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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Review: The Glass Menagerie by Brian Scott Lipton

The exquisitely calibrated work of four remarkable actors, led by two-time Tony Award winner Cherry Jones, bring a fresh dose of both poignancy and humor to this enduring masterpiece.

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Friday, September 13, 2013

The Old Friends by Brian Scott Lipton

Thwarted love affairs. Family squabbles. Fights about inheritances. These plotlines are staples of the plays of one of the 20th-century's greatest dramatists, Horton Foote. The Old Friends, …

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Review: Fetch Clay, Make Man, by Brian Scott Lipton

Will Power's "Fetch Clay, Make Man," is a powerful play of ideas now being given a dazzling production at New York Theatre Workshop under the direction of Tony Award winner Des McAnuff.

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Jean-Michele Gregory is Over the Moon by Brian Scott Lipton

The director helms Mike Daisey’s ambitious new monologues — If your vision of a theatre director is someone who spends their days blocking actors’ every step, endlessly rea…

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Sutton Foster at the Café Carlyle by Brian Scott Lipton

Sutton Foster may be beloved by many as Broadway's brassiest belter, but her trademark big notes are few and far between in the two-time Tony Award-winning star's thoroughly enchanting new s…

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Review: First Date by Brian Scott Lipton

It's admittedly early in the theater season to make predictions, but I'm still willing to bet (at least the paycheck for this review) that no one will make a more assured Broadway debut over…

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Monday, August 12, 2013

Review - Shida: The Musical by Brian Scott Lipton

Here are a couple of truths about theater: if you're a writer and have a story you feel the need to share, you must often find a way to tell it yourself. And if you're a performer and you fe…

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Review: Love's Labour's Lost by Brian Scott Lipton

About three-fourths of the way into Alex Timbers and Michael Friedman's go-for-broke musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's bittersweet romance Love's Labour's Lost, now being presented…

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Review: Harbor by Brian Scott Lipton

Unexpected visits from long-lost family usually end up causing major disharmony " especially in theater " but few of these reunions cause the kind of major upheaval found at the end of "Harb…

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Murder for Two by Brian Scott Lipton

Summer is a great time for reading murder mysteries on the beach or in the backyard. Fortunately, city dwellers stuck in the Big Apple now have a pleasant alternative...

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Friday, July 19, 2013

Review: Nobody Loves You by Brian Scott Lipton

If not for the almost Herculean efforts of the show's eight multitalented performers, this lightweight confection might actually evaporate while you were watching it.

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Sunday, July 14, 2013

Review: Forever Tango by Brian Scott Lipton

The first time Luis Bravo's Forever Tango hit Broadway back in 1997, most Americans couldn't tell the difference between the Argentine Tango and the Watusi. But the popularity of ABC's "Danc…

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Matthew Morrison pays tribute to Glee co-star Cory Monteith at his cabaret show by Brian Scott Lipton

"There's no people like show people, they smile when they are low," Irving Berlin famously wrote in Annie Get Your Gun. Broadway and television favorite Matthew Morrison proved just how true…

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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Monkey: Journey to the West by Brian Scott Lipton

Quite the spectacle, but is this a journey worth taking?

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Monday, July 1, 2013

Choir Boy by Brian Scott Lipton

A nearly flawless production that never seems to be preaching to the choir...

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Saturday, June 29, 2013

The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin by Brian Scott Lipton

Steven Levenson's compelling new drama, The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin, now at the Roundabout Theatre Company's Laura Pels Theatre...

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The Comedy of Errors by Brian Scott Lipton

An actor playing two parts in the same show is nothing unusual, but comic geniuses Hamish Linklater and Jesse Tyler Ferguson take the "doubling" concept to new heights in Daniel Sullivan's i…

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Do Violins and Basketball Mix? by Brian Scott Lipton

Jessica Dickey’s new play straddles the arts/sports divide — Jessica Dickey’s heartfelt new play Charles Ives Take Me Home, now at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, examines…

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Friday, June 14, 2013

Is That a Real Giraffe-Skin Rug? by Brian Scott Lipton

Secrets of the Loopy Set for MTC’s “The Explorers Club” — Audiences walking into Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of Nell Benjamin’s uproarious farce T…

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Review: Cornelius by Brian Scott Lipton

Those who spend their days toiling away in an office may want a bit of escape when they venture to the theater. However, it would be foolhardy for them " or anyone " to skip the Finborough T…

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Review: Reasons to Be Happy by Brian Scott Lipton

Steph is still screaming and cursing like a truck driver. Greg is still trying to please other people. Kent still has a hair-trigger temper. And Carly still wants to be loved " and not just …

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Monday, June 10, 2013

Video: 2013 Tony Awards Interview with Judith Ivey by Brian Scott Lipton

Red carpet interview with actress Judith Ivey at the 67th Annual Tony Awards

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Video: 2013 Tony Awards Interview with David Rockwell by Brian Scott Lipton

Red carpet interview with actor David Rockwell at the 67th Annual Tony Awards

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2013 Tony Awards: Patina Miller by Brian Scott Lipton

Red carpet interview with Patina Miller in the revival of "Pippin"

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2013 Tony Awards: Condola Rashad by Brian Scott Lipton

Red carpet interview with Condola Rashad of "The Trip to Bountiful"

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2013 Tony Awards: Jerry Mitchell by Brian Scott Lipton

Red carpet interview with actor Jerry Mitchell of "Kinky Boots"... say Yeah!

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2013 Tony Awards: Angela Bassett by Brian Scott Lipton

Red carpet interview with actress Angela Bassett at 2013 Tony Awards

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2013 Tony Awards: Valisia LeKae by Brian Scott Lipton

Red carpet interview with actress Valisia LeKae at 2013 Tony Awards

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2013 Tony Awards: Shalita Grant by Brian Scott Lipton

Red carpet interview with actress Shalita Grant

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Sunday, June 9, 2013

At the Tony Awards with Lilla Crawford by Brian Scott Lipton

Red carpet interview with Lilla Crawford, star of "Annie," at the 2013 Tony Awards.

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At the Tony Awards with Bernadette Peters by Brian Scott Lipton

On the red carpet with actress Bernadette Peters at the 67th Annual Tony Awards

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Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
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