Theater Review | 'Richard III': This Lame King Has Another Self to Lean On
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Is Richard III, as imagined by Shakespeare, evil because heâs deformed or is his deformity a physical manifestation of his evil?
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Comment is free: Madeleine Bunting: The cultural fascination with the middle ages rarely acknowledges that power is still won and abused in the same way
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It's Deceased Diana vs. the Windsors in The Queen, a deliciously satirical comedy-drama
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If ever a movie had a case of the blues and the blahs, itâs âSpider-Man 3,â a sequel that is fizzled rather than fizzy.
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After Andrew Lloyd Webber's last two shows fared poorly in London, some critics said that he had lost his touch. With "The Woman in White," he has a chance to prove them wrong.
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Christopher Marloweâs âEdward II,â an under-produced drama about a king whose lover distracts him from his crown, tells the story of sexual obsession, religious power and the intersection of the political and personal lives of a flawed leader.
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RICHARD III. Tragedy by William Shakespeare. With Peter Dinklage. Director: Peter DuBois.At the Public ($50, 212-239-6200). The New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, from early on, has followed the
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Richard Corliss on Brian Stokes Mitchell, BroadwayÂs charismatic almost-star
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Mike Leighâs play âTwo Thousands Yearsâ is enjoyable, but oddly conceived and structured.
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The screen version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical lacks both authentic romance and the thrill of memorable spectacle.
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Despite its star wattage--including Meryl Streep, Vanessa Redgrave and others--the film is a limp look at what might have been
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Of all William Shakespeare&#39;s plays, &quot;The Merchant of Venice&quot; comes with the most baggage in modern times because of its anti-Semitic characterization of Shylock, the moneylender.
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Revolutionary or unreadable? The long, strange afterlife of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest
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Alexander, Oliver Stoneâs biopic of Alexander the Great, violates that rule spectacularly, not only because it nauseates us with repeated assertions of the king and warriorâs greatness, but
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Ian McKellen is a great--and famous--actor. âKing Learâ is great Shakespeare. Together theyâre the hottest ticket in the country.
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Experienced director  Daniel Sullivan surrounds his outrageous young Hamlet, played  by Hamish Linklater, with a bland if steady supporting cast and  a safe, conventional setting. The resulting production scurries  along with such unreflecting alacrity, and corresponding lack  of emotional complexity, that it only begins to suggest why  there&#39;s such a fuss about &quot;Hamlet.&quot;
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His inner sanctum faces one of the biggest turnovers since Nixon. But with an agenda already set, the cast of characters may matter less.