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Sunday, September 29, 2013

First Nighter: "Massive Attack V Adam Curtis" Explains Today's World But Not Really by David Finkle

Massive Attack, by the way, was seen from time to time when the three screens at the end of the hall were backlit. (There

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:57PM
Thursday, September 26, 2013

First Nighter: Tennessee Williams's Memorable "Glass Menagerie," William Inge's Forgettable "Natural Affection" by David Finkle

As far as I know, the only remains of Laurette Taylor's performance in The Glass Menagerie as Amanda

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:20PM

First Nighter: Tennessee Williams's Memorable Glass Menagerie, William Inge's Forgettable Natural Affection by David Finkle

It was when Tennessee Williams took him to see <em>The Glass Menagerie</em> that William Inge decided to become a playwright -- very much influenced, as it turned out, by his pal.

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:20PM
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

First Nighter: In "Arguendo" Elevator Repair Service Makes a Good Argument for Unbridled Enjoyment by David Finkle

Although I can't say I followed everyone of the ins and outs of Elevator Repair Service's Arguendo, at the Public, I had...

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 03:46PM

First Nighter: In "Arguendo" Elevator Repair Service Makes a Good Argument for Unbridled Enjoyment by David Finkle

Although I can't say I followed everyone of the ins and outs of Elevator Repair Service's Arguendo, at the Public, I had

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 03:46PM
Friday, September 20, 2013

First NIghter: Basil Twist in Manhattan, IPA in Brooklyn by David Finkle

Anyone looking around New York City for something to do this weekend might want to check out the Japan Society in...

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:20PM

First NIghter: Basil Twist in Manhattan, IPA in Brooklyn by David Finkle

Anyone looking around New York City for something to do this weekend might want to check out the Japan Society in Manhattan

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:20PM
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

First Nighter: As Opera, Anna Nicole Goes Bust by David Finkle

In a way you can't fault underfunded New York City Opera general manager and artistic director George Steel for scheduling Anna Nicole, now at BAM, as the opening for what could be the revam…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:08PM

First Nighter: As Opera, Anna Nicole Goes Bust by David Finkle

In a way you can't fault underfunded New York City Opera general manager and artistic director George Steel for scheduling <em>Anna Nicole</em>, now at BAM, as the opening for wh…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:08PM
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

First Nighter: Ethan Coen's "Women or Nothing" Doesn't Add Up to Enough More Than Nothing by David Finkle

If you think Broadway boulevard comedies are a thing of the past, you'd better think again. Ethan Coen--the half of the...

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:32AM

First Nighter: Ethan Coen's "Women or Nothing" Doesn't Add Up to Enough More Than Nothing by David Finkle

If you think Broadway boulevard comedies are a thing of the past, you'd better think again. Ethan Coen--the half of the cinema's

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:32AM
Monday, September 16, 2013

Seasons Come, Seasons Go, But Theater is Forever by David Finkle

What lies ahead on the road to Broadway, off- and off-off always looks bright in the Fall.

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 11:02AM

First Nighter: Anne Washburn's "Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play" Does Go On and On and... by David Finkle

"I've never actually seen an episode of The Simpsons," Gibson (Gibson Frazier) admits in the first section of Anne Washburn's...

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 01:55AM

First Nighter: Anne Washburn's "Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play" Does Go On and On and... by David Finkle

"I've never actually seen an episode of The Simpsons," Gibson (Gibson Frazier) admits in the first section of Anne Washburn's

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 01:55AM
Sunday, September 15, 2013

First Nighter: David Staller Tells Bernard Shaw's "You Never Can Tell" Rather Well by David Finkle

David Staller is likely the current world authority on George Bernard Shaw. For quite some time, under the auspices of...

