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‘Dangerous Corner’ Offers a Dinner Party Where Shocks Trump Supper

At Crown City Theatre Company, director Gary Lamb updates J.B. Priestley’s clever melodrama about the danger of refusing to let sleeping dogs lie.

'Intimate Apparel' Gets Handsome if Occasionally Overreaching Revival

Vanessa Williams (of “New Jack City”) finds interesting shadings in the “I’m nobody’s doormat” heroine of “Intimate Apparel,” Lynn Nottage’s 2003 play about love, class, and isolation.

‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ Flies Off-Broadway

The Tony-winning play will transfer to Off-Broadway's New World Stages this spring.

'Anna Lucasta' Still Resonates Nearly 70 Years Later

This revival of Philip Yordan’s 1944 drama “Anna Lucasta,” from Robey Theatre Company and Latino Theater Company, is generally successful despite one overwrought lead performance.

20 Somethings

Evan Sanderson’s “20 Somethings,” a Fringe Festival play about young people seeking a place to belong, is funny and touching though somewhat unoriginal.

Staying Out of the L.A. Closet for 30 Years

Celebration Theatre’s mission to tell LGBT stories (including current musical "Justin Love") continues even after 30 years.

Daisy Foote's 'Him' Has Good Acting but Fails to Convince

Despite the work of a committed cast, Daisy Foote’s “Him,” from Primary Stages, about three siblings’ economic struggles and their domineering father’s legacy, fails to convince.

‘Freud’s Last Session’ Is More Scholarly Debate Than Sparring Match

Despite Judd Hirsch’s turn in the title role of Mark St. Germain’s “Freud’s Last Session,” getting its L.A. premiere at the Broad Stage, the hit Off-Broadway play feels locked down.

'Isaac Babel and the Gangster King' Has a Neat Conceit but Needs Work

“Isaac Babel and the Gangster King,” a musical about the life and stories of the great Russian-Jewish writer who was killed by Stalin, is best viewed as a promising work in progress.

Leslie Kritzer on Creating Characters and Spreading Holiday Cheer

It’s a good thing too, since Kritzer is currently starring in "Elf," the musical adaptation of the hit film that returned to New York this holiday season after a successful 2010 run.