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The New York Times

"Missionary Men With Confidence in Sunshine"

BEN BRANTLEY Published: March 24, 2011
This is to all the doubters and deniers out there, the ones who say that heaven on Broadway does not exist, that it’s only some myth our ancestors dreamed up [...] Read »

Los Angeles Times

"'The Book of Mormon' at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre"

CHARLES McNULTY Published: March 24, 2011
If the sound of doorbells has ever provoked bigger guffaws in the theater, there must be some forgotten comedy gem about Avon ladies. [...] Read »

The New York Times

"50 Years of Wedded Life in Two Acts"

SYLVIANE GOLD Published: August 20, 2010
So you wonder, as the evening begins and Agnes and Michael shyly consummate their marriage — it is 1898, after all — if Ms. Baldwin and Mr. Cleale will be able to keep you interested for the next 50 years. The answer, unequivocally, is yes. [...] Read »

The New York Times

"A More Intimate 'Passion' Throws Off Its Inhibitions"

BEN BRANTLEY Published: June 20, 1996
The show belongs to Mr. Cleale's Giorgio. Mr. Cleale, seen on Broadway in "Swinging on a Star," is a rarity in American musicals: a bona fide leading man whose strength of presence relies less on gung-ho showmanship than an aura of gentle sensitivity. [...] Read »