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Saturday, October 29, 2011

RELATIVELY SPEAKING – 3 one-act comedies by Oscar E Moore

Your enjoyment of RELATIVELY SPEAKING, three one-act comedies by Ethan Coen “Talking Cure” - Elaine May “George is Dead” and Woody Allen “Honeymoon Motel”…

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Friday, October 28, 2011

Sons of the Prophet – On pain and suffering, ha ha by Oscar E Moore

Joseph Douaihy (a remarkable Santino Fontana) and his brother Charles (an excellent Chris Perfetti) are gay, Lebanese, and distantly related to Kahlil Gibran author of THE PROPHET where the …

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CHILDREN – Gurney based on Cheever at TACT by Oscar E Moore

Quaint.  That’s the word that comes to mind to describe this “Time Capsule” production of A. R. Gurney’s CHILDREN which is based on a short story By John Cheever tha…

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Sunday, October 23, 2011

Nightfall on Miranga Island – Off-Off B’way’s Swashbuckling New Musical by Oscar E Moore

A tale of revenge told by a cast of twelve that sometimes seems to be thirty from the unbridled imagination of Justin Moran and Jonathan Roufaeal (Book & Lyrics) with a tuneful, jaunty s…

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Monday, October 17, 2011

MAN AND BOY – Vile financier courtesy of Frank Langella by Oscar E Moore

Frank Langella.  Is there any other actor who can portray Gregor Antonescu, the vile financier, a man with no conscience, a man who is as charming as can be on the surface but hiding the ma…

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Sunday, October 16, 2011

GREENWOOD with Andrea McArdle at NYMF by Oscar E Moore

GREENWOOD, an original new musical by Tor Hyams and Adam LeBow (Book,Music & Lyrics) is pleasant enough with its happy tunes and its feel good message that it’s never to late to fo…

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TUT – as in King Tutankhamun at NYMF by Oscar E Moore

    Two strangulations.  A suicide.  Incest.  Treachery. War.  After-life.  And lots and lots of drums being beat sums up Marcus Hummon’s TUT. This is the third musical by Marcu…

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Friday, October 14, 2011

THE MOUNTAINTOP – staring Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett by Oscar E Moore

Angela Bassett and Samuel L. Jackson give electrifying performances, igniting the dialogue and setting the stage of the Bernard Jacobs Theatre afire in the provocative, wildly imaginative, e…

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Monday, October 10, 2011

The Bus – Off B’way Theater C at 59E59 by Oscar E Moore

Fragmented.  Contrived.  A gay take on Our Town.  THE BUS by James Lantz has pulled up for a short run through Oct 30th at 59E59 Theater C which might be mistaken for a prop closet and no…

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Saturday, October 8, 2011

Outlaws: The Ballad of Billy the Kid - a rocky musical – NYMF by Oscar E Moore

  Billy the Kid was just a scruffy juvenile delinquent trying to find his way through life.  To help him succeed his parents gave young Billy a Colt .45 for his birthday, instructing him t…

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Friday, October 7, 2011

Ghostlight – NYMF by Oscar E Moore

Another Follies inspired musical, this one not and a dud by first time writers Matthew Martin & Tim Realbuto (book, music and lyrics) based on Olive Thomas - a Ziegfeld Follies girl who …

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice – NYMF by Oscar E Moore

Unexpected pleasures abound in this romantic, lyrical and just about perfect production of “Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice” which is now running at The Signature Theat…

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Monday, October 3, 2011

The Kid Who Would Be Pope – NYMF by Oscar E Moore

  Oliver! meets Annie meets Charles Busch meets Disney meets The Sound of Music meets the Pope in this absurd Catholic romp of a delightful, irreverent, charming and truly original new mus…

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Saturday, October 1, 2011

NYU Scores big with a so-so SUCCESS by Oscar E Moore

With a sixteen piece orchestra and a cast of twenty one very talented students from The Program in Vocal Performance  (Music and Performing Arts Professions) - NYU Steinhardt under the cari…

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Friday, September 30, 2011

This One Girl’s Story - NY Musical Festival (NYMF) by Oscar E Moore

Sometimes rewrites are not such a good idea.  In “This One Girl’s Story” a new musical which is part of NYMF’s eighth season the creators - Dionne McClain-Freeney -(…

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Little Did I Know – a show biz novel by Mitchell Maxwell, theatrical producer by Oscar E Moore

