Magnetic North brings small, short plays
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(Reviews by Clive Barnes) May 30, 2008 " AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY It's a long day's journey into September - well over three hours - but Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is eviscerating melodrama. (article 1)
" A CATERED AFFAIR Harvey Fierstein's book, John Bucchino's interweaving music and lyrics, John Doyle's staging and pitch-perfect performances offer sentiment shorn of sentimentality. (article 1)
" THE COUNTRY GIRL 1/2 Clifford Odets' well-worn play of Frank Elgin, an alcoholic actor (Morgan Freeman), his wife (Frances McDormand) and the hot-shot director (Peter Gallagher) pressing him to make a comeback. (article 1)
" PASSING STRANGE 1/2 This Candide-like saga of a black kid's quest for identity in Europe has charm; some good, ironically disposed songs; and great performances. (article 1)
" THURGOOD 1/2 Laurence Fishburne and playwright George Stevens Jr. do a fine job bringing the first African-American US Supreme Court justice to vivid life. (article 1)
(Starred reviews by Frank Scheck) May 30, 2008 ADDING MACHINE 1/2 A powerful chamber-music theater adaptation of Elmer Rice's 1923 Expressionist classic. (article 3)
" THE NEW CENTURY 1/2 Four hilarious one-act comedies by Paul Rudnick features priceless performances by Linda Lavin, Peter Bartlett and Jayne Houdyshell. (article 3)
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Theatre, St, th, Magnetic, Closes |
Source articles
- New York Post (NY Post, 06/04/2008, 532 words)
- New York Post (NY Post, 06/04/2008, 222 words)
- New York Post (NY Post, 06/04/2008, 317 words)
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