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Thursday, October 22, 2015

Review: Dames at Sea by Brian Scott Lipton

Tap your troubles away at this delightful old-fashioned musical.

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Friday, October 16, 2015

Review: Perfect Arrangement by Brian Scott Lipton

Perfect Arrangement is "an incredibly smart, funny, and remarkably topical comedy."

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Thursday, October 8, 2015

Review: Fool for Love by Brian Scott Lipton

Sam Rockwell and Nina Arianda star in the revival of Sam Shepard OBIE-winning 1983 drama "Fool for Love."

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Monday, October 5, 2015

Review: Cloud NIne by Brian Scott Lipton

Caryl Churchill's 1978 masterpiece "Cloud Nine" is receiving its first major New York revival in a splendid production at the Atlantic Theater Company.

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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Review: Daddy Long Legs by Brian Scott Lipton

Megan McGinnis is exquisite in the new two-character musical "Daddy Long Legs."

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Monday, September 28, 2015

Review: Spring Awakening by Brian Scott Lipton

Those experiencing the show for the first time are likely to be mesmerized!

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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Review: The Christians by Brian Scott Lipton

We've all had a change of heart, but can one really have a change of faith? That's the question at the center of Lucas Hnath's new play, "The Christians"...

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Monday, August 31, 2015

Review: A Delicate Ship by Brian Scott Lipton

"A Delicate Ship" navigates tricky if familiar waters, and does so with remarkable finesse and grace.

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Friday, August 28, 2015

Review: Whorl Inside a Loop by Brian Scott Lipton

...actress Sherie Rene Scott and her "Everyday Rapture" collaborator Dick Scanlan have shed their own particular light on the dark side of human nature in the excellent play "Whorl Inside a …

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Friday, August 7, 2015

Review: Hamilton by Brian Scott Lipton

History is made, in more ways than one, in "Hamilton," the consistently thrilling, often groundbreaking new musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda...

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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Review: The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey by Brian Scott Lipton

Among the most amazing feats the very gifted solo artist James Lescene performs in "The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey" is turning the title character into flesh and blood, though we …

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Review: King Liz by Brian Scott Lipton

Watching "King Liz," Fernanda Coppel's ambitious if hopelessly muddled play about a high-powered female sports agent, is reminiscent of being at a recent Knick game.

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Thursday, July 23, 2015

Review - Colin Quinn: The New York Story by Brian Scott Lipton

Colin Quinn is extremely funny under Jerry Seinfeld's almost invisible direction.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Review: Ruthless by Brian Scott Lipton

Early on in "Ruthless!" Joel Paley and Marvin Laird's deliciously campy musical, now getting a superior revival at St. Luke's...

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Sunday, July 12, 2015

Review: Penn & Teller on Broadway by Brian Scott Lipton

The laughs come as often, if not moreso, than the oohs-and-ahs at "Penn & Teller on Broadway...

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Review: Doctor Faustus by Brian Scott Lipton

Chris Noth is clearly attracted to playing men of power and arrogance. Noth is now making a return to the New York stage in the title role of Christopher Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus."

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

The Qualms by Brian Scott Lipton

No contemporary playwright has taken a scalpel to the so-called morality and hypocrisy of modern-day America with the same efficiency " never mind, glee " as Bruce Norris.

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The Tempest by Brian Scott Lipton

In many ways, Shakespeare's "The Tempest" has always struck me as sort of a fractured fairy-tale, with its magician/protagonist Prospero, at its center, shape-shifting spirits, gruesome mons…

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Thursday, June 4, 2015

Review: Heisenberg by Brian Scott Lipton

Madness and mania seem to suit Mary-Louise Parker in Heisenberg.

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Review: Jesse Eisenberg in "The Spoils" by Brian Scott Lipton

It would be easy enough to call Jesse Eisenberg's new play "The Spoiled," instead of its actual title "The Spoils." For that adjective seems to perfectly fit its main character, Ben (played …

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Friday, May 29, 2015

Review: Cagney by Brian Scott Lipton

If you were looking for someone to play Cagney, you simply could not do better than Robert Creighton, the Broadway veteran giving a star-making performance in the title role of the York Thea…

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Monday, May 25, 2015

IRISH RAIN by Brian Scott Lipton

Superb performances bring John Patrick Shanley’s delicious use of language to life.

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SHAKY VOWS by Brian Scott Lipton

Pam MacKinnon directs an often-piercing revival of Donald Margulies’ Pulitzer Prize-winning relationship drama.

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COMMANDER IN CHIEF by Brian Scott Lipton

Bryan Cranston makes his Broadway debut as the formidable Lyndon Johnson in this three-hour powerhouse.

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SHOOTING BLANKS by Brian Scott Lipton

Having all the ingredients does not necessarily make a cake.

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PLAY BY PLAY by Brian Scott Lipton

Ironically, a play about cutting a script down runs unnecessarily long.

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MAKE ME A STAR by Brian Scott Lipton

A small Irish village jumps to attention when a Hollywood production comes to town.

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BELTWAY BOMBAST by Brian Scott Lipton

There s a lot of talk crammed into the 30-year span of Anthony Giardina’s compelling new play, with the personal and political intertwined.

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SEXUAL NEEDS by Brian Scott Lipton

Penelope Skinner’s brave play breaks apart stereotypes about women and their desires.

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BEGINNING TO LIBERATE by Brian Scott Lipton

Sarah Treem s play reminds us how far we ve come on social issues over the last four decades.

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DO I REALLY KNOW YOU? by Brian Scott Lipton

Anna Gunn and Billy Magnussen are excellent in Laura Eason’s compelling new play.

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