Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Thank you for making so many other people's movies better than they deserved.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:46PMMonday, December 4, 2017
Written by Steve Martin, 'Meteor Shower' has no point or plot, yet the audience roars with laughter at Amy Schumer's every burp and scream.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:40PMTuesday, November 28, 2017
In this one-man show by David Cale, Billy Crudup plays a man named Philip, his alter-ego Harry Clarke, and the many other characters the con-artist deceives.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:50PMThursday, November 16, 2017
John Leguizamo sets the record straight on Latin culture, swearing, swooping and swaggering around the Studio 54 stage in his one-man show, 'Latin History for Morons.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 05:55PMMonday, November 13, 2017
Now on Broadway, David Yazbek and Itamar Moses' tale of Egyptian musicians lost on a trip to Israel is a triumph of musical comedy.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:40PMTuesday, October 24, 2017
A new revival reveals that this cornerstone of gay theater has lost none of its wit, heart, wisdom or purpose in the years since its last production.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:25AMWednesday, October 11, 2017
Act One is rendered unconscious by American actors screeching phony British accents in chirping decibels only a bird can decipher
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 05:15PMFriday, August 25, 2017
Friday, August 11, 2017
I expected to be challenged, embarrassed, provoked and possibly enraged. I did not expect to have such a good time.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 04:54PMFriday, August 4, 2017
Not a totally original concept, it still provides an enjoyable riff on a vital subject: dating after the death of a spouse.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 04:58PMFriday, April 7, 2017
'War Paint' is one of those rare break-speed-records-to-get-there shows to save money for.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 04:12PMThursday, March 16, 2017
No, they are not blasting for a new subway under the Belasco Theater. The noise you hear is the sound of a mortified Tennessee Williams, turning over in his grave over what pretentious hack …
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:48PMTuesday, March 7, 2017
In Joshua Harmon’s exuberant comedy, expertly directed by Trip Cullman, Gideon Glick does a career-defining turn as Jordan Berman.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:05PMWednesday, February 22, 2017
One of five showcases in New York devoted to “new and experimental works” produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company in its “underground” program, the tiny Black Box Theatre, Sixth A…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:51PMTuesday, February 14, 2017
The demented Norma remains pretty much the sole ownership of Glenn Close. People just can’t get enough of her, or 'Sunset Boulevard.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:27PMThursday, February 2, 2017
Lucas Hedges, Oscar-nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Manchester by the Sea, makes his New York stage debut a must-see experience.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:47AMFriday, January 13, 2017
'The Present' is a relentless three-hour pile of noisy, pointless and pretentious junk starring Cate Blanchett.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:24PMWednesday, December 21, 2016
'The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey' Off Broadway is an intriguing lure into the unhinged world of an erratic queer potato.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:05PMMonday, December 19, 2016
In this particularly dreary year of second-rate everything, 'Fences' is something special.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:45PMThursday, December 15, 2016
It's Ben Platt who earns the affectionate audience responses, not the Evan Hansen created in the one-note, one-dimensional pop tunes.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:15PMWhen it comes to the overpraised, overrated and disappointingly mediocre 'La La Land', I’m out on a limb with a saw in my hand.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:02PMFriday, December 9, 2016
'A Bronx Tale' on Broadway, with take-home tunes, a first-rate cast and lively choreography, clicks like a new Rolex.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:48PMTuesday, November 22, 2016
This new Off-Broadway revival of 'Sweet Charity' stars the brassy but lackluster Sutton Foster. Mediocre is its middle name.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:03PMFriday, November 18, 2016
The latest in a long line of dust-offs is the current production of 'Dead Poets Society' off Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:29AMWednesday, November 9, 2016
Lynn Nottage's 'Sweat' is an evening of sobering, well-crafted food for thought.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:00AMWednesday, November 2, 2016
I’ve seen excellent productions of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, including five movies. This is not one of them.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:30AMWednesday, October 26, 2016
Broadway's 'The Front Page', with John Goodman and Nathan Lane, is directed with forced energy that makes it feel phony as a wooden nickel.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:45AM'A Life' makes not one lick of sense. It’s only 85 minutes long with no intermission but seems like a week at hard labor.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:33AMWednesday, October 12, 2016
'Holiday Inn' is a nice, entertaining, totally derivative but heartfelt musical eggnog without much originality but plenty of energy.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:00AMWednesday, October 5, 2016
It’s always thrilling to watch veteran actress Judith Light wear one of the many masks of comedy and tragedy in the trunk of theatrical disguises she uses to enchant, mesmerize and grip he…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:49AMWednesday, August 3, 2016
A pair of superb central performances by Dianne Wiest and David Oyelowo bookmark 'Five Nights in Maine', a slight but poignant drama.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 04:53PM 
