Thursday, November 10, 2011
Two hours of pure pleasure with someone who clearly loves being onstage.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:07PMTuesday, November 8, 2011
David Rooney The actor builds cumulative power and pathos in the title role, supporting player John Douglas Thompson delivers standout performance in director James Macdonald's interpretatio…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00PMDavid Rooney Inspired by the novella "Venus in Furs" by Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, the story centers on an actress and a director whose power shifts during the course of the …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PMMonday, November 7, 2011
This misconceived production -- valiantly if blandly piloted by Hunter Parrish of Showtime’s Weeds as a smiley-faced, buff Abercrombie & Fitch Jesus -- pretty much obliterated 40 years of …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:06PMSaturday, November 5, 2011
Airing Sunday on PBS, David Hare’s first film as writer-director in more than 20 years is a muted affair.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:00PMThursday, November 3, 2011
David Rooney Jon Robin Baitz's first new play in six years has ripened significantly in its move to Broadway.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PMTuesday, November 1, 2011
A 20th-anniversary revival of Brian Friel’s memory play “Dancing at Lughnasa” is at the Irish Repertory Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:35PMThursday, October 27, 2011
David Rooney Actor-turned-playwright Jesse Eisenberg has a way with character, but this slender debut doesn't add up to much.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PMDavid Rooney The play was a smash in Chicago, but its charms feel a little stretched as it makes its Broadway debut, writes THR's David Rooney.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:32PMThursday, October 20, 2011
This comedy ménage àtrois is not without laughs, but overall, it’s thin and tired.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:12PMMonday, October 17, 2011
David Rooney Mike Daisey's provocative monologue, which has been updated but not softened since the "techno-libertarian hippie" died earlier this month, makes its New York debut.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00PMThursday, October 13, 2011
David Rooney Katori Hall’s play is based on the legendary Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, with a fictionalized account of his last night on Earth.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PMWednesday, October 12, 2011
A respectful adaptation of the 2001 documentary of the same name, “Southern Comfort” chronicles the final year in the life of Robert Eads, a female-to-male transsexual who has ovarian ca…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:47PMSunday, October 9, 2011
Simon Curtis' biographical drama co-stars Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Judi Dench and Dominic Cooper.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:54PMWhen commemorating a major playwright, it’s never a great idea to choose one of his less memorable works.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:50PMMonday, October 3, 2011
The New York Musical Theater Festival’s first week offered numerous works in progress, with a couple of familiar names, Austen and Gatsby, showing the most promise.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:37PMTuesday, September 27, 2011
The Bottom Line: "True Blood" regular Rutina Wesley shines in Jeff Talbott’s provocative but unsatisfying play.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:46PMIn transferring a 1992 Disney film to the stage, “Newsies the Musical,” at the Paper Mill Playhouse, makes full use of a book by Harvey Fierstein.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:21PMTuesday, September 20, 2011
"To me, this is an educational outreach tool," the writer says at the star-studded one-night-only presentation. "It's important that people know the arguments on both sides as this case make…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:18PMMonday, September 12, 2011
[email protected] (David Rooney) Bernadette Peters, Jan Maxwell, Danny Burstein, Ron Raines, Elaine Paige star in the new production of the 1971 original, which grows more bewitchin…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PMFriday, August 26, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
"The Hangover's" Justin Bartha plays a lovelorn depressive in Braff's debut play.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:00PMSaturday, July 23, 2011
In "The Devil's Double," Dominic Cooper ("The History Boys") plays both Uday Hussein and Latif Yahia, an Iraqi army lieutenant forcibly inducted into the entourage of Saddam Hussein's son.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:41PMTuesday, July 19, 2011
Jon Marans’s drama “A Strange and Separate People” addresses the struggle for many to accept their homosexuality while adhering to their religious beliefs.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:01PMWednesday, July 13, 2011
The British actor Julian Ovenden plays Death in the Roundabout Theater Company’s revival of the supernatural romance “Death Takes a Holiday.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:25PMSaturday, July 9, 2011
It’s not exactly the height of satirical sophistication, but this is certainly a unique 20th anniversary tribute to the Jonathan Demme chiller.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:44PMThursday, July 7, 2011
Tyne Daly's mercurial performance gives equal exposure to her character's formidable outer shell and to the corrosive solitude within.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:35PM 
