War Horse, a "play" at The Vivian Beaumont, Lincoln Center Theater. War Horse, is one long "coup de theatre" an amazing and near miraculous use of enormous horse puppets to tell a simplistic childen's story about a boy going to battle in WWI to recover his beloved horse, Joey. The story is harrowing at times, but it is not "Journey's End." On the other hand, you wouldn't find five year olds in the audience for "Journey's End" like you do at "War Horse." The acting is about as provincial as it can get for a Broadway level play, shades of the miserable Beth Powley (from the revival of "Arcadia") the Brits have lately been sending us either their best (Mark Rylance) or their worst. But in the end (and a very dramatic end it is) the puppets are so beautiful and effective, and the story gripping, that it all works, especially as a first play to take a youngster to. This was not even close to being the best Broadway play of the season (that would be "Good People") but it is a great two and a half hours in the theater. Broadway Bridge and Tunnel Test Grade A