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Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Indecent - The Rabbi's daughter and the prostitute by Oscar E. Moore

Go and be tremendously moved. Be entertained. Laugh and cry. And most importantly be reminded of the horrors of censorship and its repercussions. At The Cort Theatre.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 08:42AM

Bandstand - WW II Vets remembered and honored in new American musical by Oscar E. Moore

One almost expects to see Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland or at least one might hope to see them come to the rescue

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 08:42AM
Friday, April 28, 2017

Anastasia - Cinematic projections upstage plot in live action production by Oscar E. Moore

It’s like watching a movie with real live actors. Some of it is charming. Some of it is dull. It is sometimes serious. Sometimes vaudevillian.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 09:18AM
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Groundhog Day the musical starring the very talented and injured but unsinkable Andy Karl by Oscar E. Moore

It is one delightful, imaginative and wacky surprise after another with a heart of gold that is running on all cylinders at the August Wilson Theatre

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:18PM
Monday, April 10, 2017

The Play That Goes Wrong and Present Laughter reviewed by Oscar E. Moore

Put a lot of laughter in your life, try one or better yet both.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 11:48AM
Sunday, April 9, 2017

Amelie - without the accent starring Phillipa Soo and Adam Chanler-Berat by Oscar E. Moore

Doesn’t catch the gold ring but meanders along in short vignettes with various narrators urging it along slowly and unsurely.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 11:18AM
Saturday, April 8, 2017

Gently Down the Stream - Starring Harvey Fierstein by Oscar E. Moore

A three character genteel and romantic/historical menage a trois fairy tale featuring Gabriel Ebert and Christopher Sears.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 10:48AM
Monday, April 3, 2017

Sweat - “torn from the headlines” episodic, often preachy docu-drama moves to Broadway by Oscar E. Moore

Taking place in a bar where everybody knows your name, your habits (good and bad), your favorite brew, your birthday, and who is supplying the drugs and using.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 03:02PM
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

The Price revived with a quartet of top notch actors by Oscar E. Moore

Danny DeVito at 72 making his Broadway debut pulls the rug out from under his co-stars with his revelatory performance as a charming yet shrewd and completely amusing 90 year old antique app…

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 12:12PM
Monday, March 20, 2017

Come From Away - a wonderful new big bear hug of a musical comes in under the radar by Oscar E. Moore

GO! You will stand up and shout out and support our Canadian friends who have delivered this musical with care and love. A lesson for us all.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 09:18AM
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

The Glass Menagerie - Controversial Sam Gold revival starring Sally Field and Joe Mantello surprises by Oscar E. Moore

If you have any qualms about seeing this production - set them aside. Forget any preconceived notions and meet the Wingfields through a new set of eyes.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:06PM
Saturday, February 18, 2017

Sunset Boulevard - Glenn Close makes a triumphant return to Broadway by Oscar E. Moore

Glenn Close won a Tony for her performance twenty three years ago. She has now returned older and wiser and more than spectacular.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 08:42AM
Thursday, February 16, 2017

Man From Nebraska - stellar cast shines under David Cromer's direction by Oscar E. Moore

The production is intriguing, bizarre, disturbing at times but ultimately unsatisfying. Through March 12th.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:54PM
Friday, February 10, 2017

The Mother of Invention - a confounding Off B'way production by Oscar E. Moore

What’s more confounding? That Mr. Lecesne has won multiple awards or that his new play doesn’t support his reputation?

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 05:48PM
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Jitney - Let's hear it for August Wilson and Company - highly recommended by Oscar E. Moore

Set in Pittsburgh 1977 we meet a collection of characters that Mr. Wilson has a fondness for and knows deep down inside and out

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 11:36AM
Friday, January 13, 2017

The Present - 3 hour Sydney Theatre Company production starring Cate Blanchett & Richard Roxburgh lumbers along on Broadway by Oscar E. Moore

If you absolutely need to see Cate Blanchett in the flesh be forewarned. She is lovely but the play itself isn’t.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:48PM
Thursday, December 15, 2016

