I wanted to like August, Osage County more than I did — and I did like it fairly well, considering — because of Tracy Letts.

Couch Baron, Blankenship and I discussed the good, the bad, and the flighty about Birdman.

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 …

I really liked the performances, except for one, and I really liked the overall play, until the last 15 minutes. The first thing is not fatal to most plays, and it isn’t to Other Desert …