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Thursday, April 14, 2016

Amazing Frank Langella saves another mediocre show by Elisabeth Vincentelli

If you want to see a sublime actor live and up close, skip the movie stars who swan by now and then on Broadway. Instead, catch anything with Frank Langella. Now 78, he’s one of the most c…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:46PM

‘Exit Strategy’ tackles school closings with a big heart by Elisabeth Vincentelli

“Les Fêtes Vénitiennes” Drenched in decadent red, BAM’s “Les Fêtes Vénitiennes” makes the Met Gala look like teatime at a nunnery. This baroque opera is as close as we can get …

SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:54PM
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

‘Dancing with the Stars’ is suddenly watchable again by Elisabeth Vincentelli

For many seasons, “Dancing with the Stars” was the most unabashedly campy and sneakily athletic competition on TV — which usually made it more fun than “American Idol,” “Top Chef…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:03AM
Monday, April 11, 2016

Why the ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ characters had never heard of zombies by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Warning: This article contains details from the Season 2 premiere of “Fear the Walking Dead” The “Walking Dead” spinoff, “Fear the Walking Dead,” has put down some intrig…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:00AM
Saturday, April 9, 2016

‘Fear the Walking Dead’ actor confesses: ‘I’ve never been a zombiephile’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

A couple of years ago, Colman Domingo faced a conundrum most actors can only dream of: He had to choose between two prestige TV series. In one corner, director Baz Luhrmann (“The Great Gat…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:58AM
Friday, April 8, 2016

David Tennant is a brilliant ‘Richard II’ off-Broadway by Elisabeth Vincentelli

After three seasons of “Doctor Who,” David Tennant has a nerdtastic following in the US — two rounds on “Broadchurch” also rallied fans of country-cottage procedurals. No wonder th…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:00AM

Broadway’s biggest stars don’t have any lines by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Everybody’s heard of kitchen-sink dramas, but couch-plays are where it’s at these days. We asked the set designers of four shows what they were after in finding their sofas — in sh…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:30AM

Six fun facts you didn’t know about ‘Hamilton’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

In case you haven’t heard enough about a certain musical already, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter’s new companion book, “Hamilton: The Revolution” (Grand Central Publishing, o…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:44AM

Andrew Dice Clay on shooting ‘Vinyl’: ‘I was stoned out every day’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Too bad he was killed off so quickly, because Andrew Dice Clay stormed through the premiere episode of HBO’s “Vinyl,” giving a memorable performance as coked-up radio honcho Frank “B…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:41AM
Thursday, April 7, 2016

TV shows can’t stop killing off their lesbian characters by Elisabeth Vincentelli

I see dead lesbians! And it’s not that hard because it’s been a real massacre on TV lately. Wednesday night on “Empire,” Camilla (Naomi Campbell) dispatched her wife, Mimi (Marisa To…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:48PM
Tuesday, April 5, 2016

This 71-year-old actress defied the odds after a brain hemorrhage by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Performing Shakespeare would be a feat for any 71-year-old. For Jane Lapotaire, it’s a miracle. In 2000, while teaching in Paris, the English actress collapsed onstage in front of her stud…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:10AM
Monday, April 4, 2016

Jeffrey Dean Morgan on why ‘Walking Dead’ fans should root for Negan by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Sunday night on “The Walking Dead,” a newcomer named Negan bashed someone to death with a barbed-wire baseball bat. Yet actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan doesn’t necessarily think of his char…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:37PM
Friday, April 1, 2016

‘7 Years’ rising star Lukas Graham comes from a commune by Elisabeth Vincentelli

At first Lukas Graham’s hit ballad “7 Years” — No. 2 on Billboard’s Hot 100 — sounds a little sappy. Next thing you know, you’ve listened to it 375 times in a row. Maybe you�…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:00AM

The original Broadway history lesson is as stirring as ‘Hamilton’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

When “Hamilton” surfaced, it was called the multi-culti version of “1776.” But it’d be sad if that 1969 hit about the signing of the Declaration of Independence was remembered only…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:00AM
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Saoirse Ronan stars in Broadway’s overly spooky ‘Crucible’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Riding high on an Oscar nomination for “Brooklyn,” Saoirse Ronan is the poster child of Broadway’s “The Crucible.” Literally: A close-up of her face is on the show’s posters and …

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:00PM

It really doesn’t matter who dies on ‘The Walking Dead’ finale by Elisabeth Vincentelli

