire of newspaper lifeoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2010
“Orlando” is Ruhl’s wildly clever and funny take on Virginia Woolf’s feminist noveloriginal ↗
11 Oct 2010
China blocks international crackdown on offshore, says European Commission President Barrosooriginal ↗
28 Sept 2010
IDT’s imaginary “ethics letter”original ↗
24 Sept 2010
A Lingering Problem for IDT — CEO admits company official met with Aristide on contractoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2010
Foolish husband of “The Winter’s Tale” is a screameroriginal ↗
25 Jul 2010
“The Merchant of Venice” a brilliant take on the sociology of the timesoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2010
Sodexo, exposed by Komisar for kickbacks, agrees to $20m settlementoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2010
“Everyday Rapture” is what happens when godliness turns into show bizoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2010
Lucy accepts trophy for Loeb awardoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2010
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