People inside the Met point to the high union and production costs for first-rate productions in a small house and shake their heads.

Much to the credit of this first-rate production, directed by Jesus Trevino, the issues are not given a simplistic treatment.

Not in years has a theater season closed with the last-minute arrival of such a variety of first-rate productions.

The cachet of the Public and the promise of a first-rate production with a really great audience.

Both are first-rate productions, and there is nothing more socially relevant on the boards in New York.

"The Baby Dance," which continues through Nov. 28, is receiving a first-rate production.

This highly unusual project has the invaluable benefit of a first-rate production.

"Say Anything," which opens today at the National and other theaters, resembles a first-rate production of a children's story.

But this weekend is featuring two first-rate productions, each very different from the other.

However, this is a minor quibble in an otherwise first-rate production.