Guest Five-Word Review of: Calendar Girls (Noël Coward Theatre)

Heartwarming ensemble of experienced actresses.


Guest review by: Candace Kuss

Guest Five-Word Review of: Lady Julia (Hen and Chickens Theatre)

You can't improve on Strindberg.


Guest review by: Margaret Hardie

Five-Word Review of: Hamlet (Wyndham's Theatre)

Ensemble can't touch RSC's production.


(Starring Jude Law.)

Five-Word Review of: The Taming of the Shrew (Royal Shakespeare Company, Novello Theatre)

Satisfying resolution eludes raunchy modernization.

Five-Word Review of: Hamlet (Royal Shakespeare Company, Novello Theatre)

Tennant’s back(!) with justified hype.

(Starring Patrick Stewart, David Tennant.)

Five-Word Review of: Roaring Trade (Soho Theatre)

Resonates with a roaring "CRUNCH"!

Five-Word Review of: Hamlet (Royal Shakespeare Company, Novello Theatre)

Bennett masters Hamlet. Tennant, who?


(Starring Patrick Stewart.)

Five-Word Review of: Ivanov (Wyndham's Theatre)

Engaging production of depressing material.

(Starring Kenneth Branagh.)

Five-Word Review of: Waste (Almeida Theatre)

Fine acting portraying English stuffiness.

Five-Word Review of: King Lear (Shakespeare's Globe)

Excellent performance shows tragedy’s darkness.

Five-Word Review of: Fat Pig (The Trafalgar Studios)

Wittily entertains without over sentimentalizing.


(Starring Robert Webb and Kris Marshall .)

Five-Word Review of: Speed-the-Plow (The Old Vic)

Goldblum masters Mamet's speedy dialogue.


(Starring Jeff Goldblum and Kevin Spacey, written by David Mamet.)

Five-Word Review of: Swimming with Sharks (Vaudeville)

Slater shines as Hollywood sleaze.


(Starring Christan Slater and Helen Baxendale.)

Five-Word Review of: The Glass Menagerie (Apollo Theatre)

Cast delivers classic Williams despondency.


(Written by Tennessee Williams. Starring Jessica Lange. )

The Changeling (Cheek by Jowl, Barbican Theatre)

Interesting interpretation misses intended intensity.

(Starring Olivia Williams.)

Shrieks of Laughter (Soho Theatre)

Short play doesn’t really resonate.

(Starring Imogen Stubbs.)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (Garrick Theatre)

Slater powerfully portrays institutionalized patient.

(Starring Christian Slater. *September 2004 performance reviewed.)

A Life in Theatre

Actors rise to Mamet's challenge.

(Starring Patrick Stewart and Joshua Jackson.)

National Anthems

Powerful performances expose socioeconomic differences.

(Starring Kevin Spacey, Mary Stuart Masterson and Steven Weber.)

Whose Life is it Anyway? (Comedy Theatre)

Kim Cattrall proves her range.

(Starring Kim Cattrall.)