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6/23/09 AM Clips - Mid-Atlantic, New England, South

By Andy Propst on Jun 23, 2009 | In East Coast, Mid-Atlantic, New England, South

Washington Post

Theater Review: Peter Marks on 'King Lear' at the Shakespeare Theatre
When the misguided monarch presents his daughters with the keys to his kingdom in director Robert Falls's sensational, Slavic "King Lear," it's as if they unlock the gates of hell. In shockingly short order, his ...

Washington Times

BLANCHARD: A modern-day 'Lear'
Numbing tale of brutality and horror

DC Theatre Scene

The Millionairess
All right, so what did the first Act of George Bernard Shaw’s The Millionairess, now playing at Olney Theatre Center, remind you of? You know the one I mean, where the haughty, father-drunk, self-obsessed millionairess Epifania Ognisanti di Parerga (Julie-Ann Elliot), her husband Alastair Fitzfassenden (James Denvil), a heavyweight boxer but a moral and ...

Potomac Stages

Review: History on Foot - Ford's Theatre
Walking tours of Civil War Washington performed in character with well researched scripts

Philaelphia Inquirer

A spoiler, of course, but '76-spirited
When things get serious in the quirky musical 1776 - now in a spirited Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival production that forces you to overlook the show's silly buffoonery - the tension is high and the audience hooked.

Edge Philadelphia

It Was A Very Good Year
Strong singing showcased the songs of the 1950’s and 60’s in a cabaret that otherwise seemed anything but.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Young dancers 'Swing' through high-voltage numbers
The Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera production that plays through Friday at the Benedum Center offers abundant evidence that "Swing" lives on as a state of mind as well as a popular song-and-dance revue

Berkshire Eagle

Region Stages
A digest of what’s playing on regional stages based upon reviews by Berkshire Eagle theater critic Jeffrey Borak.

Miami Herald

Review Laughs plentiful almost to the end
With few exceptions (Noises Off, for example), comedies aren't quite as funny the second time around. You know the story, the setups, the punch lines. That element of hilarious surprise is missing

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

GableStage's The New Century a breezy seriocomedy

 

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