For her raucous, lewd "Restoration Comedy," Amy Freed has ransacked the plots of one minor and one substantial old play to forge a pastiche saluting 17th century mores and stagecraft while skewering ...

As most fans of Shakespeare know, the Bard’s comedies aren’t alllaughs. They often deal philosophically with death, betrayal,jealousy and other serious issues. But in Amy Freed’s “Restoration Comedy” ...

When virtuous Amanda Loveless learns that her rakish dead husband is very much alive, it's time to stop mourning and start plotting. With the help of the gallant Worthy, she disguises herself as a ...

Be warned. Not about the extreme profanity or bare-bottom nudity that abound in Amy Freed’s “Restoration Comedy,” at the Flea Theater, but about the evening’s length. Oh, there’s a play in there all ...

The Pearl Theatre Company returns to Restoration comedy with “The Constant Couple,” a seldom-seen 1699 comedy by George Farquhar (“The Beaux’ Strategem”), which opened last night. But though director ...

If it were a musical, maybe I would love it. But as it stands, Michael Kahn’s premiere of the recently adapted The Beaux’ Stratagem is a fussy, finicky affair that never fully unsheathes itself from ...

The Burnsville High School theater department is turning back the clock – all the way back to the 18th Century. Actors in Victorian-era fashions will grace the Mraz Center stage starting Thursday, Feb ...

“This part of our literature is a disgrace to our language and our national character,” thundered Victorian politician, historian and writer Thomas Macaulay in a diatribe against Restoration comedy.

Did you spend $129.99 to buy a portable record player this past Christmas? It’s difficult to imagine how anybody—except for a prop assistant on a Merchant-Ivory film—might be interested in one. But ...