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THEATER REVIEW


 Sienna Miller 
 on Broadway: 
 Legs 10, 
 Acting 0 

She looks fantastic, but isn't cut out for After Miss Julie role

Oct 23, 09 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics agree on one thing when it comes to Sienna Miller’s Broadway debut: She looks hot. Her performance in After Miss Julie, however, wowed exactly no one:
  • Ben Brantley was rooting for Miller from the start, but ultimately she “registers as a healthy, sane young woman
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THEATER REVIEW

 Hathaway Stuns 
 in Twelfth Night 
 Under the Stars 

Rave reviews for Shakespeare in the Park debut

Jun 26, 09 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - New York theater critics are giving raves to this summer's free outdoor production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, starring Anne Hathaway. For Charles Isherwood of the New York Times, Hathaway has "the unmistakable glow of a natural star" and invests the shipwrecked Viola with "a bright humor that feel... More »

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theater • New York • William Shakespeare • Public Theater • Anne Hathaway • theater reviews

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 Jude Law's 
 Hamlet Slays 
 Critics 

Movie star's Shakespeare turn gets strong notices

Jun 4, 09 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jude Law took to the stage last night for the opening performance of Hamlet in London, and newspapers were largely impressed by the actor's take on the melancholy Dane. In the Telegraph, Charles Spencer writes that Law showed "rare vulnerability and emotional openness" in Shakespeare's toughest role. Dressed in... More »

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theater • London • Jude Law • William Shakespeare • West End theater • Hamlet • theater reviews

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 New Bilingual 
 West Side Story 
 Tender, Uneven  

Production can be uneven, but still enjoyable

Mar 20, 09 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The highly anticipated revival of West Side Story on Broadway opened last night to solid reviews, with critics applauding an unusually tender interpretation in which the women rule. Highlights:
  • “Even when they’re flashing switchblades and kicking people in the ribs, the teenage hoodlums who maraud through Arthur
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theater • Broadway • musical theater • musical • West Side Story • revival • theater reviews • Stephen Sondheim

THEATER REVIEW

 
 
 No Misunderestimating 
 Ferrell as Dubya 


Feb 6, 09 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - It’s not quite a landslide, but critics mainly agree that Will Ferrell gets his mission accomplished in lampooning the 43rd president with his Broadway show, You’re Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush. Though Saturday Night Live viewers will see the “retread” in Ferrell’s... More »

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Dick Cheney • satire • Broadway • impersonation • Will Ferrell • George W. Bush • You're Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush • theater reviews

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