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Monday, November 22, 2010

Theater Review | 'The Break of Noon': He’s Born-Again but Still Obnoxious by Ben Brantley

The road to salvation is flat and narrow in “The Break of Noon,” Neil LaBute’s single-tone study starring David Duchovny.

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Friday, November 19, 2010

Theater Review: It Was Love At First Sound by Ben Brantley

Kelli O’Hara plays the big-hearted telephone operator in a revival of “Bells Are Ringing.”

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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Theater Review | 'A Free Man of Color': A Gaudy Swashbuckle Through History by Ben Brantley

John Guare’s historical comedy “Free Man of Color,” at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, tosses up bright balls of allusion and prays they’ll land in a coherent pattern.

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ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: When the Stage Goes Two-Dimensional by Ben Brantley

In scenic design these days, the biggest thing in the theater is film - or to be precise, digital projections.

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Theater Talkback: When the Stage Goes Two-Dimensional by Ben Brantley

In scenic design these days, the biggest thing in the theater is film - or to be precise, digital projections.

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Theater Review | 'Lingua Franca': And Noisily Flows the Arno by Ben Brantley

Fans of Peter Nichols, one of the finest and most underrated British dramatists of the second half of the 20th century, will definitely find elements to savor in “Lingua Franca.”

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Monday, November 15, 2010

Theater Review | ‘The Merchant of Venice’: Love and Dirty, Sexy Ducats by Ben Brantley

Daniel Sullivan’s production, full of clarity and subtlety, makes its premiere on Broadway after a summer in Central Park.

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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Theater Review | ‘Notes From Underground’: Dostoyevsky’s ‘Sick Man’ Hits YouTube by Ben Brantley

Yale Repertory mounts a “Notes From Underground” for the Internet age.

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Friday, November 12, 2010

Critic’s Notebook: In Boston, Listening to a Young Playwright Adept at Silence by Ben Brantley

Annie Baker’s distinctively bittersweet sounds of silence are echoing throughout the Boston Center for the Arts, where three of her plays are being performed, with considerable skill and a…

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