Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Rising British playwright Matt Charman reveals a fascination with the darker aspects of ‘50s era American society in Regrets, now receiving its world premiere from the Manhattan Theatr…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:52AMTuesday, March 27, 2012
Holocaust deniers are a reprehensible lot. But they can be transfixing.
That’s the uncomfortable message one takes away from “The Soap Myth,” presented by the National Jewish Theater.…
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The last time I checked, incest between a brother and sister was still considered relatively abhorrent.
So it naturally comes as a surprise that the Cheek by Jowl production of John …
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 06:11AMSunday, March 25, 2012
When Neil Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers” opened back in 1991, all three of its leads — Mercedes Ruehl, Irene Worth and Kevin Spacey — won Tony Awards.
Now it’s the children’s hour.…
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Jesus Christ Superstar, which began its life as a concept album, has always been more fun to listen to than actually watch. But the new Broadway revival--imported from the Stratford Shakespe…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 06:41AMWednesday, March 21, 2012
The spirit of Woody Guthrie is alive and well in the East Village, thanks to Ethan Lipton’s “No Place To Go,” a “musical ode to the unemployed.”
Stylistically, the 41-year-old hew…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:35PMThis tribute to environmentalist Rachel Carson at Feinstein's at Loews Regency doesn't do justice to its subject matter.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AMTuesday, March 20, 2012
It took no small amount of guts for the Pearl Theatre Company to mount “A Moon for the Misbegotten.”
This final masterpiece by Eugene O’Neill hasn’t exactly been underexposed here. B…
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, kids — remember that fairy tale by Hans Christian somebody, “Ugly Duckling,” about a duck that turns into a beautiful swan? Now you can see it live! It has music and dancing and …
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Whenever there’s a new revival of Death of a Salesman people marvel at the fact that it seems so newly relevant. But it’s not that society is changing but rather that Arthur Mill…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 04:10AMThursday, March 15, 2012
‘Teresa’s Ecstasy,” by the wonderfully named Spanish American playwright and actress Begonya Plaza, tries to combine the spiritual with the earthly in its story of a woman’s quest fo…
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There’s a scene in “Hand to God” in which two teenagers tenderly and quietly discuss their feelings for one another . . . all the while desperately trying to ignore the hand puppets th…
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There’s nothing more annoying than to be stuck at the theater while someone chatters away incessantly on his cellphone.
It’s even worse when he’s onstage.
That’s the case with “F…
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You’ll never hear Beethoven’s erotically charged piece of music the same way after seeing “The Kreutzer Sonata.”
Adapted by Nancy Harris from Leo Tolstoy’s 1889 novella — so pro…
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The simple act of storytelling is a time-honored theatrical tradition. But it can also a hackneyed one. Case in point: An Iliad, the new one-man show—well, technically two man, but mor…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:27AMWednesday, March 7, 2012
Not that I’m in any rush, but whenever death comes for me I hope it takes the form of the Lady from Dubuque.
As elegantly personified by Jane Alexander in the Signature Theatre…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 04:53AMMonday, March 5, 2012
Even Mark Twain would have liked “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” now playing at the New Victory Theater: Not only is this child-friendly rendition faithful to the text and spirit of his w…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:57PMOn its surface, Tribes is concerned with a young deaf man’s sudden decision to embrace sign language rather than rely on lip-reading. But that description doesn’t do justice to N…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 08:25AMSunday, March 4, 2012
The women address us from the stage, speaking in soft, halting tones, their eyes darting nervously. They’re clearly not comfortable being there.
But when they look directly at each other,…
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The original musical version of Carrie was a notorious flop upon its 1988 Broadway premiere--it closed after five performances at a loss of millions of dollars, nearly destroyed the reputati…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 03:01AMWednesday, February 29, 2012
Tyrannical bosses should be more careful about mistreating their employees. Their victims may very well develop into talented playwrights who will later skewer them in viciously funny fashio…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 06:08AMMonday, February 27, 2012
Its lurid title notwithstanding, “I Killed My Mother” is neither campy comedy nor a theatrical take on film noir. Instead, Andras Visky’s new play — a portrait of a young woman’s h…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:52AMThe Irish Rep has done it again. Having ably resuscitated, Eugene O’Neill’s “The Hairy Ape” and “The Emperor Jones,” it’s now revived “Beyond the Horizon” — a drama that …
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With partisan politics injecting itself into scientific debate with dismaying frequency these days, Bertolt Brecht’s Galileo has a disturbing modern resonance. While the Classic Stage …
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 07:03AMThursday, February 23, 2012
Although the stage seems bare for The Wooster Group’s production of Eugene O’Neill’s Early Plays, it actually contains an awful lot of baggage. The troupe is well known for…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 06:20AMImagine a “Honeymooners” episode in which Ed Norton channels the spirit of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and you’ve got the gist of “Call Me Waldo.”
In Rob Ackerman’s whimsical new comedy…
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One thing’s guaranteed about an evening with Marc Salem — he’ll mess with your head. The renowned mentalist does it again in his latest show, “Mind Over Manhattan,” which will leav…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:50AMIt’s hard to imagine that a crackling drama could revolve around a poet laureate’s career. But Jack Canfora’s “Poetic License” manages to render a tale of artistic ambition and hid…
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It may be heretical to say, but seeing Athol Fugard’s landmark 1961 drama Blood Knot again, even in a superbly realized revival such as the one being presented by the Signature Theatre…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 06:18AMThursday, February 16, 2012
Frank Scheck William Shatner takes audiences on a witty journey through his acting career in his one-man Broadway performance.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00PMWhen the narrator of “A Map of Virtue” turned out to be a bird statue, the play stopped working for me. Sadly, that was in the first few minutes.This latest effort, presented by the play…
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