Faxon gets ‘Real’
Tom Stoppard takes a lot of flak among some theater critics for having all of the words and none of the heart. That said, he also writes dialogue that makes theater studies majors want to kill themselves, gets Tony Awards showered upon him, and last year made it into Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people … so I don’t feel so bad for him. Especially not after seeing “The Real Thing” (directed by Gary Jaffe ’10), in which an expert cast delivers Stoppard’s stunning response to early allegations of lack of feeling in two and a half hours of soul-searching, delivered in his tight,...
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By Anonymous
6:42p.m. on April 10, 2009
I think this review is great. Have a sense of humor, anonymous poster number 1.
What? This is one of the worst theater reviews I have ever read in the News, and that's saying a lot. Regardless of how good the play was, be articulate about it. No one else wants to go just to see someone your friend is "hooking up with."