'Alchemist' Lacking the Midas Touch ; Kahn's Power to Transform Is Missing
The Washington Times › October 16, 2009
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You want to emerge from a comedy feeling lighter, like your burden has been lifted temporarily. However, the Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of "The Alchemist" weighs you down with the resentment of losing 2 1/2 hours you'll never get back again.
When director Michael Kahn is firing on all cylinders, he's unbeatable. Witness the virtuoso froth of his stagings of "Love's Labor's Lost" and "The Silent Woman."See the full content of this document
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'Alchemist' Lacking the Midas Touch ; Kahn's Power to Transform Is Missing
With Ben Jonson's 1610 play about greed and pretension, however, Mr. Kahn produces an evening of limp satire.
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