King Lear (Vivian Beaumont Theatre)
Shakespeare’s tragedy of a vain king who divides his kingdom between two fawning daughters while
banishing the third one who truly loves him is having a limited run that ends April 18. The play was
produced by Jonathan Miller (known for his modern versions of Mozart operas) and stars Christopher
Plummer as the king. Reviews were mixed, with the New York Times calling it a “flattened out
Lear” but saying that the final scenes are strong and sure.
Twentieth Century (American Airlines Theatre)
Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche star in a revival of the 1930 comedy by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
about a bombastic but bankrupt Broadway director who, in the course of a trip on the 20th Century
Limited from Chicago to New York (the Concorde of its day), tries to woo chorus girl turned starlet
Lily Garland into joining him in a scam to make a killing on Broadway.
Sly Fox (Ethel Barrymore Theatre)
This tale of con man Foxwell J. Sly and his servant Simon Able takes place in San Francisco during
the 1849 gold rush. Based on Ben Jonson’s “Volpone,” the comedy stars Richard Dreyfuss who, as Sly,
turns the tables on a group of wealthy scavengers seeing his pot of gold.
Drowning Crow (Biltmore Theatre)
Bad reviews for this Manhattan Theatre Club production, an adaptation of Chekhov’s “Seagull” based
in an African-American community, resulted in a closing notice as of April 4. The New York Times
called it “terminally confused.”
Golda’s Balcony (Helen Hayes Theatre)
Tovah Feldshuh, in a one-woman show, creates a powerful portrait of a remarkable woman – Israeli
Prime Minister Golda Meir. The play is based on conversations Meir had with the playwright, William
Gibson.
Avenue Q (John Golden Theatre)
An adult version of “Sesame Street,” this “toy chest of a musical” combines live performers and
oversize puppets in R-rated situations of post-collegiate life in a big city. Says the New York
Times, “It becomes the first musical since ‘Rent’ to coo with such seductive directness to
theatergoers on the fair side of 40.”
Roulette (John Houseman Theatre)
A spin-off of the movie “American Beauty,” this dark comedy about life in the suburbs deals with a
totally dysfunctional family: father, mother, daughter and son. Reviews were mixed, with the New
York Times praising it as a “comedy of loneliness,” and Time Out New York saying it
“falls flat, along with most of its jokes.”
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