Harper Regan is a devastating play about the unknowability of humankind and the trust and faith that's required by the human heart.

Martin Crimp is back with his latest play, The City, in a bewitching production from Katie Mitchell that overrides much of what is irksome about the text.

This much can be said about Fram: It dares to reach out in many directions. Unfortunately, it strikes out in most of them.

Shakespeare's history plays are given superb productions by the RSC. Four are on view right now (Richard II, Henry IV, Part One and Two, and Henry V) The other four await in the wings.

And you thought General Sherman's scorched-earth tactics left disaster in its wake. The musical version of Gone With the Wind is in that category.