Entries from April 2008 ↓

The unreliable narrator has been simultaneously telling and dismantling tales at least as far back as Chaucer, but playwrights have been playing catch-up lately. Neil LaBute has turned the notion into a virtual cottage industry — one of his protagonists even describes himself as such. Aaron Sorkin featured a pair of them fact-checking each other in "The Farnsworth Invention," and David Hare described his interest in adapting "The Year of Magical Thinking" for the stage by explaining, "Whenever...

It's been a while since this fellow has graced a Broadway stage. Everyone likes the guy — he's personable and sage, with an ever-present twinkle in his eye. Still, as opening night draws nearer, the cast and crew have grown visibly nervous about whether he still has it in him to carry the play. If you've seen or heard much about the current Broadway revival of the 1950 Clifford Odets sudser "The Country Wife," renamed "The Country Girl," you may well assume that this description pertains to...