A dumbfounding amount of energy has been wasted on guessing who will die on Sunday’s season finale of “The Walking Dead” — likely at the hand of the new arch-villain, Negan. Here’s…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:07PM
Sunday, March 27, 2016

This might be the most boring ‘Walking Dead’ episode ever by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Warning: This article contains spoilers from “The Walking Dead” Episode 615 The nice way to look at the latest “Walking Dead” episode is as the calm before the storm — i.e.…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:10PM
Thursday, March 24, 2016

Steve Martin’s bluegrass musical ‘Bright Star’ has a strangely intense plot by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s “Bright Star” is a Broadway oddity — and not just because it has a bluegrass score. No, the weird thing about “Bright Star” is the way it juxtapo…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PM
Tuesday, March 22, 2016

John Krasinski and Claire Danes could do better than predictable ‘Dry Powder’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

It’s always nerve-wracking to watch TV stars venture out onstage. Can they manage without multiple takes and craft services? Does the magic happen in the editing room? Happily, Claire …

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PM
Monday, March 21, 2016

‘DWTS’ pro: How I kicked my pack-a-day smoking habit by Elisabeth Vincentelli

At its highest level, ballroom dancing is quite a workout: Do you think those high-flying acrobatics and fleet-footed shimmies are easy to pull off? Yet somehow pro Mark Ballas — back for …

SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:49PM

‘The Walking Dead’ delivers another shocking casualty by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Warning: Spoilers ahead. There was some good news in Sunday’s episode of “The Walking Dead”: Daryl recovered both his bike and his crossbow. The man is complete again! The bad news was…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:41PM
Thursday, March 17, 2016

‘She Loves Me’ and ‘The Robber Bridegroom’ prove old shows rock by Elisabeth Vincentelli

A musical doesn’t have to be perfect to delight. Cutting-edge is overrated, too: Just give us well-crafted material and a starry cast that knows exactly what it’s doing. Exhibit A and B …

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:28PM

The sheriff from ‘Deadwood’ is a country rocker off-Broadway by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Timothy Olyphant hadn’t done theater in 20 years when the script for “Hold On to Me Darling” landed on his desk. “Right off the bat I knew it was both crazy-funny and serious as a he…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:00PM
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

An audience of morons riled up Whoopi Goldberg by Elisabeth Vincentelli

I saw a play Monday night with one of the most annoying audiences ever. Technically, I can’t be sure it was among the dumbest — it just felt that way. Sitting next to those morons was mo…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:52PM
Monday, March 14, 2016

‘The Walking Dead’s Carol is a lot more conflicted than we thought by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Warning: This article contains spoilers from “The Walking Dead” Episode 613 What’s the heck is happening to Carol on “The Walking Dead”? Over the past couple of seasons, th…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:37AM
Thursday, March 10, 2016

Lupita Nyong’o and Michelle Williams star in amazing Broadway shows about strong women by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Though Broadway’s “Eclipsed” and “Blackbird” are worlds apart in many ways, they both fearlessly deal with the same subject — the sexual exploitation of young women. Admittedly t…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:14PM

‘Disaster!’ has the funniest four minutes on Broadway by Elisabeth Vincentelli

SEE IT “Disaster!” has one ambition, and that’s to make you laugh — no pun is too low, no gag too obvious. And it works, especially for fans of shamelessly silly shows a la “Xanadu…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:36PM
Friday, March 4, 2016

Julie Delpy: Hollywood needs to fix its women problem by Elisabeth Vincentelli

It takes a lot to silence Julie Delpy. But while long known for her candor, she’s steering clear of hot topics while promoting “Lolo,” out March 11, a comedy she stars in, wrote and di…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:10AM
Thursday, March 3, 2016

Michonne from ‘The Walking Dead’ is an amazing playwright too by Elisabeth Vincentelli

SEE IT Danai Gurira’s on fire. Not only does she star in “The Walking Dead” as Michonne, but she has two plays opening, one on Broadway (“Eclipsed”) and one off. The latter, “Fam…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PM

Backstreet Boy’s son is not your average celebrity kid by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Baylee Littrell was 9 when he started opening arena shows around the world. OK, it helped that his dad, Brian, was a member of the headlining band — Backstreet Boys. “Baylee would do two…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:08PM
Monday, February 29, 2016

‘The Walking Dead’s Negan buzz is getting deafening by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Warning: This article contains spoilers from Episode 611 of “The Walking Dead” In terms of pure action, not that much happened in the latest “Walking Dead” episode, “Knots …

SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:32PM

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