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Friday, June 15, 2018

Half Time: Music, Mirror, and a Chance to Dance So-So Senior Hip-Hop by David Finkle

★★★ Jerry Mitchell directs-choreographs Donna McKechnie, Georgia Engel, André De Shields in a not-great Chorus Line take on aging dancers The post Half Time: Music, Mirror, and a Chan…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 03:16PM
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Desperate Measures: The Bard’s Measure for Measure Tuned Up by David Finkle

★★★★ Bookwriter-lyricist Peter Kellogg and composer David Friedman go west for a fun and frolicsome take on Shakespeare's "problem" play The post Desperate Measures: The Bard’s…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:15PM
Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Everyone’s Fine with Virginia Woolf: Everyone? Not So Fast by David Finkle

★ Elevator Repair Service goes at Edward Albee's classic to embarrassing results The post Everyone’s Fine with Virginia Woolf: Everyone? Not So Fast appeared first on New York Stage…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:00PM
Thursday, June 7, 2018

Secret Life of Humans: Humankind’s Rise Debated on Human Level by David Finkle

★★★★★ David Byrne's treatise involving culture hero Jacob Bronowski is dramatically ascendent The post Secret Life of Humans: Humankind’s Rise Debated on Human Level appeared…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:06PM
Thursday, May 31, 2018

Tchaikovsky, None But the Lonely Heart: Abundant Musical Heart by David Finkle

★★★★ Eve Wolf's book calls on actors and musicians to prove argument about aural emotions The post Tchaikovsky, None But the Lonely Heart: Abundant Musical Heart appeared first on Ne…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:05PM
Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Peace for Mary Frances: Sometimes Death and Dying Go On Too Long by David Finkle

★★★ The wonderful Lois Smith, directed by Lila Neugebauer, in Lily Thorne's well-cast death watch The post Peace for Mary Frances: Sometimes Death and Dying Go On Too Long appeared fir…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:02PM

The Beast in the Jungle: Henry James’ Work Dances on Uncertain Feet by David Finkle

★★★ Susan Stroman, David Thompson and John Kander get Irina Dvorovenko, Tony Yazbeck on their toes The post The Beast in the Jungle: Henry James’ Work Dances on Uncertain Feet ap…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:20PM
Monday, May 21, 2018

A Pink Chair (In Place of a Fake Antique): Wooster Group on Tadeusz Kantor by David Finkle

★★★★★ A fascinating tribute to the late, great Polish director/author and his Cricot 2 company The post A Pink Chair (In Place of a Fake Antique): Wooster Group on Tadeusz Kantor …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 03:16PM
Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Turning Off the Morning News: New Durang Satirical Sketch Sketchy by David Finkle

★ Emily Mann directs favorite Durang actor Kristine Nielsen, others to skimpy payoff The post Turning Off the Morning News: New Durang Satirical Sketch Sketchy appeared first on New York S…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:05AM
Sunday, May 13, 2018

Twelfth Night: The Quality of Shakespeare’s Comedy Woefully Strained by David Finkle

★ The usually exceptional Maria Aitken runs into trouble directing a cast working overtime to no avail. The post Twelfth Night: The Quality of Shakespeare’s Comedy Woefully Strained…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:30PM
Saturday, May 12, 2018

Long Day’s Journey into Night: O’Neill’s at Breakneck, Breakheart Pace by David Finkle

★★★★★ Richard Eyre brilliantly directs Jeremy Irons, Lesley Manville, Rory Keenan and Matthew Beard The post Long Day’s Journey into Night: O’Neill’s at Breakneck…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:31PM
Thursday, May 10, 2018

The Gentleman Caller: Tennessee Williams, William Inge Oddly Coupled by David Finkle

★★ Playwright Philip Dawkins roams freely through the famous playwrights' related lives The post The Gentleman Caller: Tennessee Williams, William Inge Oddly Coupled appeared first on Ne…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00PM
Monday, May 7, 2018

Light Shining in Buckinghamshire: Caryl Churchill’s History Lecture by David Finkle

★★★ Rachel Chavkin directs a talk-heavy look back at Oliver Cromwell's civil war The post Light Shining in Buckinghamshire: Caryl Churchill’s History Lecture appeared first on Ne…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:00PM
Thursday, May 3, 2018

Summer and Smoke: Ireland, Darrow Set Fire to Williams’ Hot Drama by David Finkle

★★★★★ Jack Cummings III stunningly directs the play that established the very idea of off-Broadway The post Summer and Smoke: Ireland, Darrow Set Fire to Williams’ Hot Dra…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:15PM

Unexpected Joy: Mothers, Daughters Vie, Singing Joyful Tunes by David Finkle

★★★★ Bill Russell writes the songs, Janet Hood the book for a maybe likely story of tolerance The post Unexpected Joy: Mothers, Daughters Vie, Singing Joyful Tunes appeared first on …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:00PM
Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Travesties: Tom Stoppard’s Brilliant Comedy Brilliantly Revived by David Finkle

