Its rhyming of 'real good' with 'Gielgud' is a prime example of why 'Tootsie' is dead on arrival.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:54PMThis is as good as it gets.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:58PMLaurie Metcalf looks and sounds nothing like Hillary Clinton, yet in her role in Broadway's 'Hillary and Clinton' she is, as always, nothing less than mesmerizing.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 05:32PMEven if 'Burn This' offers more ashes than flames, it's a fine chance to experience how bracing it is to hear real people saying real things.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:08PMThe landmark 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein production that marked the beginning of a new era in American musicals has now been cheapened and vulgarized at New York's Circle in the Square Thea…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:01PM'Smart Blonde' is a sluggish, uneven work in progress, but still worth seeing if you want to discover a dynamic talent on her way to stardom.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:46AMIsabelle Huppert's theatrics are quite a display, but you'll go away from 'The Mother' baffled and exhausted.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:17PM'The Cake' is easy on the eyes and charming to the ears, but it doesn't provide much nutrition to take home.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:18PMLooking back at a catastrophic year, 2019 has got to be better.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:00AMThis is the first time I have not been moved to tears by 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' but that's my can and I'll carry it.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:53AMMuch of the antiseptic dilution is the fault of Ivo van Hove, a dour Belgian director.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:22PM'Downstairs' doesn't add up to much, but what's there is suspenseful.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:08AMStrip away the ropes, cables, wires and pulleys, and what you've got is a brain-damaged story about a boy, a girl, and a monkey. The monkey is the only thing you'll remember.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:52AM'American Son' turns over the rocks in the political climate to reveal Democracy-challenging toxins you might not have even considered before.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:58AM'The Waverly Gallery' lacks force because as Gladys' mental state disintegrates, her exchanges grow from amusing to confusing.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:22AMThe play is ultimately about a woman who established her independence before it was fashionable.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:06PMI've never seen anything from A.R. Gurney as superficial and unfocused as 'Final Follies'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:04AMThere's no song lyric so bad it can't be improved by screaming it into cacophonous incoherence.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:50PMIt opened in 1965 as a disappointment, had a movie that flopped and has not aged well, but even so 'On a Clear Day You Can See Forever' is worth revisiting.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:30PMHis problem (and my one caveat) is that he doesn't know when to stop writing.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:53AMIt's embarrassing to watch two distinguished artists playing meatheads beyond their prime, stripping down to their underwear and dancing in semi-nude pulchritude around a barbecue grill.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:54PM'The most famous woman you've never heard of.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:53PMNothing shocks anyone anymore, but 'The Boys in the Band' still resonates with a sound of fury Faulkner never dreamed of.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:08PM'Peace for Mary Frances' is so beautifully written that it is impossible to believe it's the playwright's first play.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:30AMA new production of 'My Fair Lady' delivers a different ending that is not exactly disastrous, but decidedly disappointing.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:00PMOverlook this musical at your own peril.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:30PMTina Fey proves she is not above trashing her talent to make money.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:20PMGlenda Jackson returns to Broadway—alongside Alison Pill and Laurie Metcalf—to star in Edward Albee's 'Three Tall Women,' the writer's vengeful depiction of the woman who raised him.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:30PMAt one point, Ed Harris plays the tuba while everyone sings "Carolina in the Morning." I wish I could tell you it was for a reason.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 06:30PMIt took seven decades to get Hayley Mills to the New York stage, let's hope she returns—in a vehicle more rewarding and less forgettable than 'Party Face.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:20PMYou'll marvel at the tsunami of words John Lithgow has managed to memorize, wondering how he masters the feat off making them sound fresh eight times a week.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:30PM