Appended the Omniture campaign tracking variable to each of the URLs http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=0009829b106945cb8f2f35d2e10f0a9b Thu, 31 May 2012 06:52:15 +0000 http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/ This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947670.html?cmpid=RSS|Reviews|LegitReviews Legit Reviews||Abroad: The slow burn of the exposition-heavy first act of "Canvas" suggests a play a draft away from readiness. Yet the proximity of his three fractious couples on a camping holiday causes friction for them and, finally, fun for audiences. /review/VE1117947670.html Wed, 30 May 2012 15:54:30 +0000 http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947664.html?cmpid=RSS|Reviews|LegitReviews Legit Reviews||Regional: Spectators' reaction to "Where the Great Ones Run" by Mark Roberts, of TV's "Mike and Molly," will hinge on how high or low they set their expectations. This tiny (80 minutes), condescension-free peek into the lives of Midwestern dreamers is pleasant but weightless: Horton Foote without the character density; Preston Jones minus a social critique. /review/VE1117947664.html Tue, 29 May 2012 11:12:02 +0000 http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947660.html?cmpid=RSS|Reviews|LegitReviews Legit Reviews||Off Broadway: There's nothing funnier than collegiate humor in the hands of a clever satirist like Simon Gray. /review/VE1117947660.html Mon, 28 May 2012 12:59:01 +0000 http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947633.html?cmpid=RSS|Reviews|LegitReviews Legit Reviews||Off Broadway: Sad to say, "My Children! My Africa!" doesn't feel the least bit dated in Signature's stirring revival production helmed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. /review/VE1117947633.html Thu, 24 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947632.html?cmpid=RSS|Reviews|LegitReviews Legit Reviews||Abroad: The combination of designer Miriam Buether's vision and the equally bold animation of the runners by choreographer Scott Ambler bring immediacy and authenticity to the production. /review/VE1117947632.html Thu, 24 May 2012 15:42:52 +0000 http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947618.html?cmpid=RSS|Reviews|LegitReviews Legit Reviews||Abroad: Not the most obvious retro pic for the tuner treatment, this reworking of the 1982 Taylor Hackford hit "An Officer and a Gentleman" is a faithful but fluffy affair that ultimately does little to lift anyone up where they belong. /review/VE1117947618.html Tue, 22 May 2012 16:53:59 +0000 http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947617.html?cmpid=RSS|Reviews|LegitReviews Legit Reviews||Off Broadway: Deep in the second act of "February House," the new musical at the Public, an intellectual ecdysiast lying on the carpet says, "The play seemed like it was trying to make some big point, but I didn't get it." The same could be said for "February House." /review/VE1117947617.html Tue, 22 May 2012 16:50:28 +0000 http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947591.html?cmpid=RSS|Reviews|LegitReviews Legit Reviews||Off Broadway: "Title and Deed," an existential rumination on home and the absence of home, is choice Eno -- pensive, lyrical, deeply funny and profoundly sad. /review/VE1117947591.html Sun, 20 May 2012 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947590.html?cmpid=RSS|Reviews|LegitReviews Legit Reviews||Off Broadway: Calling it "Funny Old Jews Telling Hilarious Old Jokes" would give auds a better idea of the joy that's in store for them. /review/VE1117947590.html Sun, 20 May 2012 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947589.html?cmpid=RSS|Reviews|LegitReviews Legit Reviews||Regional: The reality show craze has now has inspired a terrific new American musical. /review/VE1117947589.html Sun, 20 May 2012 13:57:04 +0000 http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947565.html?cmpid=RSS|Reviews|LegitReviews Legit Reviews||Off Broadway: With the precious exception of literati like Oscar Wilde and his beloved Bosie, quarreling lovers are never as articulate and entertaining as they are in "Cock," Mike Bartlett's provocatively titled play about a gay couple who split up when one of them falls for a woman. /review/VE1117947565.html Thu, 17 May 2012 19:24:15 +0000 http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947562.html?cmpid=RSS|Reviews|LegitReviews Legit Reviews||Abroad: Neil Simon is to London what Alan Ayckbourn is to Gotham: A profit more recognized at home than abroad. Despite canny casting of Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths as a former longstanding vaudeville duo reuniting for one last gasp, the warm-hearted but strained tone of Thea Sharrock's revival of "The Sunshine Boys" is unlikely to buck the trend. /review/VE1117947562.html Thu, 17 May 2012 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947548.html?cmpid=RSS|Reviews|LegitReviews Legit Reviews||Abroad: What becomes painfully clear during three hours of intensely committed but deafeningly unsubtle physical performance is that anomie is the enemy of drama. /review/VE1117947548.html Mon, 14 May 2012 17:41:18 +0000 http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947546.html?cmpid=RSS|Reviews|LegitReviews Legit Reviews||Regional: The fresh premise of "Hands on a Hardbody" -- the last of 10 Texans to break contact with a Nissan pickup truck drives it away -- doesn't disguise a debt to other tuners. /review/VE1117947546.html Mon, 14 May 2012 15:20:11 +0000 http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947545.html?cmpid=RSS|Reviews|LegitReviews Legit Reviews||Regional: Herbert Ross' lavish production of Puccini's "La Boheme" returns to the LA Opera, this time with Gregory A. Fortner at the helm. /review/VE1117947545.html Sun, 13 May 2012 17:49:37 +0000 http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947535.html?cmpid=RSS|Reviews|LegitReviews Legit Reviews||Abroad: The result is smart in every sense -- not least because of beautifully unified work by the design team -- but the shiny evening never quite hits giddy joy. /review/VE1117947535.html Thu, 10 May 2012 15:53:31 +0000 http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947534.html?cmpid=RSS|Reviews|LegitReviews Legit Reviews||Off Broadway: Long languishing on the list of not-quite-great musicals, the "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" tuner surprisingly gleams here with the brilliance of a 40-carat Tiffany stone. /review/VE1117947534.html Thu, 10 May 2012 15:35:59 +0000 http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947532.html?cmpid=RSS|Reviews|LegitReviews Legit Reviews||Regional: "Follies" is that rare Broadway transfer that has traveled well from its recent Gotham stint, and the reason is simple: Victoria Clark replaces the miscast and vocally compromised Bernadette Peters. /review/VE1117947532.html Thu, 10 May 2012 15:30:59 +0000 http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947518.html?cmpid=RSS|Reviews|LegitReviews Legit Reviews||Off Broadway: Paul Weitz, who shot to fame with "American Pie," has a thing for compulsive overachievers who flame out on the pyre of their own ambitions. /review/VE1117947518.html Mon, 07 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947503.html?cmpid=RSS|Reviews|LegitReviews Legit Reviews: Ironically, highly entertaining though this sharp comedy initially is, fully dramatic it isn't. /review/VE1117947503.html Sun, 06 May 2012 14:07:38 +0000