Pity the poor artists who decide to turn Evelyn Waugh's monumental, scopic novel into a two-hour film.
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Playwright Dennis Miles imaginatively blends classical styles -- from magic realism to Greek tragedy -- to illuminate universal truths.
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It's far more sophisticated, no doubt, to talk about the "aesthetics of the hideous" than to describe a film as "torture porn." But that's precisely what this is.
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Presented by Elizabeth I. McCann, Nelle Nugent, Milton & Tamar Maltz, and USA Ostar Theatricals at the Helen Hayes Theatre, 240 W. 44 St., NYC. Opened March 26 for an open run.
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In the high courts of comedy, the verdict for Acme's new show is unanimous: guilty for the possession of several mood-altering and enhancing pieces of fine sketch entertainment. These are some of the most clever bits churned out by the company in a long time, if not the best ...
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Tom Szentgyorgyi's lacerating adaptation of Bill Buford's 1990 nonfiction book is about the sport of soccer in the same way that Herman Melville's Moby Dick is about hunting whales. The setting and narrative are interesting on their own terms, but the Pandora's box of psychological underpinnings ...
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A man and his wife sit down with their parish minister to discuss their marital problems. It turns out the husband has decided to switch his gender. Do you think the minister will be worldly-wise and hip, offering great counsel and emerging as the guiding light in the play? Do ...
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The Equity-waiver stages of Los Angeles have a preponderance of young actors, looking to improve their careers, alas often without a decent vehicle and sadly without the talent so rarely found in the burgeoning performer. Happily, House of Yes playwright Wendy MacLeod receives a smartly produced West Coast premiere of ...
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Writer/director Zombie Joe, known for his way-beyond-the-edge and far-over-the-top experimental theatre, dishes out a marvelous mélange of humor, pathos, and social commentary in his new play about an angelic sculptress who rises from the gutter to fame and back again. Young Wyler Benoit (Rainey K. Taylor), pronounced "ben-wa," pun ...
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Reviewed by Michael Lazan
