Off-Broadway Review

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    Territories

    Intelligently acted but frustratingly opaque, the two short plays that make up Steven Dykes' "Territories" explore political and sexual issues with an unfortunate lack of specificity.

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    Cymbeline

    This intimate, uneven staging of Shakespeare's late romance uses only six performers, two of whom deliver sterling turns.

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    Quartermaine's Terms

    Williamstown Theatre Festival presents a vibrant production about a nonentity disconnected from life.

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    Blind

    This "Oedipus" in modern dress fails to make the case for retelling a timeless classic.

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    Rescue Me (A Postmodern Classic With Snacks)

    Despite its creative team of downtown stars, this disappointing Euripides adaptation falls victim to sitcom jokes and overused pseudo-postmodern conventions.

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    The Subject Was Roses

    The Pearl Theatre Company's respectful production of Frank D. Gilroy's classic play is only fitfully powerful.

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    The Forest

    Classic Stage Company gets lost in the 'Forest' with an uneven production of Alexander Ostrovsky's rarely performed 1870 comedy.

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    Stuffed and Unstrung

    A pair of 400-pound gorrillas hovers over the puppet comedy "Stuffed and Unstrung," and neither is made of cloth with halved ping-pong balls for eyes.

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    Merrick, the Elephant Man

    Though the director's vision and the actor's performance are consistently impressive, there's also a lot of self-conscious preciousness in this solo show retelling the story of "The Elephant Man."

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    Brief Encounter

    This lovingly imaginative rumination on an iconic film is a joyous burst of theatrical inventiveness. Quite simply, I'm mad about the show.