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Monday, November 4, 2019

LOST SOULS by David Lefkowitz

Even with good acting, a play told entirely in monologues can be difficult to make lively.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 04:24PM
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

COMEDY OF MANNERS by David Lefkowitz

David Staller s production lacks realism in parts, but it s a lively take on George Bernard Shaw s comedy.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 12:18AM
Wednesday, May 22, 2019

POWER OF THE QUESTION by David Lefkowitz

This play needs some trimming, but the inquiring mind at the heart of it makes for an intriguing character.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 12:03AM
Monday, April 29, 2019

UNHAPPY GATHERINGS by David Lefkowitz

This adaptation of Uncle Vanya struggles as it straddles two worlds without committing to either.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:48PM
Friday, February 15, 2019

SPECIAL GUEST by David Lefkowitz

God makes a visit to Earth in this new comedy, but the story is short on substance.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 06:36PM
Saturday, February 2, 2019

UNLUCKY AND UNFULFILLED by David Lefkowitz

This is a fun musical about a nice Jewish boy with maxed-out credit cards and zero game with women.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 07:12PM
Monday, November 5, 2018

SMALL-TOWN ECCENTRICS by David Lefkowitz

An out-of-commission playhouse has one week to put on a play and save the town.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 04:06PM
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Dave's Gone By Interview (2/4/17) – ALLEN LEWIS RICKMAN & Rabbi Sol Solomon by David Lefkowitz

Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actor Allen Lewis Rickman. Topics include: Yiddish, Alan Rickman, Coen Brothers, A SERIOUS MAN, Steve Sterner. Segment aired Feb. 4, 2017 as part of the "Dave's …

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:05PM
Friday, July 31, 2015

Musicals Rappin’ at Your Door? by David Lefkowitz

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock far away from the theater district, you’re aware that next week brings the Broadway opening of Hamilton, the much-anticipated musical from In the H…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 03:39PM
Thursday, July 23, 2015

Some Theatrical Entries for Tell an Old Joke Day by David Lefkowitz

You may not know this. In fact, there’s no particular reason for you to know it, but July 24th is “Tell an Old Joke Day.” Yes, a day apparently exists that is devoted to recounting qui…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 11:28PM
Friday, July 10, 2015

Excuuuuuse Me! Fighting Back Against the Rude by David Lefkowitz

As they do every so often, stories of audience members behaving insufferably at the theater become newsworthy—usually making the papers because some actor or fellow playgoer finally pushes…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:30AM
Monday, June 8, 2015

Random Thoughts on the 2015 Tony Broadcast by David Lefkowitz

Just finished watching the 2015 Tony Awards on CBS, and what a swell party it was. Oh sure, there are things to snark about (see below), and coulda-shoulda-woulda moments, but for three hour…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:56AM
Saturday, June 6, 2015

Sat, 6/6: Dave Lefkowitz hosts 11th Annual TONY AWARDS SPECIAL! 11-4pm(ET) UNCRadio.com by David Lefkowitz

Dave Lefkowitz, a theater editor at Stagebuddy.com, is doing his annual, live, Tony Awards radio special TODAY (Sat, June 6), from 11am-4pm(Eastern). You can listen live at www.uncradio.com.…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:30AM
Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Tony Picks & Predictions by David Lefkowitz

It’s that time again, when art meets commerce meets glitz meets schmaltz. It’s the 69th Annual Tony Awards, happening Sunday night, June 7, at Radio City Music Hall, with CBS-TV broadcas…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 08:12AM
Friday, May 22, 2015

Cheap is Dear: Two Hopeful Signs for the Cash-Strapped Theatergoer by David Lefkowitz

As a theater critic for more than 25 years, I’m used to getting free tickets to the plays I see, be they off-off-Broadway showcases or the latest multi-million dollar blockbusters in Times…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 04:35PM
Sunday, May 10, 2015

SEE or SKIP: The Audience by David Lefkowitz

SEE or SKIP: The Audience VENUE: Broadway’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theater, to June 28, 2015. INFO: Broadway continues its slavish Anglophilia with this look at the long reign of Queen Elizabet…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 08:25PM
Friday, May 1, 2015

