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Fittingly, the central character in Michael Jacobs' new play Impressionism is yet another emotionally stunted middle-aged woman (Joan Allen) too obsessed with art to be able to relate to other people. The art, in this case, is a beloved collection of Impressionist paintings in the gallery she owns; the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Wrong with This Spring's Broadway Plays? | 4/6/2009 | See Source »

Despite the cheerful and celebratory connotations of its title, Harold Pinter’s “The Birthday Party” is existentialist, absurdist, and dark. The latest performance put on by the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club inspires moments of snort-inducing hilarity even as it elicits gasps. Directed...

Author: By Stephanie M. Woo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Party' Explores Existentialism | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

“Angels in America” sweeps back into focus for its second night, more vibrant and complex than the evening before. The second half, fittingly called “Perestroika,” a Russian term for restructuring, initiates and affects a profound upheaval in the emotional...

Author: By Catherine A Morris, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Perestroika’ Confronts Prejudice and Overturns an Established Social Order | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

“Millennium Approaches”—the first part of Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play “Angels in America”—has the potential to be performed either as a riveting commentary on the...

Author: By Victoria J. Benjamin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Spiritual and Moving, ‘Angels’ Transcends Clichés | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

In this stag universe, Diesel is the alpha and the omega male. One scene has him dangling a suspect from the high window of a tenement, then letting him go. Diesel fans know that if you let him into your apartment, you'd better clear the knickknacks off your freestanding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fast & Furious: Auto Eroticism | 4/3/2009 | See Source »

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