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Sunday, November 23, 2014

'Chicago' is the second longest running show on Broadway by Joe Dziemianowicz

With a sexy Bob Fosse move to a saucy Kander and Ebb showtune, the musical “Chicago” become the second longest-running show on Broadway.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM
Thursday, November 20, 2014

Mike Nichols dead at 83: Director shined on and off Broadway by Joe Dziemianowicz

Nichols was a modern father of improvisational comedy and was associated with a string of well-known Broadway shows.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:46AM
Monday, November 17, 2014

‘Straight White Men’: Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

“Straight White Men” uses father-son drama to look at the meaning of privilege and success in a typical, well-off family of white guys.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:00PM
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

'Lost Lake': Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

As the poster says, "She’s trying to get away. He’s trying to get by.” And audiences will be trying to stay alert.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 09:00PM
Thursday, November 6, 2014

‘Show Boat,’ theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Thank heaven that Magnolia is in glorious full bloom in the New York Philharmonic’s “Show Boat.”

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:16PM

Jackman cuts himself on stage during 'The River' by Joe Dziemianowicz

Hugh Jackman sliced himself with a knife on stage on Wednesday and sent his own blood flowing in "The River." But that didn't stop the "X-Men" star from completing his performance.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:04AM
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

‘Lips Together, Teeth Apart,’ theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

One look at the set of “Lips Together, Teeth Apart” tells you what Terrence McNally is going for in his anxious 1991 comedy about grief.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:00PM
Sunday, October 26, 2014

‘The Last Ship’: Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Sting delivers his A-game in “The Last Ship,” a new musical about coming home and letting go that overflows with heart. Not bad for a Broadway debut as a composer.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:00PM

Martha Plimpton finds her 'Balance' on Broadway by Joe Dziemianowicz

There’s no place like home. For Martha Plimpton, now starring on Broadway in “A Delicate Balance,” that theme resonates loudly both on and off stage.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM
Thursday, October 23, 2014

‘Disgraced’: Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Akhtar delivers a claustrophobic drama by mixing the urgency and unease of post-9/11 life with universal marital anxiety. Every spouse wonders, Who is this person I married?

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:00PM
Sunday, October 19, 2014

Stars of 'The Real Thing' pick their 'desert island discs' by Joe Dziemianowicz

What music would you take with you to a desert island? Ewan McGregor confronts that query nightly in “The Real Thing,” now in previews.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM

Suzan-Lori Parks brings the 'Wars' to Public Theater by Joe Dziemianowicz

Inspiration strikes unexpectedly. Ask Suzan-Lori Parks, whose play “Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3),” is in previews at the Public Theater.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM

Broadway is free of cell phones, tweets and texts by Joe Dziemianowicz

Is Broadway tweet-proof? Instagram-immune? Anti-text message? The thoughts occurred to me during “The Country House” and “It’s Only a Play.”

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM
Thursday, October 16, 2014

‘On the Town’: Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Three footloose sailors aren’t the only ones who get lucky in “On the Town.” The audience does, too.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 09:00PM

Al Pacino to star in David Mamet's 'China Doll' by Joe Dziemianowicz

Al Pacino will play a billionaire in 'China Doll,' a new play by David Mamet, set to land on Broadway in Oct. 2015

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 04:23PM
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Michael C. Hall preps for B’way’s 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' by Joe Dziemianowicz

Staring down from the “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” marquee that went up Tuesday at the Belasco Theatre on W. 44th St., the image of “Dexter” star Michael C. Hall can freeze you in you…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

‘Found,’ theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

New musicals not based on movies are rare. And ones with the originality and infectious exuberance of 'Found' are even more uncommon.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 09:00PM
Friday, October 10, 2014

What's new: 'The Believers,' 'Dead End Dummy' and more by Joe Dziemianowicz

Lawyer Robert Carroll, an expert in election law, makes his writing debut with a drama about a New York City campaign manager.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM
Sunday, October 5, 2014

Christmas comes early this year, in October by Joe Dziemianowicz

Christmas arrives early — and then some — when Idina Menzel releases her new CD, “Holiday Wishes,” on Oct. 14.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM
Sunday, September 28, 2014

‘You Can’t Take It With You,’ theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Broadway’s new production of “You Can’t Take It With You” is a time-released happy pill.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:00PM

Theater this year centered on the dinner table by Joe Dziemianowicz

Compliments to the chefs, er, authors. A number of playwrights have cooked up some tasty dinner theater this fall.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM
Thursday, September 25, 2014

Rita Wilson debuts at the Cafe Carlyle by Joe Dziemianowicz

Rita Wilson debuts at the Cafe Carlyle and makes songs that she co-wrote the stars of the evening.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 01:53PM
Monday, September 22, 2014

'The Money Shot': Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Lampooning Tinseltown types is like shooting fish in a barrel. If you’re firing at easy targets like self-adoring divas, clueless actors and starving starlets, it’s hard to miss.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:11PM

‘Scenes from a Marriage’: Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Like the union of Marianne and Johan that disintegrates from accord to acrimony to “sign the divorce papers,” the stage version of Ingmar Bergman’s 1973 miniseries begins intriguingly …

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:00PM
Sunday, September 21, 2014

Rita Wilson stars in a cabaret show at Cafe Carlyle by Joe Dziemianowicz

The last time Rita Wilson was at the Cafe Carlyle, she and husband Tom Hanks watched the late Elaine Stritch in action.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM
Thursday, September 18, 2014

‘Love Letters’: Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Before her career was totally upstaged by personal traumas, Mia Farrow could be flighty and flinty, delicate and dynamic — and always real — in her acting. Good news, she’s still go…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:00PM
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

‘Rock Bottom’: Cabaret review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Wardrobe malfunctions and nip slips are no shockers in a show by Bridget Everett, who performs without fear, boundaries or brassiere.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:00PM
Sunday, September 14, 2014

On Broadway, actresses play troubled actresses by Joe Dziemianowicz

One’s a cheater, one’s high-handed and one’s just high — and all three are stage actresses. Fictional ones, that is.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

'Bootycandy': Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Built to make you wince and laugh, the bold but uneven “Bootycandy” wastes no time in doing both.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:00PM

‘Dry Land’: Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

The downtown comedy-drama “Dry Land” opens with two high-school swimmers doing an unorthodox drill.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 05:10PM
Sunday, September 7, 2014

Chuck Schumer wins laughs in 'The Winter's Tale' walk-on role by Joe Dziemianowicz

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer aced his walk-on role in “The Winter’s Tale” on Saturday night in Central Park. And the spotlight-loving Democrat didn’t even have to brush up on his Shakespe…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:46AM

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