Theater: Solid Sam Shepard, Half-Baked "Barbecue" And Muddled "Old Times"

FOOL FOR LOVE ** 1/2 out of **** BARBECUE ** 1/2 out of **** OLD TIMES ** out of **** FOOL FOR LOVE ** 1/2 out of **** MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB AT SAMUEL J. FRIEDMAN THEATRE I've spent my entire adult life watching the stock of playwright Sam Shepard fall. He was at his peak in the 1980s, with that iconic trade paperback of seven plays sporting his handsome mug on the cover. That compilation was just a blip on the radar for Shepard. He starred in the landmark film Days of Heaven in 1978. He won th...