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Sunday, June 9, 2013

At the Tony Awards with Bernadette Peters by Brian Scott Lipton

On the red carpet with actress Bernadette Peters at the 67th Annual Tony Awards

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Review: Sontag: Reborn by Brian Scott Lipton

One of the world's great intellectuals — and tough cookies — Susan Sontag might have appeared to observers as having emerged from the womb with an overwhelming sense of superiority and s…

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Review: Somewhere Fun by Brian Scott Lipton

Words, words, words. The characters in Jenny Schwartz's provocative new play, Somewhere Fun, now being given a first-rate production at the Vineyard Theatre, chatter on constantly, sometimes…

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Review: Far from Heaven by Brian Scott Lipton

If any questions remains why Kelli O’Hara has become musical theater’s most sought-after leading lady, look no further than Playwrights Horizons, where the three-time Tony Award nominee …

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Interviews: Carolee Carmello is Enjoying Being a Tony Award Nominee…Again by Brian Scott Lipton

Could the third time be the charm for Tony Award nominee Carolee Carmello? The beloved actress was previously recognized for her work in Parade and Lestat, and this year she earned a nod for…

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Friday, May 31, 2013

Review: Ensemble Studio Theatre 34th Marathon of One Act Plays, Series B by Brian Scott Lipton

Diners who frequently sample tasting menus know that the appetizers are usually the highlight of that kind of meal. But the chefs who have put together Ensemble Studio Theatre's 34th Maratho…

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Review: Around the World in 80 Days by Brian Scott Lipton

It would be impossible to match onstage the visual spectacle of the 1956 Oscar-winning film version of Around the World in 80 Days. However, Rachel Klein's thoroughly inventive production of…

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Saturday, May 25, 2013

Review : Lea Salonga "Back to Before" by Brian Scott Lipton

It’s not surprising that 22 years have changed Lea Salonga from the innocent ingénue who broke our hearts in Miss Saigon to the remarkably confident (and even more gorgeous) woman standin…

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Review: The Weir by Brian Scott Lipton

Theatergoers who live alone — or are easily frightened — are advised to attend a matinee of Conor McPherson's powerful 1997 drama The Weir, which is receiving a highly accomplished reviv…

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Review: The Master Builder by Brian Scott Lipton

Unhappy middle-aged men often make bad life choices, from leaving their devoted wives for a 20-something gold-digging bimbo to going into debt to buy a Ferrari. But Halvard Solness, the titl…

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Friday, May 17, 2013

Review - Colin Quinn: Unconstitutional by Brian Scott Lipton

If you’re in need of a good laugh, it would be unwise to skip Unconstitutional right now.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Review: Natasha, Pierre by Brian Scott Lipton

In the restaurant world, great atmosphere often substitutes for the need to serve great food. Fortunately, theatergoers visiting Kazino, the lavishly decorated 6,000-square-foot supper club …

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Monday, May 13, 2013

Interviews: Broadway's Lindsay Mendez on Making Her New CD, Earning a Drama Desk Nomination, and Flying High in Wicked by Brian Scott Lipton

Right now, Lindsay Mendez could be found in the dictionary under "U" for ubiquitous, but that's no problem for the talented actress or her many fans. She will be at Joe's Pub on Wednesday, M…

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Review: On Your Toes by Brian Scott Lipton

Irina Dvorovenko has got legs — and she knows how to use them. The great Russian ballerina's remarkable flexibility is no surprise to regulars of American Ballet Theatre, but Broadway musi…

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Review: Alondra Was Here by Brian Scott Lipton

A man and a woman, originally strangers, come together in a futuristic society where people mysteriously disappear. Will their love survive? Will good triumph over evil? No, you're not readi…

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Monday, May 6, 2013

Review: Nikolai and the Others by Brian Scott Lipton

Russian intellectuals are hardly a new sight onstage at Lincoln Center, but audiences expecting the skillfull melding of fact and fiction that were the hallmark in Tom Stoppard's three-part …

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Review: Bull by Brian Scott Lipton

Many of us know what it feels like to fight to keep one's job in today's economy. But tough-talking British playwright Mike Bartlett — last represented on these shores by the provocative C…

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Special Reports: Facts Every Tony and Drama Desk Enthusiast Should Know About This Year's Nominees by Brian Scott Lipton

We won't know the big winners of the 2013 Drama Desk and Tony Awards until May 19 and June 9, respectively. But here are some things we do know about many of the productions, actors, and des…

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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Review: Here Lies Love by Brian Scott Lipton

The finest new musical of the 2012-2013 season!

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Friday, April 26, 2013

Review: The Testament of Mary by Brian Scott Lipton

Mothers are consistently celebrated for their deep, abiding love towards their children -- and perhaps no more so than the Virgin Mary. But in Colm Toibin’s provocative and often searing m…

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Review: Pippin by Brian Scott Lipton

There are so many magical doings onstage at the Music Box Theater in Diane Paulus' superlative staging of the 1972 musical Pippin, you often don't know where to look. Gorgeous tumblers and h…

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Review: I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers by Brian Scott Lipton

There's a lot less eating on the stage of the Booth Theatre by the voracious Hollywood agent Sue Mengers than one might expect in Tony Award winner John Logan's delicious new bioplay, I'll E…

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Review: The Trip to Bountiful by Brian Scott Lipton

It may be a cliché that home is where the heart is, but no playwright has ever made those words seem more universal than the late Horton Foote in his plays about his home state of Texas. An…

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Sunday, April 21, 2013

Review: Macbeth by Brian Scott Lipton

Without question, Alan Cumming is toiling mightily upon the stage of Broadway's Barrymore Theatre in the National Theatre of Scotland's version of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. For just und…

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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Review: Jekyll & Hyde by Brian Scott Lipton

Artistically, there’s no really good reason to revive Jekyll & Hyde. This 1997 tuner is a shoddily plotted, musically bombastic retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel about …

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Review: The Big Knife by Brian Scott Lipton

Bobby Cannavale has charisma to spare, which proves to be a good thing since he’s on stage practically every minute of Doug Hughes’ lavish yet leaden revival of Clifford Odets’ melodra…

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Review: Orphans by Brian Scott Lipton

The perils of star casting on Broadway have been constant fodder for gossip mills in the past several years, most recently with director Daniel Sullivan's seemingly ill-fated decision to cho…

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Review: The Assembled Parties by Brian Scott Lipton

If Neil Simon had somehow mated with A.R. Gurney, would they have produced Richard Greenberg? This odd question raced through my mind at Greenberg's often hilarious, bittersweet new play, Th…

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Monday, April 15, 2013

Review: The Nance by Brian Scott Lipton

No custom-made suit could fit Nathan Lane quite as beautifully as the role of Chauncey Miles in Douglas Carter Beane's ambitious and affecting new play, The Nance, now being presented by Lin…

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Sunday, April 14, 2013

Review: Motown: The Musical by Brian Scott Lipton

The music business is full of people who might say that Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. is his own worst enemy, and based on Broadway's Motown: The Musical, now at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, …

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Review: The Call by Brian Scott Lipton

The decision to embrace motherhood. The challenges of cross-cultural adoption. The poor medical conditions in Africa that have led to millions dying of AIDS. Tanya Barfield is to be commende…

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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