Just $18 to see the really complete Hamlet-

Hamlet: Uncut! - watching the American Theatre of Actors’ new uncut version of Shakespeare’s tragic masterpiece,you may discover that the play you thought you knew like the back of your hand is more Hydra-headed.. . .

# new Curtainup reviews for Londoners

Travelling Light- The inspiration for Nicholas Wright’s new play at the National Theatre is the shtetls of Russia and the many Jewish filmmakers who made Hollywood what it is today.. . .

The Madness of George III- From his very first line fromDavid we know how well he is cast as this likeable monarch, who lost us the Americas and who suffered from bouts of madness, now thought to be the illness porphyria. . . .

The Trial of Ubu- Simon Stephens has written an abridged version of the French play which is performed as a Punch and Judy puppet play. . . .

Even War Horse Star can't save this downtown premiere

Seth Numrich and Kathryn Erbe in Yosemite

Yosemite- The set is the star of this otherwise thematically obscure play. . .

The Pultzer Prize Winning "Wit" Still a Winner

Wit- While the indignities Cynthia Nixon's Doctor Bearing undergoes are indeed not easy to take, this is still an exceptionally rich play, a triple layered exploration not just of death but how we deal with life.

Richard III- Kevin Spacey concludes The Bridge Project with a showboat performance as "The bottled spider"

2 new plays for Lond theater goers

Constellations - Nick Payne’s latest play for The Royal Court is a two hander on the possibilities of alternative actions and parallel existences. . . .

Our New Girl-an exciting example of new and original writing on an old theme. . . .

No costume designer needed for this show. . .

Untitled Feminist Show- the chief accomplishment of Young Jean Lee's show, in my mind, was to steal away any body shame or embarrassment, either on the part of the performers or the audience. . . .

a masterful musical theater hybrid. . .

 

Audra McDonald  & Norm Lewis as Porgy and Bess

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess- Diane Paulus and her collaborators have created a fantastically, even giddily entertaining Porgy and Bess that has enough merits to make all the controversy about ill-conceived tampering melt with the first glorious note of "Summertime." . . .

a tedious 1st act spoils Fugard revival

Rosemary  Harris  a luminous Miss Helen --but even she can't   speed up a tedious first act
The Road to Mecca- Athol Fugard is deservedly revered for having proved again and again that the pen can indeed be a mighty weapon against injustice. However, despite a stellar cast, this revival illustrates his tendency for obvious metaphors and saddlling his characters with overlong, monologues. . . .

2 new plays for London theater goers

Fog- a very accomplished debut as joint playwrights, Task Fairbanks and Toby Wharton. . .

Lovesong- Writer Abi Morgan's play arrives in London as she is riding on the crest of a wave with her screenplay of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s political career and her acclaimed serial last year for BBC television of The Hour . . .