★★★★★ Tom Hollander heads a just about perfect cast, directed just about perfectly by Patrick Marber The post Travesties: Tom Stoppard’s Brilliant Comedy Brilliantly Revived …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:00PM
Sunday, April 22, 2018

The Metromaniacs: David Ives Tickles a Rhyming French Mini-Classic by David Finkle

★★★ Alexis Prion is the now-all-but-forgotten comic writer whose spoof is reworked The post The Metromaniacs: David Ives Tickles a Rhyming French Mini-Classic appeared first on New Yo…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:00PM
Thursday, April 19, 2018

My Fair Lady: Shaw Goes Ibsen in Sher’s Appealing Revival by David Finkle

★★★★ Bartlett Sher directs Lauren Ambrose, Harry Hadden-Paton and an impeccable cast The post My Fair Lady: Shaw Goes Ibsen in Sher’s Appealing Revival appeared first on New Yo…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:44PM
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

The Seafarer: Conor McPherson’s Tense Drinking, Soul-Searching Tale by David Finkle

★★★★ Matthew Broderick heads an expert ensemble is this realistic-surrealistic drama The post The Seafarer: Conor McPherson’s Tense Drinking, Soul-Searching Tale appeared firs…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:00PM
Monday, April 16, 2018

Children of a Lesser God: Mark Medoff Prize Winner Back Forthrightly by David Finkle

★★★ Joshua Jackson as speech teacher to the deaf and Sarah Ridloff as unwilling student The post Children of a Lesser God: Mark Medoff Prize Winner Back Forthrightly appeared first on …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 06:18PM

"Glee" on TV: Is It the Best, the Worst or Both? by David Finkle

Let's talk a minute about my idea of this season's best and the worst television series: <em>Glee</em>.

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:12AM
Friday, April 13, 2018

The Sting: The Irresistible 1973 Oscar Flick as Irresistible Tuner by David Finkle

★★★★★ Harry Connick Jr. leads a cast directed by John Rando and choreographed by Warren Carlyle. The post The Sting: The Irresistible 1973 Oscar Flick as Irresistible Tuner appea…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 06:00PM

King Lear: Antony Sher Makes Foolish Old Age Memorable by David Finkle

★★★★ Director Gregory Doran runs mostly hot and sometimes cold on the Shakespeare masterpiece The post King Lear: Antony Sher Makes Foolish Old Age Memorable appeared first on New Y…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 06:52AM
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Miss You Like Hell: Hudes and McKeown View Mothers and Daughters by David Finkle

★★★ Rubin-Vega and Jiménez as an estranged mother and daughter renewing their love to songs The post Miss You Like Hell: Hudes and McKeown View Mothers and Daughters appeared first on…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00PM
Monday, April 9, 2018

The Winter’s Tale: Arin Arbus’ Austere–Too Austere?–Revival by David Finkle

★★★ The stage direction that goes "Exit, pursued by bear" gets it best showing ever The post The Winter’s Tale: Arin Arbus’ Austere–Too Austere?–Revival appeare…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 04:57PM
Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Feeding the Dragon: A Childhood Sometimes Charmed, Often Not by David Finkle

★★★ Writer-performer Sharon Washington remembers being the girl who lived in the library The post Feeding the Dragon: A Childhood Sometimes Charmed, Often Not appeared first on New Yor…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:59PM
Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Rocktopia: Rock and Classical Fight to the Death, Both Lose by David Finkle

★ Classic rock warhorses meet classical warhorses, but the singers, orchestra, and choir reach no agreement The post Rocktopia: Rock and Classical Fight to the Death, Both Lose appeared fi…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:01PM

Pygmalion: Delightful Shaw, With Only Spoken Music by David Finkle

★★★★ Bedlam's Eric Tucker directs a six-member cast with Vaishnavii Sharma as Eliza and himself as Higgins The post Pygmalion: Delightful Shaw, With Only Spoken Music appeared first …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 06:00PM
Thursday, March 15, 2018

Escape to Margaritaville: Jimmy Buffett Makes a Salted Musical by David Finkle

★★★★ Director Christopher Ashley lets bookwriters Greg Garcia and Mike O'Malley loose on Parrot Head faves.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:00PM
Sunday, March 11, 2018

Three Wise Guys: A New Runyon Guys and Dolls by David Finkle

★★★★ The Actors Company Theatre spends Christmas Eve 1923 by circuitously following an Eastern Star.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:00PM
Monday, January 15, 2018

Enda Walsh's "Disco Pigs" Cavorts to Static-y Inner Music by David Finkle

Pig (Colin Campbell) and Runt (Evanna Lynch) are heard before they’re seen in Enda Walsh’s 1996 Disco Pigs, now revived at

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 05:55PM

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