303 stories by "Sandy MacDonald"
★★★★☆ Bloom is back, spilling and spewing her neuroses and obsessions " wittily.
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★★★☆☆ Sometimes a supposed tribute is an ill-camouflaged insult. Brittany Spears gets lionized in this femmage; Betty Friedan, not so much.
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★★★★☆ Family dynamics get a tragicomic treatment in this tale of three virtual orphans surviving precariously in contemporary London.
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★★★★★ With surgical precision and abundant sympathy, Branden Jacob-Jenkins dissects the Class of 2002.
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★★★★☆ A cuddly Fagin? Raúl Esparza pulls off an improbable transmogrification in this Encores! staging
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★★★★☆ Not every woman wants " or needs " a makeover, but plenty of women enjoy initiating them. Toxic or benevolent? You get to decide.
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★★★★☆ Fledgling playwright Julia Izumi works out Tolstoy's dictum about families unhappy and otherwise in this loopy portrait of three adult Asian adoptees.
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★★★★☆ Chaucer's outspoken, sex-positive "Wife of Bath," as updated by Zadie Smith, has some insights to share, along with a remedial agenda.
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★★★☆☆ Suzan-Lori Parks musicalizes the 1972 film with a skilled cast and crew but sugarcoats the original's gritty realism
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★★★★☆ A trio of differently abled performers embody Ryan J. Haddad's rollicking collection of real-life tales.
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★★★★☆ With this, her first produced work, Nottage tossed out the rulebook for "well-made" plays and came up with a doozy.
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★★☆☆☆ Anyone who attempts to tread in Wilde's footsteps had better be devilishly adroit " sadly not the case in this clumsy exercise.
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★★★★★ Alexander Zeldin's "you-are-there" study of a London housing shelter delivers edge-of-the-seat impact
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★★★☆☆ Hovering midway between parody and homage, this modernist rendering of a justifiable classic proves neither illuminating nor much fun.
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★★★★★ Finally, a kiddie show with an on-point message, snazzily presented.
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★★★☆☆ Maybe take a step back if your babysitter offers to "co-parent"? A cautionary tale from the mommy-wars front.
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Alt-darling Justin Vivian Bond celebrates the true spirit of the season.
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★★★★★ With words and gestures alone, Eddie Izzard recreates Dickens' beloved bildungsroman.
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★★★★☆ What with all the treacle on offer this month, you may savor something a little more spicy.
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★★★★★ Traversing the entire Black experience in the U.S., "Mo'" is a bumpy ride " one you don't want to miss.
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★★★★☆ The inventive, nonexploitative circus flies high in this, its 45th embodiment.
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★★☆☆☆ The entire Judeo-Christian creation myth, wrapped in one woman's very trying week.
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★★★☆☆ A rare opportunity to hang out with London's witty literary crowd, circa 1770.
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★★★★★ The last chapter in a young girl's abbreviated life proves heartwarmingly hilarious
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★★☆☆☆ Unimaginatively script aside, this rehashed fairy tale features some spectacular dancing.
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