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Sometimes, memories are best left alone. Such is my experience with seeing the new revival of Simon Gray’s The Common Pursuit being presented by the Roundabout Theatre Company. This high-toned soap opera about a group of Cambridge students involved in a… more »

It may not sound like much, but take my word for it. An elderly man reciting the lyrics of “Ol’ Man River” in a Yiddish accent is one of the funniest things to be found on a New York stage.   It’s one of the many highlights of Old Jews Telling Jokes,… more »

Good luck searching for meaning in Title and Deed, Will Eno’s latest Rorschach test of a play being presented by the Signature Theatre. This monologue related by a nameless figure about his travels both literal and existential is so vague and amorphous t… more »

Get your mind out of the gutter.   Yes, the title of Mike Bartlett’s play might seem salacious considering that it concerns a gay couple whose relationship is threatened when one of them falls in love with a woman. But the more pertinent meaning of Co… more »