Tuesday, March 26, 2013
A delicious romp way downtown on the east side at the Richmond Shepard Theatre (huh? where?) - yes the former Vineyard theatre space, i presume - on East 26th almost in the river!Let's…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 08:26PMSunday, March 24, 2013
A powerhouse. Packs a punch. Profound. These are some of the words used to describe Jason Robert Brown's musical tour de force, The Last Five Years. Jamie and Cathy both si…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 08:19AMSaturday, March 9, 2013
What a dichotomy of emotions this play elicited. Superb acting and what I suspect is superb direction in what just might be the most self-indulgent, childish, selfish play I've ever pa…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 07:34AMFriday, March 8, 2013
Not a lot of 'happy' going on in this play. Amy Herzog, a fresh, young playwright takes us on a tour of two slightly 'off' individuals currently living in Paris. Why are they the…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 07:32AMSunday, March 3, 2013
"Tough as nails, Funny as hell." That just about sums it all up. Ann, a touching, heart-felt one-woman memoir of a classy and brassy southern belle makes it debut this spri…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 07:21AMSunday, February 10, 2013
Paul Downs Colaizzo takes a dull pencil-to-paper with his new work, Really Really. New take on an old issue? Rape. But as we come to learn, there are always three or four…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 12:31PMSunday, January 20, 2013
A play about addiction, redemption, hope, and family. It's a Pulitzer prize winning work by Quiara Alegria Hudes that reminds us of the absolute fragility of sobriety. The second in a …
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 11:19AMSaturday, January 5, 2013
Amy Herzog, last dazzled us with 4000 Miles at Lincoln Center Theater. Once again, in a magical and emotional journey into memory, identity, and truth, Ms. Herzog assisted by a fine ca…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 04:19PMTuesday, January 1, 2013
Sunday, December 30, 2012
The proverbial gun is not so proverbial in this 90-minute stinger over at the Cort Theater. The play opens at the literal and figurative end - loaded gun included. We're instant…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 03:52PMSaturday, December 29, 2012
Roma, once again, was right! Rob McClure is the shining centerpiece of this charming and delightful new bio-musical by Christopher Curtis & Thomas Meehan. Chaplin is an audac…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 09:49AMFriday, December 28, 2012
Roma was right. This play stinks. And when I say "this play", I mean the actual script itself. Theresa Rebeck got thrown off SMASH after the first season and someone should…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 09:46AMTuesday, December 25, 2012
OK, take a deep breath. Ready? This one is a mouthful. A delightful, delicious, and audaciously entertaining mouthful. Charles Dickens started a novel and died before it wa…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 03:35PMPaula Vogel has penned a historical perspective on an age-old tradition - Christmas. Her version is a dramatic triptych on the holiday which takes place during the civil war. Eac…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 09:34AMA brutally honest, raw, and sad tale told by Samuel D. Hunter over on 42nd Street at Playwrights Horizons. What do you get when you combine a morbidly obese man, an estranged daughter,…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 09:34AMSunday, November 4, 2012
Pretty much a 'Debbie Downer' over at Roundabout's Laura Pels. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out who was related to whom and why we were all here. As the vague plot unfo…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 12:13PMSunday, October 21, 2012
Summer is the perfect time for a silly romp on Broadway. Although I always regret not seeing things early in their run when they are more fresh and the audience is more of a "Broadway …
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 11:31PMA coming of age story (that's what we used to call bullying) of both boys and girls. Tough. Brutal. Honest. Powerful. Joe Mantello and Christopher Gattelli brin…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 11:31PMChad Beguelin's new play is delightful. A gay couple unexpectedly come upon a turning point in their relationship. Which road will they choose? It may not be the one you th…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 11:31PMAlexander Dinelaris' new play has taken a few years to make it to New York and it's pretty clear why you won't be seeing this one any time soon again. It's wordy, over-indulgent, a bit…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 11:31PMI'm frankly a bit confused by Lisa D'Amour's new play being presented over at Playwrights Horizons. It's seemingly missing a soul or at least one that director, Anne Kauffman failed to…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 11:31PMStephen Belber's new play, Don't Go Gentle, is a powerful and moving family and human drama. And with Michael Cristofer (Lawrence) at the helm, it's a bona-fide tour-de-force. Dav…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 11:31PMI'm not one of those people who attends sporting or political events and chants "U-S-A. U-S-A". But neither am I some bleeding-heart liberal who thinks a terrorist is an unavoidable pr…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 11:31PMA great book by Harvey Fierstein, knock-out music & lyrics by Cindi Lauper and some fresh direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchell will surely turn this out-of-town tryout into an in…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 11:31PMMonday, June 4, 2012
Off-off Broadway can be one of the best grounds for exciting, ground-breaking, and intellectually stimulating new works and Mark Ravenhill's new work, pool (no water), is no exception. …
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 06:41AMJohn Patrick Shanley's new work is a powder-keg. The third and final work in his trilogy that started with Doubt, continued with Defiance, now ends with Storefront Church. (One w…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 06:41AMSometimes a play off-off Broadway is a powerhouse production, a tour-de-force, a watershed event. Tiffany Antone's In the Company of Jane Doe is not one of those events.It's not that t…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 06:41AMMonday, May 28, 2012
Amy Herzog's play is receiving an extended chance at capturing hearts 8 times every week downstairs at the Mitzi Newhouse E.Theatre at Lincoln Center. A tender and pensive work, the pla…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 06:37AMA rare revival of Mary Chase's delightful and humorous Harvey is just beginning in the summer-slot at the Roundabout Theatre Company over at Studio 54. The adorable and perfectly talent…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 06:37AMMonday, May 21, 2012
Quite possibly one of the most engrossing, unique, emotionally charged plays of the season. Throw away all your theatrical pretense and spend 90 minutes immersed in a battle over John.…
Linked From Act Three - The Reviews at 06:33AMSunday, May 20, 2012
I went for another peak inside the development lab of a new work over at the Vineyard Theatre. Rule #1 - Thou shalt not blog about a work in process. Rule #2 - Enjoy yourself. &n…
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