A Certain Mrs. Warren in Princeton

No spring in the air but lots of Shaw along with snow, frost, sleet. All appropriate weather motifs for classic theatre's favorite curmudgeon. On 42nd Street's Clurman Theatre, Caesar and Cleopatra offers one of that street's few non-Disney options. Downtown, The Players Club hosts Project Shaw's comedy of no manners, Bouyant Billions, on Feb. 16. And down the Jersey turnpike, Mrs. Warren and her career choice holds court among the Princeton Tigers.  I tip my split of good champagne to Mr. Shaw and hold confident that today's split will be tomorrow's magnum. After all, it is Hope Day #7.

Here is director Emily Mann's introduction to the complicated Mrs. Warren. She tells a delightful story about riots in New Haven over Shaw's play and an unfortunate football loss by Princeton to Yale.