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Death of a Salesman: Strange new world
April 12, 2012 – 10:10 PM | No Comment
Death of a Salesman: Strange new world

Ben Brantley’s New York Times review of the current production of Death of a Salesman at the Barrymore is very complimentary, but also regretful — that the version doesn’t quite land with him; that, like …

Silkwood
May 6, 2010 – 2:29 PM | 9 Comments
<I>Silkwood</I>

Silkwood has so many unexpected charms: that Karen Silkwood is not a saint, but a basically decent and courageous woman, and a feckless and sometimes bratty woman; Drew leaving, then coming back to tell her, …