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Saturday, March 30, 2013
Friday, March 29, 2013

Wall-to-wall William Shakespeare by Joe Dziemianowicz

Spring blooms with wall-to-wall Will Shakespeare on stages and bookshelves. “The Tragedy of Arthur.” Through April 7 at TBG Theatre, 31…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Thursday, March 28, 2013

Theater review: 'Three Trees' by Joe Dziemianowicz

Juicy fruit seldom grows on the branches of “Three Trees,” an earnest and unshaded new drama. There’s frustration in waiting for this story by Alvin Eng about art, creation an…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM

Theater review: 'Happy Birthday' by Joe Dziemianowicz

The play’s title, “Happy Birthday,” conjures wrapping paper and bows. That fits. Anita Loos wrote the show for her good friend and Broadway luminary Helen Hayes as a change of pace. …

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:18PM
Tuesday, March 26, 2013

As 'Lucky Guy,' Hanks adopts the McAlary style by Joe Dziemianowicz

“Lucky Guy,” the Broadway play starring Tom Hanks as ace Daily News columnist Mike McAlary, is a stickler for detail.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:50PM
Sunday, March 24, 2013

Top 10 NY theater picks for week of March 24, 2013 by Joe Dziemianowicz

1. “It’s a Bird ... It’s a Plane ... It’s Superman” (City Center) Last chance today to see Encores! staging of the fun ’60s musical.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM

Cady Huffman is a stripper in 'The Nance' by Joe Dziemianowicz

When you’ve got it, flaunt it. Ask actress Cady Huffman, who belted that message as Ulla in 2001 in “The Producers” and is currently living it as Sylvie Sylvane, a striptease …

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Friday, March 22, 2013

Actress Chimo stars for friends as wedding minister by Joe Dziemianowicz

A new real-life role that strikes closest to actress Tracee Chimo's heart. It reminds us how bona fide bonds form during the creation of make-believe.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Thursday, March 21, 2013

Theater review: 'Hands on a Hardbody' by Joe Dziemianowicz

Hold on. That’s sound advice in a pinch and especially apt when the going gets really rough. So it’s a fitting, if obvious, rallying cry driving the new musical “Hands on a Hardbody.�…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:22PM

Theater review: 'It's a Bird .. It's a Plane ... It's Superman' by Joe Dziemianowicz

Like a hero plucking kittens from trees and damsels from danger, New York City Center’s Encores! series boldly saves seldom-seen, often-iffy Broadway musicals from obscurity. The…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 01:28PM

Theater review: ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ by Joe Dziemianowicz

Five days before the show’s premiere, Sean Mathias sat in front of me at “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Sunday, March 17, 2013

Theater reviews: ‘The Mound Builders’ and ‘Totem’ by Joe Dziemianowicz

An ill-fated archeological dig is the setting for “The Mound Builders” and a fitting metaphor for this aimless Signature Theatre excavation of Lanford Wilson’s 1975 drama.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM

Top 10 NY stage picks for week of March 17, 2013 by Joe Dziemianowicz

1. “Built to Amaze” (Barclays Center) The Ringling Bros. and Barnum &; Bailey Circus pitches its tent in Brooklyn Wednesday.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Friday, March 15, 2013

'Broadway Backwards' reverses roles for a good cause by Joe Dziemianowicz

Ready, set, role reversal. On Monday at the Palace Theatre at 8 p.m., the annual fund-raiser “Broadway Backwards” is all about girls performing guys’ songs and vice versa.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM

Holy coincidence between a Broadway play and new Pope by Joe Dziemianowicz

Oh, Mary. Pope Francis began his first day on the job in prayer at St. Mary Major church, a Roman basilica dedicated to the Blessed Mother.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Theater review: 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike' by Joe Dziemianowicz

Churning Chekhov into modern-day chuckles is the essence of Christopher Durang’s slight and happy diversion, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.” Seen Off-Broadway at Lincol…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM

Edward Watts is coming on strong in 'Superman' musical by Joe Dziemianowicz

To save the day, Edward Watts wears spandex. It’s part of the job when you’re playing Clark Kent and the Man of Steel in the Encores! concert revival of the 1966 musical “It�…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Theater review: ‘The Lying Lesson’ by Joe Dziemianowicz

Truth to tell, “The Lying Game” is an odd duck of a play — and an inedible one at that.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM

Theater review: 'The Flick' by Joe Dziemianowicz

Annie Baker’s up-close portraits of ordinary people have earned her the label of master miniaturist. She remains true to form when it comes to the intimacy in her acutely observed and affe…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM
Sunday, March 10, 2013

Three tales of revolution open Off-Broadway by Joe Dziemianowicz

Barricades have become synonymous with revolution thanks to “Les Miserables,” but you don’t need a tangle of chairs and tables and timbers to stage the story of an uprising.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM

Top 10 NY stage picks for week of March 10, 2013 by Joe Dziemianowicz

1. “Talley’s Folley” (Laura Pels Theatre) Achingly beautiful revival of the Pulitzer-winning love story. Starring Danny Burstein and Sarah Paulson.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Friday, March 8, 2013

Theater review: 'Ann' on Broadway by Joe Dziemianowicz

She knew life wasn’t fair and that government should be, deemed herself a “fun” drunk and kept an armadillo paperweight on her desk in the capitol. That’s how Ann Richards r…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM

'Inn'-side look at Yiddish theater by Joe Dziemianowicz

Creative juice flows from countless sources. Theater director David Herskovits tapped into it at a Jewish Museum exhibit.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Thursday, March 7, 2013

Theater review: 'The North Pool' by Joe Dziemianowicz

Surfaces can be misleading, observes one of the two men facing off in “The North Pool.” Based only on appearances, the fact that the author is Rajiv Joseph, a Pulitzer finalist …

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:12PM

Elizabeth Olsen to star in 'Romeo and Juliet' by Joe Dziemianowicz

Indie-film ingenue Elizabeth Olsen will be a star-crossed lover this fall in an Off-Broadway revival of “Romeo and Juliet.”

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 01:39PM

Emilia Clarke's nude scene has theatergoers over the moon by Joe Dziemianowicz

Brass at “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” on Broadway are threatening amateur photographers with eviction. The crackdown comes after theatergoers snapped covert shots this week of Emilia Clark…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:22PM
Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Shia LaBeouf posts damaging emails to burn Alec Baldwin by Joe Dziemianowicz and Ethan Sacks

Shia LaBeouf may have exited stage left abruptly from what was supposed to be his Broadway debut - but the mercurial actor can't seem to leave the drama behind.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 05:26PM

Amanda Peet writing play for Broadway by Joe Dziemianowicz

For Peet's sake, that's impressive multitasking. While Amanda Peet has been practicing law on "The Good Wife," the 41-year-old actress has also been fine-tuning her first play, "The Commons …

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:40AM
Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Theater review: 'Jackie' by Joe Dziemianowicz

In Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek’s myth-mauling and jagged-edged “Jackie,” the former First Lady Jackie Kennedy takes stock of her world-famous image. It’s not a pretty pi…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM

Theater review: 'Talley's Folley' by Joe Dziemianowicz

Lanford Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1979 play, “Talley’s Folly,” is a valentine to unlikely love. Sweet stuff, to be sure. But valentines are delicate and deman…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PM

'Moon River' doesn't flow in Broadway's 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' by Joe Dziemianowicz

A lunar eclipse hangs over “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” Theatergoers who attended the play’s first preview on Monday grumbled that “Moon River” is nowhere to be heard.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 04:42PM

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Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
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Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
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Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
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