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:29PM

First Nighter: David Staller Tells Bernard Shaw's "You Never Can Tell" Rather Well by David Finkle

David Staller is likely the current world authority on George Bernard Shaw. For quite some time, under the auspices of the

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:29PM
Sunday, September 8, 2013

First Nighter: Regina Taylor Confronts the Computer Age Poorly, Matt Charman Does It Better by David Finkle

Whatever Regina Taylor is trying to get across in stop. reset., at the Pershing Square Signature Center's Romulus Linney

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:58PM

First Nighter: Regina Taylor Confronts the Computer Age Poorly, Matt Charmian Does It Better by David Finkle

Whatever Regina Taylor is trying to get across in stop. reset., at the Pershing Square Signature Center's Romulus Linney,...

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:58PM
Thursday, September 5, 2013

First Nighter: Lucy Thurber's Five Hill Town Plays Progress From Must-See to Less-Need-to-See by David Finkle

There's nothing wrong in presenting a cycle about a character progressing from damaging childhood to escape from psychological entrapment adulthood. Indeed, it's a great idea. But the over…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:57PM

First Nighter: Lucy Thurber's Five Hill Town Plays Progress From Must-See to Less-Need-to-See by David Finkle

There's nothing wrong in presenting a cycle about a character progressing from damaging childhood to escape from psychological entrapment adulthood. Indeed, it's a great idea. But the over…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:57PM
Monday, September 2, 2013

Julie Harris: A Devoted Fan Remembers by David Finkle

She loved Theater, and Theater requited the long affair.

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 12:11PM
Friday, August 16, 2013

First Nighter: "Soul Doctor" Celebrates Singing Rabbi Carlebach by David Finkle

Consider it my embarrassing oversight that Shlomo Carlebach was news to me when I showed up for Soul Doctor, the new...

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:26AM

First Nighter: "Soul Doctor" Celebrates Singing Rabbi Carlebach by David Finkle

Consider it my embarrassing oversight that Shlomo Carlebach was news to me when I showed up for Soul Doctor, the new musical

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:26AM
Monday, August 12, 2013

First Nighter: "Love's Labour's Lost" Loses More Than Wins in the Park; Downtown's "Under the Greenwood Tree" As You'll Like It by David Finkle

It would be a pleasant chore to report that Shakespeare in the Park's Love's Labour's Lost is an amusingly silly musical

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:16PM

First Nighter: "Love's Labour's Lost" Loses More Than Wins in the Park; Downtown's "Under the Greenwood Tree" As You'll Like It by David Finkle

It would be a pleasant chore to report that Shakespeare in the Park's Love's Labour's Lost is an amusingly silly musical...

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:16PM
Thursday, August 8, 2013

First Nighter: "The Designated Mourner" Still Wallace Shawn's Masterpiece, Only More So by David Finkle

Wallace Shawn's darkly sublime three-hour play--and worth every devastating minute of it--The Designated Mourner was done

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 03:34PM

First Nighter: "The Designated Mourner" Still Wallace Shawn's Masterpiece, Only More So by David Finkle

Wallace Shawn's darkly sublime three-hour play--and worth every devastating minute of it--The Designated Mourner was...

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 03:34PM
Monday, August 5, 2013

Is the New York Musical Theatre Festival Musical Enough? by David Finkle

NYMF works gangbusters in theory, but what about in reality?

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 10:42AM
Sunday, August 4, 2013

First Nighter: Tina Howe, Alan Zweibel Take 59E59 Theatre's "Summer Shorts" One-Act Cake by David Finkle

The old saw about saving the best for last is honored during Summer Shorts 2013 at 59E59. The Series A post-intermission,

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:01PM

First Nighter: Tina Howe, Alan Zweibel Take 59E59 Theatre's "Summer Shorts" One-Act Cake by David Finkle

The old saw about saving the best for last is honored during Summer Shorts 2013 at 59E59. The Series A post-intermission

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:01PM
Friday, August 2, 2013

First Nighter: "rogerandtom" Clever but Maybe Too Clever; "I Forgive You, Ronald Reagan" Partially Forgivable by David Finkle

Playwriting as therapy is hardly a new concept. It might even be a challenge to find a single work in the annals that...

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 03:02PM

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