In Transit - a cappella musical at Circle in the Square by Oscar E. Moore

It is the extraordinary arrangements by Deke Sharon and Music Supervision by Rick Hip-Flores that are the true stars of this production. Along with each amazing singer. You may not remembe…

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 02:18PM
Sunday, December 11, 2016

A Bronx Tale the musical - the sounds of the sixties by Oscar E. Moore

Doo-wop, slick hair, crap games, gangsters and guns with stand out performances by Nick Cordero & Hudson Loverro

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 12:24PM
Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Sweet Charity - starring Sutton Foster: may she never be out of the spotlight by Oscar E. Moore

Brilliantly scaled down by director Leigh Silverman to slip into the intimate three quarters round seating – without sacrificing the super entertainment factor and exciting score one iota.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 10:31AM
Thursday, December 1, 2016

Ride The Cyclone - Teens die in tragic accident Off B'way by Oscar E. Moore

Attempting to take us to dizzying heights RIDE THE CYCLONE is a series of ups and downs without too many thrills and/or chills.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 02:36PM
Tuesday, November 22, 2016

This Day Forward - marriage on the rocks off-Broadway by Oscar E. Moore

Light and superficial. Not plausible nor believable. However the acting is convincing. And then all of a sudden in Act II everything begins to make sense. Sort of.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 11:06AM
Monday, November 7, 2016

Falsettos - A high energy, smart, tuneful, brutally honest, funny and touching revival by Oscar E. Moore

A human story told brilliantly, sung brilliantly with passion, humor and spirit. Love, friendship, family, compassion are all rightfully above the title here.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 10:31AM
Saturday, November 5, 2016

Les Liaisons Dangereuses - disappointing revival starring Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber fumbles by Oscar E. Moore

What is intended to be provocative soon becomes a snooze fest featuring decaying and decadent aristocratic morals.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 09:42AM
Saturday, October 29, 2016

Love, Love, Love - biting contemporary satire by Oscar E. Moore

The Baby Boomer generation is laid bare in satirical splendor by Mr. Bartlett with laser like direction by Michael Myers. The acting exceptional.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 12:54PM
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

The Front Page - an all-around historical and hysterical document of a bygone era by Oscar E. Moore

Finally towards the end of Act II Mr. Lane arrives like a tornado. In a role that fits him like a glove. A boxing glove. And delivers the goods like a roaring inferno in Act III.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 11:00AM
Saturday, October 22, 2016

The Cherry Orchard - Unclear, tedious and yawn inducing starring an unremarkable Diane Lane by Oscar E. Moore

A blight has befallen this ill-conceived cherry orchard represented by a grouping of Calder-like mobiles hovering over this classic play like a series of modern day sabotaging vultures.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 09:37AM
Wednesday, October 19, 2016

She Stoops to Conquer - a rare 18th century revival Off B'way by Oscar E. Moore

A merry band of actors presenting this play in a carefree manner, when offstage are visible watching the preposterous goings on. The plot at times is ludicrous.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 08:27AM
Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Heisenberg - Mary-Louise Parker & Denis Arndt Broadway's newest odd couple by Oscar E. Moore

There is a bit more here than meets the eye but it is pretty slim pickens. At best it’s interesting.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 02:07PM
Thursday, October 13, 2016

Holiday Inn - the new Irving Berlin musical is sure to please. Sure to sprinkle stardust in everyone’s eyes by Oscar E. Moore

This terrific Roundabout production at Studio 54 is no slap-dash remake of its source material but a well thought out, clever, reverential valentine to the movies of the period and Irving Be…

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 12:36PM
Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Oh, Hello on Broadway - two stooges from Comedy Central: tuna on a schtick by Oscar E. Moore

They are stand-up comics in the tradition of Weber and Fields, Stiller and Meara and Statler and Hilton with a lethal dose of Larry David thrown in.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 12:08PM
Sunday, October 9, 2016

The Encounter - gives new meaning to the expression a captive audience by Oscar E. Moore

It is indeed ironic that in 2014 the Tony Awards decided to no longer recognize sound design. And here it is as the star of the show.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 11:24AM

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