Saturday, October 22, 2016
In Anton Chekov’s tragic-comedy THE CHERRY ORCHARD aristocratic spendthrift Madame Ranevskaya (a carefree albeit uncomfortable Diane Lane) returns from Paris jilted by her lover only to fa…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:36AMWednesday, October 19, 2016
With all due respect my funny bone failed mightily to be tickled by this 18th century classic comedy of manners from the plumed quill of Oliver Goldsmith – adapted and directed by Scott Al…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:00AMTuesday, October 18, 2016
Two chairs. Two tables. Two actors. 80 minutes. No intermission. Additional tiered bleacher onstage seating added. Long narrow acting area. Is this a table tennis match …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:40AMThursday, October 13, 2016
Just when you think HOLIDAY INN, the new Irving Berlin Musical can’t possibly get any better – it does. With an affectionate and respectful wink to the original 1942 film starring Bing…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:56AMTuesday, October 11, 2016
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 01:21PMSunday, October 9, 2016
Well, 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 12:46PMThursday, October 6, 2016
Take 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 11:51AMThursday, September 29, 2016
At 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 09:55AMMonday, September 19, 2016
Tucked 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 01:09PMWednesday, August 3, 2016
WARNING: 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 10:18AMTuesday, July 26, 2016
You. 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 07:37AMMonday, June 20, 2016
Israel 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 08:26AMTuesday, May 31, 2016
If 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 07:49AMFriday, May 13, 2016
The “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 01:49PMSunday, May 8, 2016
There 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 11:36AMWednesday, May 4, 2016
Meet 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 10:07AMSaturday, April 30, 2016
Starring 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 09:20AMMonday, April 25, 2016
There’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 02:20PMTuesday, April 19, 2016
THE 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 12:57PMSunday, April 10, 2016
Carmen 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 09:22AMWednesday, April 6, 2016
Powerful 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 08:07AMSaturday, March 26, 2016
A 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 09:18AMWednesday, March 23, 2016
Let’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 08:10AMTuesday, March 22, 2016
From 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 07:33AMSaturday, March 19, 2016
Remember 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 12:48PMTuesday, March 15, 2016
If 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 11:31AMSaturday, March 12, 2016
One 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 10:27AMSaturday, March 5, 2016
It’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 07:57AMFriday, March 4, 2016
Your 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 01:32PMFriday, February 26, 2016
Would 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 08:18AMThursday, February 18, 2016
Like 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 10:06AM 
