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Sunday, March 16, 2014

Appropriate by Brian Scott Lipton

I imagine “Appropriate” will generate a lot of discussion among audiences, but perhaps not the type the playwright was hoping for.

SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:13PM
Thursday, March 13, 2014

Review: Rocky by Brian Scott Lipton

The truly cinematic feel makes "Rocky" a ticket worth fighting for.

SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:38PM
Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Review: Satchmo at the Waldorf by Brian Scott Lipton

Actor John Douglas Thompson gives the kind of performance that deserves a standing ovation, and will likely get one every night.

SOURCE: cititour.com at 09:34PM
Sunday, March 2, 2014

Review: Stage Kiss by Brian Scott Lipton

Sarah Ruhl’s plays will leave you admiring her audacity and original voice (whether you love or hate the actual work) and Jessica Hecht will deliver a performance – comic, tragic, or bot…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:39PM
Monday, February 24, 2014

Theater Review: Kung Fu by Brian Scott Lipton

The life of the late martial arts legend-movie star Bruce Lee is told with little subtlety but enormous theatricality in David Henry Hwang’s new play Kung Fu, premiering at the Pershing Sq…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:31PM
Friday, February 21, 2014

Sutton Foster Will Be Up There In Lights Again by Brian Scott Lipton

  “I give you fair warning. Up there, in lights, I’ll be!” When 22-year-old Sutton Foster sang those hopeful Martin … Read More →

SOURCE: nytheatremag.com at 04:51PM
Thursday, February 6, 2014

Bronx Bombers by Brian Scott Lipton

Yankees fans will cheer for this play about baseball’s greatest team.

SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:10PM
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Intimacy by Brian Scott Lipton

Thomas Bradshaw’s play is more about copious nudity than the need to connect emotionally.

SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:44PM
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Review: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by Brian Scott Lipton

Actor Sheldon Best lives up to his name with his electrifying performance as Colin in the Atlantic Theater Company’s mostly engrossing production of The Loneliness of the Long Distance Run…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:09PM
Friday, January 17, 2014

Theater Review: Machinal by Brian Scott Lipton

Dramatizations of unhappy women killing their husbands often end up like histrionic Lifetime movies, but few works on the subject land with the power of the Lyndsey Turner’s breathtaking p…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 12:17AM

Theater Review: Loot by Brian Scott Lipton

Joe Orton’s off-kilter comedy Loot still has the power to shock – and to have audiences roaring with laughter.

SOURCE: cititour.com at 12:16AM
Sunday, January 12, 2014

Theater Review: Beautiful--TheCarole King Musical by Brian Scott Lipton

Proving once again that there is both a right way (“Jersey Boys”) and a wrong way (“Baby It’s You”) to create a so-called “jukebox musical,” Beautiful, now at the Stephen Sondh…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:25PM
Saturday, December 21, 2013

George Street Playhouse has Production Values of a “Saint” by Brian Scott Lipton

New Jersey may be known for many things, including The Sopranos and Jersey Shore, but many people are unaware of … Read More →

SOURCE: nytheatremag.com at 10:09AM
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

The Night Alive by Brian Scott Lipton

Ciaran Hinds gives a spectacular performance in Conor McPherson’s moving play.

SOURCE: cititour.com at 01:40AM
Monday, December 9, 2013

STRANGERS AND FRIENDS by Brian Scott Lipton

Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart deliver the absurdity and comedy in these two plays with expert hands.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 11:31AM
Sunday, December 8, 2013

Review: Cheri by Brian Scott Lipton

Since its inception over 20 years, Signature Theatre has often challenged its audiences, and the award-winning company is doing so once again with Cheri, Martha Clarke’s moody, mostly sile…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 09:45PM
Thursday, December 5, 2013

Review: What’s It All About? Bacharach Reimagined by Brian Scott Lipton

Canadian-born Broadway and pop star Kyle Riabko is putting his own spin on Bacharach's superlative songs in a thoroughly engaging 90-minute theatrical revue at New York Theatre Workshop.

SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:10PM
Friday, November 22, 2013

Theater Review: The Commons of Pensacola by Brian Scott Lipton

Sarah Jessica Parker returns to the stage in this intriguing drama.

SOURCE: cititour.com at 12:00AM
Thursday, November 21, 2013

Theater Review: Small Engine Repair by Brian Scott Lipton

This twisty drama takes audiences on a 75-minute thrill ride.

SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:31AM
Sunday, November 17, 2013

Theater Review: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder by Brian Scott Lipton

Should we really be laughing while eight – count ‘em eight – English aristocrats meet their grisly ends?

SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:35PM
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Review: Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays by Brian Scott Lipton

It’s been about 450 Sundays since I first saw Billy Crystal fill the Imperial Theatre to the brim with his theatrical memoir, 700 Sundays, and revisiting this very special solo show is lik…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:46PM
Sunday, November 10, 2013

Twelfth Night/Richard III by Brian Scott Lipton

“Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight” Stephen Sondheim wrote in the opening of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” and that dictum can now come true for those audiences me…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:09PM
Friday, November 8, 2013

Theater Review: The Jacksonian by Brian Scott Lipton

Audiences who know Beth Henley only from her quirky Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy, “Crimes of the Heart,” are in for a bit of a shock while watching “The Jacksonian.”

SOURCE: cititour.com at 12:21AM
Thursday, November 7, 2013

Theater Review: Domesticated by Brian Scott Lipton

Few playwrights know how to get the conversation flowing – onstage and off – like Bruce Norris.

SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:55PM
Friday, November 1, 2013

Theater Review: Betrayal starring Daniel Craig by Brian Scott Lipton

In his screen adventures as James Bond, Daniel Craig is immeasurably fond of his martinis (shaken, not stirred, of course). But as the cuckolded book publisher Robert in Mike Nichols’ invo…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 12:03AM
Thursday, October 24, 2013

Review: The Snow Geese by Brian Scott Lipton

Is it Ibsen? Is it Chekhov? No, as it happens, The Snow Geese, now bowing at the Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, is the work of current-day dramatist Sharr White.

SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:39PM
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Review: Fun Home by Brian Scott Lipton

Coming to terms with one’s past can be a challenge for most people – but for Alison Bechdel, who intently wonders if her coming out as a lesbian during college resulted in the suicide of…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:20PM
Monday, October 14, 2013

Review: The Seagull by Brian Scott Lipton

In the case of acclaimed British director Max Stafford Clark’s revival of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, now being presented by the Culture Project at 45 Bleecker, I had two initial reason…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 12:00AM
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Review: A Night with Janis Joplin by Brian Scott Lipton

If Mary Bridget Davies doesn’t break a piece of your heart in A Night With Janis Joplin, the accomplished bioplay-cum-rock concert now being smartly staged at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre, …

SOURCE: cititour.com at 09:59PM
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Bronx Bombers by Brian Scott Lipton

The 2013 season may be over for the New York Yankees, but fans of the boys in pinstripes can still get their fix at the Duke on 42nd Street thanks to the Primary Stages’ world premiere pro…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 09:00PM
Thursday, September 26, 2013

Review: The Glass Menagerie by Brian Scott Lipton

The exquisitely calibrated work of four remarkable actors, led by two-time Tony Award winner Cherry Jones, bring a fresh dose of both poignancy and humor to this enduring masterpiece.

SOURCE: cititour.com at 09:58PM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime