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Monday, August 7, 2017

McBroom, Simmons, Mason, Molaskey Send Forth Top-Drawer CDs by David Finkle

Voices – Amanda McBroom (Gecko Records): Wounded hearts are one of the collection’s pressing themes, perhaps the overarching

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Neil LaBute Helps Put Summer Shorts 2017 B Series in Winners Column by David Finkle

The risk of asking friends to be totally honest is the prickly subject of Wedding Bash, the middle Summer Shorts 2017 B series

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:29AM
Thursday, August 3, 2017

In "Curvy Widow" Bobby Goldman Holds Out Hope for Somewhat Merry Widows by David Finkle

She’s a widow as the leading lady of the musical. She wants to rejoin life. She’s considering getting married again but needs

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Sunday, July 30, 2017

A Solid New York Musical Festival Hit in "The Goree All-Girl String Band," Two Non-Hits by David Finkle

For anyone wondering if the New York Musical Festival has a genuine hit in this year’s line-up, The Goree All-Girl String

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:15PM
Friday, July 28, 2017

Mark Nadler Enthusiastically Opens New Manhattan Cabaret Room, The Beach Club by David Finkle

Mark Nadler, who’s been performing in cabaret since 1971, has opened, his own intimate boite on Manhattan’s Upper East Side

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Mark Nadler Enthusiastically Opens New Manhattan Cabaret Room, The Beach Café by David Finkle

Mark Nadler, who’s been performing in cabaret since 1971, has opened, his own intimate boite on Manhattan’s Upper East Side

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:10PM
Wednesday, July 26, 2017

David Grossman's "To the End of the Land" Compellingly Transported to the Stage by David Finkle

Families at war are a mini-trend at this Lincoln Center Festival 2017. First, there was Mohammad Al Attar’s While I Was Waiting

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Sunday, July 23, 2017

"Money Talks The Musical," "Me & Ella," Musicals to Know About But Not Rush Off To by David Finkle

David Friedman has written a long series of first-rate songs, many of them having become cabaret standards introduced by

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Thursday, July 20, 2017

In the Deliberately Domestic "While I Was Waiting" Mohammad Al Attar Shows Us Syria Today by David Finkle

Since it’s not every day a New York City stage is host to a Syrian playwright and a Syrian director commenting on conditions

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 05:12PM
Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Tony Kushner's Great "Angels in America," Under Marianne Elliott's Direction and Starring Andrew Garfield and Nathan Lane, Is Screened World by David Finkle

Tony Kushner’s Angels in America—divided in parts “Millennium Approaches” and “Perestroika—is arguably the great American

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:57AM

Tony Kushner's Great "Angels in America," Under Marianne Elliott's Direction and Starring Andrew Garfield and Nathan Lane, Is Screened World by David Finkle

Tony Kushner’s Angels in America—divided in parts “Millennium Approaches” and “Perestroika—is arguably the great American

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:57AM

Tony Kushner's Great "Angels in America," Under Marianne Elliott's Direction and Starring Andrew Garfield and Nathan Lane, Is Screened World by David Finkle

Tony Kushner’s Angels in America—divided in parts “Millennium Approaches” and “Perestroika—is arguably the great American

SOURCE: www.huffpost.com at 10:57AM
Thursday, July 13, 2017

Three New Manhattan Musicals: One Outstanding, One Okay, One Very Bad by David Finkle

As a follow-up to last year’s National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene hit, The Golden Bride, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage

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Wednesday, July 5, 2017

In London Three Worthy Political Entries And One Apolitical Dud by David Finkle

London—Since most plays are to a greater or lesser extent political, there’s no surprise that blatant or only slightly veiled

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:53PM
Friday, June 30, 2017

London's Mild "Wind in the Willows," Amusingly Scottish "Twelfth Night," Hilariously Four-Mouthed "Our Ladies of Perpetual Su by David Finkle

London—In a town cheered worldwide for theater, there are fewer productions on offer these days. The first explanations could

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:54AM

London's Mild "Wind in the Willows," Amusingly Scottish "Twelfth Night," Hilariously Four-Mouthed "Our Ladies of Perpetual Su by David Finkle

London—In a town cheered worldwide for theater, there are fewer productions on offer these days. The first explanations could

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:54AM

London's Mild "Wind in the Willows," Amusingly Scottish "Twelfth Night," Hilariously Four-Mouthed "Our Ladies of Perpetual Su by David Finkle