SEE or SKIP: The Heidi Chronicles by David Lefkowitz

SEE or SKIP: The Heidi Chronicles VENUE: Broadway’s Music Box Theater, to May 3, 2015. INFO: Theatergoers have just a few more performances to catch Pam MacKinnon’s staging of The Heidi …

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:34AM
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Bway Critics Not Loving DiPietro’s Love by David Lefkowitz

With so many shows opening on Broadway this spring, it’s easy to overlook a light, frothy comedy. But never count Joe DiPietro out. His musical with Jimmy Roberts, “I Love You, You’re …

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:38AM
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Bway Critics Weigh in on Shoulda Been by David Lefkowitz

Well, “The Wedding Singer” flopped but became a popular touring show, and “First Date” flopped but is bound to get lots of community-theater action, will another comic musical about …

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:56AM
Thursday, April 9, 2015

Bway Crix Throw Caca at Gigi by David Lefkowitz

1951 saw Broadway fall in love with Audrey Hepburn playing the innocent but oh-so-canny “Gigi” in the Anita Loos play of that title. 1958 caused a similar infatuation with Leslie Caron w…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:42AM
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Bway Critics High-Five Hand to God by David Lefkowitz

A Broadway show about foul-mouthed hand puppets . . . could such a thing ever work? Ask the producers of “Avenue Q” (which is still running in its off-Broadway transfer). Okay, but can a…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:31AM
Friday, April 3, 2015

Critics Pour Sunlight on Hare’s Bway Skylight by David Lefkowitz

When David Hare’s romantic drama, “Skylight”, first reached Broadway in 1996, critics lauded the show’s balance of emotional, inter-personal drama with the playwright’s realization…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:14AM
Friday, March 20, 2015

Bway Critics on Chronicles: Is Heidi Too Tidy or Still Mighty? by David Lefkowitz

Before “Girls” and “Sex and the City” but after “That Girl” and “The Mary Tyler Moore” show came “The Heidi Chronicles”, a comic look at a modern-day woman who wants and …

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:26AM
Monday, March 16, 2015

Critics Climb Aboard Bway’s Twentieth Century by David Lefkowitz

Old-fashioned, nostalgic glamour is big on Broadway this year, what with the eccentrics of “You Can’t Take it with You” and the retro vibe of “Honeymoon in Vegas”, not to mention t…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:19PM

Playbill Vault’s Today In Theatre History: March 16 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas, David Lefkowitz and Anne Bradley

1914 Female impersonator Julian Eltinge is lyricist and star of The Crinoline Girl. Otto Hauerbach provides the book and Percy Wenrich the score. S/he'll twirl at the Knickerbocker Theat…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, March 9, 2015

NY Critics Bow Before Mirren in The Audience by David Lefkowitz

While American politics remains a rare topic on Broadway (this season’s “Disgraced” notwithstanding), English intrigue is all the rage on the Great White Way. David Hare’s socio-econ…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:24AM
Thursday, March 5, 2015

Bway Critics Fillet Larry David’s Fish by David Lefkowitz

Just a couple of months ago, when plans were announced to bring Larry David’s new play, “Fish in the Dark”, to Broadway, even inside theater people knew precious little about the show.…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:23PM

How Funny People Have Fared on Broadway by David Lefkowitz

All through rehearsals and early previews, Larry David tried to keep people in the dark about his new play, “Fish in the Dark”, which opens on Broadway this Thursday (March 5). A seeming…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 08:42AM
Thursday, February 26, 2015

Song o’ Spongebob by David Lefkowitz

Entertainment Weekly reported this week that everybody’s favorite absorbent, porous and yellow invertebrate, SpongeBob SquarePants, may someday come to Broadway. At its annual “upfront�…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 08:32AM
Tuesday, February 17, 2015

NY Critics Call Hamilton a Treasure by David Lefkowitz

Overnight, “will it or won’t it?” has turned into “when will it?” Even before Lin-Manuel Miranda’s new musical, “Hamilton”, opened at off-Broadway’s Public Theater last nig…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 11:45PM
Thursday, February 12, 2015

Valentine Pickin’s by David Lefkowitz

Taking a date (or spouse, or significant other or affectionate parolee) out to a Broadway show is a no-brainer for Valentine’s Day. A show is both social and personal, the experience allow…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:54AM

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
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Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
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Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
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Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
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