    Remember Summer Stock?  That wonderful training ground, the best training ground for actors and artisans that allowed you to hone your craft over a period of twelve weeks between Memo…

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The Submission – MCC Theater - a major Off B’way disappointment by Oscar E Moore

Four actors.  One set.  Hot topic.  Looking to get a production, vanilla gay playwright Danny (Jonathan Groff) has submitted his first play - Call A Spade “about an alcoholic black …

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Saturday, September 24, 2011

A Royal Mess FREE reading at Marvell Rep by Oscar E Moore

  Marvell Rep presents a staged reading of A ROYAL MESS by Oscar E. Moore Adapted from “The King’s Mare” by Jean Canolle   directed by Marc Geller   with Jason Beaubien …

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Sunday, September 18, 2011

FOLLIES — remembrance of things past by Oscar E Moore

FOLLIES - the original production - was the last show that I ever auditioned for.  I was taxied downtown to a rehearsal studio with Ruth Mitchell, squeezed in between Kurt Peterson and anot…

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Play It Cool – Red Hot & Smooth Original Jazz Score by Oscar E Moore

Sally Mayes, consummate singer, gets to wear the pants and strut her inner jazz baby, riffing and skatting with the best of them in “Play It Cool” which has just opened at the Ac…

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

NOIR at FringeNYC ENCORE SERIES by Oscar E Moore

For those of you who missed it and for those of you who want to see it again NOIR is back for four additional performances!   this time they’re at  The Players Theatre 115 MacDougal…

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Saturday, September 3, 2011

Erik Liberman - Mischief Maker by Oscar E Moore

   Eric Liberman is a very talented actor who has kept in touch with yours truly and I wanted to share his latest information.  It’s funny that I am about to review a new novel by M…

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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Daja Vu - Aja Nisenson’s solo show at NY Int’l Fringe Fest by Oscar E Moore

I still think Aja Nisenson is an exceptionally talented young woman despite her misguided foray entitled “Daja Vu” which is being produced as part of the NY Int’l Fringe Fe…

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Saturday, August 20, 2011

NOIR – Love and Murder at First Sight at NY Int’l Fringe Fest by Oscar E Moore

The teaser quote “Love and Murder at First Sight” is a promo from the film “Double Indemnity” but it can aptly apply to a new play by Stan Werse, NOIR, which is being…

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Cow Play – New York Int’l Fringe Festival by Oscar E Moore

I wouldn’t presume to know or explain to you what Matthew George, a recent graduate of Yale, who has written “Cow Play”, wants his audience to take home with them except fo…

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

The Legend of Julie-Taymor at the NY Int’l Fringe Fest by Oscar E Moore

It’s a hit!  That hits you where it counts most.  In the funny bone.  The Legend of Julie-Taymor or The Musical That Killed Everybody! Book and Lyrics by Travis Ferguson - Music and…

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Olive and the Bitter Herbs – Oy vey! Off-B’way by Oscar E Moore

Can it really be that Charles Busch has written this one dimensional play?  Or has it been written by the ghost in the mirror, a man named Howard?  Or has April Fools Day come around again…

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Mother – she’s with you wherever you go – NY Int’l Fringe Fest by Oscar E Moore

Mary-Beth Manning is a remarkable actor.  Her Irish-Catholic mother was a remarkable woman.  And character.  The two meet head on in Ms. Manning’s one woman show “Mother - she…

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Monday, August 15, 2011

Lola-Lola – Monkey business at NY Int’l Fringe Festival by Oscar E Moore

There’s a monkey in John’s bed.  No, not a monkey but a female chimpanzee brought back from Tanzania by his wife, Mary since their marriage has become stale.  John is a profess…

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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Death Takes a Holiday dulls the spirits by Oscar E Moore

Death Takes a Holiday, the new Maury Yeston, Thomas Meehan, Peter Stone musical ensconced at the underground grotto theatre named Laura Pels simply dulls the spirits.  I couldn’t ever…

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Saturday, August 13, 2011

SUNSET BOULEVARD – Loni Ackerman at The Gateway Playhouse Bellport by Oscar E Moore

  The Gateway Theatre’s production of SUNSET BOULEVARD is exceptional for many reasons.  First and foremost is their casting veteran Broadway star (Evita, Cats, No No Nanette) Loni …

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