suck), people are mostly going to go see it if they want to see Shakespeare, and people who don't want to go see it won't. Which leaves us speaking to a very small, marginal potential audience who could be swayed. For them, we'll let our guest's assessment stand for our own: "The first two-thirds weren't bad." more ›

There's a rotting foot at the heart of The Cure at Troy (through May 3 at the Rep, tickets: $10-$59); you can almost hear Philoctetes's leg oozing as he walks. The stench is described well enough to draw flies to the theatre. And when he loses his mind with pain, screaming about his wound cracking open, blood everywhere, you'd really like to be elsewhere, and maybe less nauseous. more ›