Great performances have been easier to find than great plays on Broadway this season. Michael Gambon, making his U.S. stage debut last fall, stormed impressively through Skylight, a lesser work by David Hare. Antony Sher's luminous portrayal of English painter Stanley Spencer makes Pam Gems' Stanley look better than it probably is. Christopher Plummer is currently having a high old time impersonating the boozing thespian John Barrymore, though the vehicle, Barrymore, is little more than a facile stand-up monologue.
Janet McTeer, the latest Brit sensation to make her Broadway debut, has the advantage of bringing along a play really worthy of...
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