Thirty years after its initial Broadway run, Scottish actor Ewan McGregor is heading an all-star cast in the latest revival of Tom Stoppard's Tony winning play, "The Real Thing," about love, truth, marriage and infidelity.
McGregor is Henry, a witty, British playwright, who is married to an actress named Charlotte, played by Cynthia Nixon, but is having an affair with Annie, Maggie Gyllenhaal character, also an actress.
While Variety described McGregor's performance as "impressive", the New York Post found him "too cuddly."
Reviews for Gyllenhaal were also mixed with USA Today saying her Annie was grounded from the start with an "effortless sensuality." But, the New York Times said "she seems more like a visiting lecturer on the subject of passion rather than its avatar."
Stoppard's script is sprinkled with Henry's favorite pop songs that the cast sing together.
While the music irked some critics, the New York Post thought it worked, but found the overall
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