London—In a town cheered worldwide for theater, there are fewer productions on offer these days. The first explanations could

SOURCE: www.huffpost.com at 02:54AM
Monday, June 26, 2017

London Theater's Summer of Love, Lust and Strife, Including Audra McDonald's Billie Holiday by David Finkle

London—Emma Rice, now ending her short stay as artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, is celebrating the fiftieth

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 03:47AM
Thursday, June 22, 2017

Horton Foote's "Traveling Lady," Yes, Definitely; Isla van Tricht's "Underground," Yes; J. M. Synge's "Aran Islands," Su by David Finkle

Horton Foote, who died at 92 in 2009, devoted most of his playwriting (originally television playwriting) to chronicling

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:36PM

Horton Foote's "Traveling Lady," Yes, Definitely; Isla van Tricht's "Underground," Yes; J. M. Synge's "Aran Islands," Su by David Finkle

Horton Foote, who died at 92 in 2009, devoted most of his playwriting (originally television playwriting) to chronicling

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:36PM

Horton Foote's "Traveling Lady," Yes, Definitely; Isla van Tricht's "Underground," Yes; J. M. Synge's "Aran Islands," Su by David Finkle

Horton Foote, who died at 92 in 2009, devoted most of his playwriting (originally television playwriting) to chronicling

SOURCE: www.huffpost.com at 07:36PM
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

LCT3/ThirdRail Projects Immersive "Ghost Light," Yes-No?; Holocaust Drama "Terezin" Very Much No by David Finkle

It might be that today’s young (and younger) theater crowd is just as familiar with immersive theater—sometimes called interactive

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:36PM
Friday, June 16, 2017

Torben Betts's "Invincible," Yes; Charles Ludlam's "Artificial Jungle," Yes-Yes; Lory Lazarus's "Attack of the Elvis Imperson by David Finkle

Marrieds Oliver (Alastair Whatley) and Emily (Emily Bowker) enter arguing in Torben Betts’s Invincible, at 59E59 Theatres

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:43AM

Torben Betts's "Invincible," Yes; Charles Ludlam's "Artificial Jungle," Yes-Yes; Lory Lazarus's "Attack of the Elvis Imperson by David Finkle

Marrieds Oliver (Alastair Whatley) and Emily (Emily Bowker) enter arguing in Torben Betts’s Invincible, at 59E59 Theatres

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:43AM

Torben Betts's "Invincible," Yes; Charles Ludlam's "Artificial Jungle," Yes-Yes; Lory Lazarus's "Attack of the Elvis Imperson by David Finkle

Marrieds Oliver (Alastair Whatley) and Emily (Emily Bowker) enter arguing in Torben Betts’s Invincible, at 59E59 Theatres

SOURCE: www.huffpost.com at 11:43AM
Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Kevin Spacey Wins His Case in "Clarence Darrow" at Arthur Ashe Stadium by David Finkle

Kevin Spacey, who keeps on proving he can play anyone and do anything, reveres Clarence Darrow. During his highly successful

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Thursday, June 8, 2017

Franz Kafka's "Hunger Artist" Eats Up the Stage, "Woody Sez" Tells Guthrie's Folksy Tale by David Finkle

Performer Jon Levin, writer Josh Luxenberg and director Joshua William Gelb have taken A Hunger Artist, Franz Kafka’s difficult

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:50PM
Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Anthony Horowitz's "Magpie Murders" Is Two Hot Mysteries for the Price of One by David Finkle

Anyone reading this who’s sold on Foyle’s War and/or Midsomer Murders or, for that matter, the Sherlock Holmes follow-up

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:02PM
Thursday, June 1, 2017

Jordan Tyson Is a Winning Musical "Sweetee" by David Finkle

Drunk, streetwalker, apparently little educated Violet (Katy Blake) doesn’t literally spell the name “Sweetee” any time during

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:17PM
Thursday, May 25, 2017

"The Boy Who Danced on Air" Dances on Air by David Finkle

Looking for an offbeat musical? A way, way offbeat musical? Look no further than The Boy Who Danced on Air, at Abingdon Theatre

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Sunday, May 7, 2017

Val Vigoda Is a Fiddling Firecracker in "Ernest Shackleton Loves Me," Saheem Ali Celebrates Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" by David Finkle

Val Vigoda is a compact bundle of talent. She plays a strapped-on electric violin like a demon. She sings with a voice that

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:52PM

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