Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Unexpected kisses. Unexpected visits. Unexpected revelations resulting in variations on a theme called “love” by playwright John Cariani in this first New York revival of his worldwi…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:55AMWednesday, January 29, 2014
John Patrick Shanley the author of DOUBT and MOONSTRUCK has written a new romantic comedy with an odd title OUTSIDE MULLINGAR with an even odder plot that is both quirky and charming.
As cha…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:28AMSaturday, January 25, 2014
Her life – Young Woman (a remarkable Rebecca Hall) is stifling. She is desperate to be free of all that constricts her – living with and supporting her nagging or is it caring mother (…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:42AMFriday, January 17, 2014
Can a sharp sixteen year old Jewish girl from Brooklyn find success as a songwriter in New York City as well as become a loving wife and mother living a normal life in the suburbs? If she …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:48AMSaturday, December 7, 2013
A double dose of superlative acting in a double bill of Harold Pinter’s NO MAN’S LAND and Samuel Beckett’s WAITING FOR GODOT - two enigmatic, bleak and bizarre classics tha…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:24AMFriday, December 6, 2013
Natalie Toro - the versatile “Diva Toro” does it all - beautifully: Broadway (A Tale of Two Cities) Cabaret (The Metropolitan Room) and Recordings that capture her clarion belt a…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:40AMThursday, December 5, 2013
A cornucopia of festive holiday delights “hard, sticky and sweet” are awaiting to tempt you into submission when you attend (and I strongly suggest that you do) this deliciou…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:50AMWednesday, November 27, 2013
With all due respect to the powers that be at Lincoln Center, their very dark and dreary production of MACBETH at the Vivian Beaumont directed by Jack O’Brien and starring Ethan Hawke …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:46AMMonday, November 25, 2013
Terrence McNally’s newest play written as a gift to The Pearl Theatre Company for its 30th Anniversary could be subtitled - backstage stories across the centuries. In 100 minutes …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:27AMFriday, November 22, 2013
A grand theatrical spectacle has been lovingly imported from London with the all-male Shakespeare’s Globe repertory productions of TWELFTH NIGHT and RICHARD III for sixteen weeks on…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:40AMMonday, November 18, 2013
At the Walter Kerr Theatre members of the D’Ysquith family are being knocked off - one by one - in this sparkling new, wacky, witty and just plain wonderful new musical A GENTLEMANR…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:24AMFriday, November 15, 2013
In 2006 Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir FUN HOME - A family tragicomic was published and immediately became a sensation, recounting her rearing in rural Pennsylvania with her two broth…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 06:52AMSaturday, November 9, 2013
Behind the diminutive, jovial and blunt exterior of iconic sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer is a wealth of emotional information that is brought to the surface in Debra Jo Rupp’s eart…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:19AMThursday, November 7, 2013
MURDER FOR TWO, a way over the top whodunit featuring an appealing straight man of sorts Brett Ryback as a cop (Marcus) investigating the murder of famous New England novelist Mr. Arthur…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:23AMMonday, November 4, 2013
Elegant and sassy. Exuberant, stylish, optimistic and filled to capacity with tunes that will set your feet a tapping and your heart a racing, The Cotton Club is alive and well and stompin…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:41AMSaturday, November 2, 2013
It’s probably a bit late to secure a reasonably priced seat for the hottest show in town (running ONLY through January 5th) but if you can you must see this exquisite and stylishly co…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:49AMTuesday, October 29, 2013
The Gaesling family has seen better days - although you wouldn’t know it as they are having a champagne breakfast in their sumptuous lodge outside of Syracuse New York (another masterf…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:56AMSaturday, October 26, 2013
It was risky producing Rupert Holmes’ adaptation of John Grisham’s 1989 best selling novel A TIME TO KILL without some heavy duty stars in roles made famous on the screen (1996) …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:24AMThursday, October 24, 2013
Fans of Norbert Leo Butz can rejoice. Mr. Butz is starring in the mediocre new musical BIG FISH with a mediocre score by Andrew Lippa and a mixed up book by John August who adapted his Col…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:13AMTuesday, October 22, 2013
Director Lindsay Steven Posner has done a superb job in transplanting The Old Vic Production of Terence Rattigan’s THE WINSLOW BOY (not seen in New York since 1947 and based on an actu…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:28AMSaturday, October 19, 2013
Janis Joplin was lonely. Lonely in the extreme. As she keeps reminding us in this celebratory concert of her life A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN on stage at The Lyceum Theatre that has been…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:06AMTuesday, October 8, 2013
Fortunately, Dee Dee Bridgewater is the star of this show, making her mark as the legendary jazz vocalist Billie Holiday, caressing each word with tones that create the exact image of th…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:32AMSaturday, October 5, 2013
An amazing production. You will not soon forget - if ever - the emotional impact of the extraordinary minimalist and daring re-imagining of Tennessee Williams’ iconic and tragic, som…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:25AMFriday, September 27, 2013
For all those theatrical trivia buffs interested in whatever happened to William Inge’s NATURAL AFFECTION (which might have been better titled UN-NATURAL AFFECTION) his 1963 drama that…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:04AMFriday, September 20, 2013
Without two believable, likable, youthful looking and attractive actors in the roles of Romeo and Juliet you might as well not raise the curtain even if there is no curtain which is the case…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:48AMMonday, August 26, 2013
A. Who is Bradley Cole? B. What is Bradley Cole? B first. BRADLEY COLE is a cute new feel good about yourself musical fable of and for today - reminiscent of shows written by Be…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:28AMTuesday, August 20, 2013
Thank goodness for the Fringe Festival where would be writers of musical comedies get to sow their oats. COWBOY’S DON’T SING is in its infancy and the Fringe affords its writer…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:45AMSunday, August 18, 2013
Finding love with just the right person today should be easy. Right? I mean with Google and Match.com and well meaning friends and relatives who just want to help you find Mr. or Ms. Rig…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:33AMFriday, August 16, 2013
The long journey of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach (a captivating Eric Anderson) escaping Nazi infested Vienna to New York’s Columbia University to the Village Gate to the Golden Gate to Flori…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:10AMTuesday, August 13, 2013
There are telltale signs throughout PERFECTLY NORMEL PEOPLE written and directed by the husband and wife team of Thomas and Judy Heath which is being presented as part of the FringeNYC festi…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:56AMSunday, August 4, 2013
Now that the air conditioning is working sporadically at Walkerspace (it’s disabled during the play and put back on during intermission) the only discomfort is sitting through this lon…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:24AM 
