Isabelle Adjani’s return to the stage in “Lady of the Camellias,” after a 17-year absence, has transfixed Paris’s theater audiences this fall. More than 50,000 tickets have been sold for just 100 performances and the press has gushed over her return. But little has been said of her actual performance. “Is she any good on stage? To some extent, that’s beside the point. Basking in her stage aura is all that a good many people in France seem to want to do. This is not to single out French theatre-goers. The same is true in the West End and on Broadway. When a big star hits the boards, no one cares what the critics think.” – The Guardian