Nick Kroll and John Mulaney met in college. They bonded – obviously having something in common. Something that some people might consider a bizarre sense of humor. Soon after they …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 01:21PMWell, it sure is different. And eerie. And fascinating. And much too long. Perhaps as long as the mighty Amazon River where Mr. McBurney – who has co-conceived this oddity with Kir…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 12:46PMTake a trip back to the past with Primary Stages production of Horton Foote’s pleasant and homey play at the Cherry Lane Theatre featuring six excellent actors bringing an honesty and real…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 11:51AMAt the Lortel. A new monologue by Neil LaBute. Lasting about one hour. About the same time a psychiatrist would allot a patient to spill ones heart out. In this case Mrs. Johnson. …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:55AMTucked away in Chelsea in the 150 seat Linda Gross Theater that arose from a converted church two extremely talented performers Rebecca Naomi Jones as Marie Knight and Kecia Lewis as Sister …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 01:09PMWARNING: Using your cell phone may be hazardous to your “privacy” and well-being. Seeing PRIVACY will open your eyes wide as to the numerous pitfalls and so called advantages of sa…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:18AMYou. Are. There. Oslo, Norway. April 1992 - September 1993. Behind closed doors. The characters are real. The situation fraught with intrigue and champagne and egos in this smart…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:37AMIsrael Horovitz is at it again. After some seventy plus plays - a new sit-com cum sex farce of sorts – a throwback to the days of avant-garde off Broadway when a slight play could be mou…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:26AMIf you are going to reimagine the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice – a poor poet guitar strumming musician with a voice to die for and his ravishing but hungry counterpart as a sung-through …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:49AMThe “buzz” (social media) way back when in the 20’s was that composer Eubie Blake (Brandon Victor Dixon) and lyricist Noble Sissle (Joshua Henry) would not be remembered. They were b…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 01:49PMThere is no escaping Donald Trump. He is everywhere. Including being referenced many times over in the mesmerizing psychological bloody musical adaptation of the 1991 novel by Bret Easto…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 11:36AMMeet the Tucks. A family that once drank water from a secret stream in Treegap, New Hampshire circa 1800 that made them immortal. To sip or not to sip? That is the question facing a bore…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:07AMStarring Jessie Mueller whose talents far exceed the predictable material by Jessie Nelson whose book cannot decide if it is an old fashioned musical comedy or a serious discourse dealing wi…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:20AMThere’s no stopping people’s wagging, malicious, slanderous tongues. People love to gossip. To tear down the reputation of their friends. To exaggerate. Isn’t it fun? In the …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 02:20PMTHE FATHER by French playwright Florian Zeller (translated by Christopher Hampton) is a well thought out, clever and heart wrenching examination of what it is to go through the process of tr…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 12:57PMCarmen Cusack is Broadway’s newest bright new star after being cast as Alice Murphy after submitting an audition tape via video to the team behind BRIGHT STAR – an original and tuneful b…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:22AMPowerful and moving. Frightening. Riveting. A new timely vision for the 1953 classic Arthur Miller play THE CRUCIBLE as seen through the eyes of director Ivo Van Hove – himself a vis…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:07AMA luscious, lavish and romantic revival of SHE LOVES ME has recently set hearts atwitter at STUDIO 54 where Scott Ellis’ production is running through July 10th. The Roundabout Theatre C…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:18AMLet’s put on a show! In a barn! In Mississippi! With a bluegrass band on stage. Intermingle all of them Hew Haw banjos and fiddles with an odd assortment of characters with an off-…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:10AMFrom the moment Michelle Williams as Una is escorted/dragged into an office breakroom (scattered with leftover munchies and an overflowing trash can) where she has unexpectedly located Ray (…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:33AMRemember this name. Jennifer Simard. She portrays Sister Mary Downy – a quiet nun with a secret gambling addiction carrying a guitar searching to save some lost souls in the funny like…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 12:48PMIf you think you have problems meet Adam (an amazing Bobby Steggert) as he meets Jenny (Rebecca Rittenhouse) at a Halloween party in 1989 in this frightening, intriguing but ultimately unsat…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 11:31AMOne doesn’t have to go as far as Africa’s Liberian Civil War to be faced with women being abused, raped and subjugated but playwright Danai Gurira puts the spotlight on high beam as she …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:27AMIt’s phenomenal – no - not the play, not the performances, not the direction but that HUGHIE – a minor one act play by Eugene O’Neill has gotten yet another revival – all 60 minute…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:57AMYour nostrils will be met by the distinct odors particular to swimming pools as you enter the New York Theatre Workshop production of RED SPEEDO – a provocative new play by Lucas Hnath whi…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 01:32PMWould be playwrights, actors, directors, lighting, sound, set and costume designers (as well as producers) of both sexes should make a point of seeing the MINT Theater Company’s excellent …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:18AMLike going to a well-reviewed famous restaurant and having a mediocre, hard to digest meal while at the same time being shortchanged. That’s PRODIGAL SON – the newest play from our awa…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:06AMOn the one hand FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is a timeless classic. On the other hand FIDDLER’s revival isn’t. Directed by Bartlett Sher who has beautifully and successfully helmed The King a…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 01:21PMThere’s some very funny business going on at the American Airlines Theatre where the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of NOISES OFF is keeping audiences guffawing full out from th…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:14AMWhat a predicament the poor privileged kids at the private Horace Green Elementary School find themselves in under the staid, stuffy and strict rule of Principal Rosalie Mullins (Sierra Bogg…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 01:18PMFor those expecting just another straightforward revival of Arthur Miller’s classic 1955 play A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE this newest incarnation from the creative and out-of-the-box thinking d…
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