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Comedy Is the Aim, but a New Off-Broadway Production of ‘The Merchant of Venice’ Doesn’t Always Hit the Mark
Unfortunately, the director has allowed his whimsical and wacky flourishes to overwhelm the content; that’s until the final scenes, which all but undermine the proposal that this is ultimately a funny, happy piece.
The Greatest Female Painter of the Renaissance Makes Her Upper East Side Stage Debut
Artemisia Gentileschi learned from Caravaggio that paintings could happen at night, action disclosed by candlelight.
Rather Than the Mysteries, the Tart and Playful Tête-à-Têtes Are the Most Notable Reason To Watch ‘The Thin Man’ Series
Written by a married couple for a fictional married couple, the dialogue in the films is as pithy as anything by Hemingway and as skillfully crafted as the best of P.G. Wodehouse’s bon-mots.
‘Gladiator II,’ Behind Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington, Is a Spectacle That Satisfies
Admirers of Isabelle Huppert and Hong Sangsoo May Celebrate That They’re Together Again, Though ‘A Traveler’s Needs’ Is Not Their Best
Karen Mason Surveys the Many Successes of Kander & Ebb, Vamps and All
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