Darren Franich — Theater Critic

William Shatner must be one of world's great dinner guests. You can imagine sitting next to him for a couple hours and listening to myriad name-dropping anecdotes: that time he served as Christopher Plummer's understudy in Henry V, or that time he costarred on Playhouse 90with a forgetful Lon Chaney Jr., or that time he met Koko, the sign-language-using gorilla. You've heard some of the stories before. Most of them go on too long. But Shatner is never less than charming. Anyhow, it's just dinner.

William Shatner must be one of world's great dinner guests. You can imagine sitting next to him for a couple hours and listening to myriad name-dropping anecdotes: that time he served as Christopher Plummer's understudy in Henry V, or that time he costarred on Playhouse 90with a forgetful Lon Chaney Jr., or that time he met Koko, the sign-language-using gorilla. You've heard some of the stories before. Most of them go on too long. But Shatner is never less than charming. Anyhow, it's just dinner.