Explored individually, however, with minimal personal coloring, it doesn't quite rise to the level of compelling theater.

Mr. Saldinger paints a compelling theater of the self.

Sometimes this makes for compelling theater and sometimes it doesn't.

Still, that leaves 75 minutes of inventive and compelling theater, and you don't get to say that too often or often enough.

Sadly, it does not succeed as compelling theater.

It moves them to tears, unites them toward a common goal, and elevates their games to heights that create compelling theater.

Glitches aside, the inaugural event was compelling theater.

Small flaws aside, this is an evening of compelling musical theater.

Yet their compelling theater has won good reviews from some tough critics - doctors.

But classics or compelling new theater, no.