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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

'Fun Home,' theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

This achingly beautiful musical at the Public Theater speaks to all families torn by secrets and lies.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM

Shakespeare's new home is in Brooklyn by Joe Dziemianowicz

The 34-year-old Theatre for a New Audience will cut the ribbon Tuesday on its first permanent home — a $69.1 million, Hugh-Hardy designed stunner that will quickly become a centerpiece of …

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:26AM

'Sleeping Beauty' gets some snooze updates by Joe Dziemianowicz

The city that never sleeps is about to get some beauty rest — 200 years of it, to be exact.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:05AM

‘Luce,’ theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

The title character of the tense Off-Broadway drama “Luce” is a high-achieving teenager who’s named after a word that means light.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM
Sunday, October 20, 2013

‘Marie Antoinette,’ theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Over 90 minutes, 'Marie Antoinette' traces the life of the woman who went from a queen to a pawn — from privilege to prisoner.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM

‘A Time to Kill,’ theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Now on Broadway — “A Time to Kill.” A better title — “A Time to Think About Errands I Need to Run.”

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM

Paul Chahidi steals scenes in two Broadway shows by Joe Dziemianowicz

It takes a certain actor to hold a scene with Mark Rylance — let alone pilfer one from the stage great who’s won a Tony for “Boeing-Boeing” and “Jerusalem.” Meet Paul Chahidi, a …

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM

Composer Nico Muhly is having a big moment by Joe Dziemianowicz

New York composer Nico Muhly knows an insanely busy schedule when he sees one — especially when it’s his. Which explains a telling entry on his blog: “So, this fall is gonna be crazy.�…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Theater review: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘Julius Caesar’ by Joe Dziemianowicz

Being star-crossed is just one issue facing the Verona lovebirds in a downtown “Romeo and Juliet” that comes dressed in contemporary clothes and leaves no impact.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM

‘The Model Apartment,’ theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

The TV and fridge don’t work. The space is cramped. But Max and Lola have bigger things to worry about than appliances and square footage.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM
Sunday, October 13, 2013

‘The Seagull’: Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

“The Seagull” has landed — again.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM
Thursday, October 10, 2013

'A Night With Janis Joplin' on Broadway by Joe Dziemianowicz

Stashed amid the dozens of table lamps on stage in the vibrantly performed “A Night With Janis Joplin” are two bottles of Southern Comfort. The whisky, which gets gulped more th…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

‘Bronx Bombers’: theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

The Yankees are at a crossroads in “Bronx Bombers,” a drama packed with sentiment and a curveball or two.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:17PM
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

'Honeymoon in Vegas,' now a musical, reviewed by Joe Dziemianowicz

No doubt about who’s the boss of the fun new musical “Honeymoon in Vegas.” It’s not Tony Danza, but he adds a starry aura and a solo softshoe as shady gambler Tommy Korman. …

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:45PM

Isabel and Ruben Toledo create costumes for Broadway's 'After Midnight' by Joe Dziemianowicz

First the runway, then the Beltway — now Broadway. Fashion designer Isabel Toledo’s career has reached a new stage. For many years, Toledo was a Fashion Week fixture before gain…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM
Sunday, October 6, 2013

‘Big Fish’: Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Broadway’s new musical fable, “Big Fish,” is a singing version of catch-and-release.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM

Witches are all over the stage and TV by Joe Dziemianowicz

Witches are the new vampires. There are so many crones crowding TV screens and stages this fall that sweeps period has taken on a whole new meaning. The witches come in all shapes, sizes and…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM
Friday, October 4, 2013

On stage: Audra McDonald in concert; Jeff Britting adapts Ayn Rand by Joe Dziemianowicz

Have voice, will travel. That’s the motto of the moment for Audra McDonald.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM
Thursday, October 3, 2013

‘Lady Day,’ theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

That gardenia Billie Holiday famously tucked in her hair wasn’t just a style statement. It originated as a covert coverup.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM
Sunday, September 29, 2013

It's the First and Possibly Only Bacon Theatre Festival by Joe Dziemianowicz

Hamming it up won’t get anyone panned at this show. The First and Possibly Only Bacon Theatre Festival is all about hogging the spotlight.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM

Playwrights 'write what they know' for two new Broadway productions by Joe Dziemianowicz

There’s no place like home. Playwrights, like fictional farmgirls blown to the wind, have learned and relied on that invaluable lesson.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM
Thursday, September 26, 2013

‘Natural Affection,’ theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

It’s been 50 years since William Inge’s play “Natural Affection” has been revived in New York. The Actors Company Theatre production of this ham-fisted melodrama explains why.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

‘Eugene Onegin,’ opera review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Clouds loomed over the Metropolitan Opera’s gala production of the Russian-themed “Eugene Onegin.”

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:27PM
Thursday, September 19, 2013

‘Romeo and Juliet,’ theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Orlando Bloom makes his Broadway debut in a “Romeo and Juliet” redo that packs Hollywood star power but lacks emotional fireworks.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

‘Anna Nicole,’ opera review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Garish and girlish, tawdry and touching, the ill-fated bombshell Anna Nicole Smith always got our attention — just like the new opera based on her life and death.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 03:06PM
Monday, September 16, 2013

‘Women or Nothing,’ theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Ethan Coen’s first full-length play, “Women or Nothing,” is a great-looking, old-fashioned sex comedy that’s built for laughs but not for scrutiny.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM

Celia Keenan-Bolger is Laura in 'The Glass Menagerie' by Joe Dziemianowicz

Celia Keenan-Bolger could never embrace “The Glass Menagerie” — in fact she shied away from it. “I read it in high school and couldn’t find a way in,” she says. “It f…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM

‘Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric play,’ theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Nuclear reactors have exploded.The world has plunged into death and darkness. Remaining are pockets of rattled survivors. And Bart Simpson.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM
Sunday, September 15, 2013

Condola Rashad: It’s easy ‘falling in love’ with Orlando Bloom in 'Romeo and Juliet’ by Joe Dziemianowicz

The rising star, whose parents are actress Phylicia Rashad and football great Ahmad Rashad, says doing Shakespeare was on her 'dream list.' The 26-year-old had her breakout role in 2009's 'R…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:53AM

'The Fantasticks' marks its 20,000th performance by Joe Dziemianowicz

“The Fantasticks” — an iconic Off-Broadway show that’s famous for being the world’s longest-running musical and its wistful ballad “Try to Remember” — is hard to forget.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM

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