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As Winston Churchill might describe it, Theresa Rebeck's play “The Water's Edge” is “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside...

There must be at least half a dozen people in L.A. who have never seen Thornton Wilder's classic play, “Our...

As Gertrude Stein once said about Oakland, “There's no THERE there.” And you might say the same for the Geffen...

“A Separation” is probably one of the best films of the year. But it should come with a warning label,...

Fela Anikulapo-Kuti was the Lady Gaga of Nigeria in the 1970s. The creator of Afrobeat, a fusion of jazz, funk,...

For those of us who have lived much of our lives in the Kennedy Century, “The Color of Rose” is...

Who would have suspected the sophisticated, debonair and wittily dismissive Noel Coward to be a mooshy patriot? Anyone who’s ever...

If you are a Frankie freak — and who among us is not? — you will find no greater pleasure...

“The God of Isaac” is an irritatingly unconvincing play, despite the earnest charm of its leading man, Adam Korson. Korson...

Of all the things we think we know about William Shakespeare, most of them are guesses, or assumptions, or just...