Thursday, July 17, 2014
Playwright Laura Eason has penned a remarkably intelligent, thought-provoking, well-balanced, two-hander about writers and their plight in today's modern world.The talented and beautiful Ann…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 10:37AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 12, 2014
In its pre-Broadway try-out at the Bank of America Theater in Chicago, Sting's new musical, The Last Ship, is working out the kinks and honing its message for the masses of New York City thi…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 10:05AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 28, 2014
It has a cult following. It's a mix of glam-rock and drag queen. It's got heart and is rather in-your-face about the whole affair. Neil Patrick Harris takes the reigns of this mo…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 10:44AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 19, 2014
The Roundabout Theatre Company strikes (out) again. Jim Dale is an extraordinary song and dance man He's likable, flexible, and talented - even at this ripe old age of 79 - he's …
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 10:28AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 11, 2014
I was moderately entertained. Indeed, I was. However, knowing what I know, I feel a bit cheated. If I didn't know any better (as most of the out-of-towners who attend these…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 09:34AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 29, 2014
Originally produced for a brief run at Playwrights Horizons in 1997, Violet is seeing a new incarnation at Roundabout's American Airlines Theatre with a star as bright as the moon in a dark …
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 11:26AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Sarah Treem has been busy these past few years and I didn't even realize it. Aside from writing this mesmerizing and provocative new play, When We Were Young and Unafraid, she's been …
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 10:37AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 21, 2014
New York Theater Workshop strikes again with a provocative, edgy, discordant, and artistic presentation of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe on several train rides between New York and Virgin…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 09:50AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 15, 2014
Fresh off her last off-Broadway turned Broadway run, The Lyons, Linda Lavin joins up once again with playwright Nicky Silver once again at the Vineyard Theatre for Too Much Sun, a full…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 10:10AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Gerard Alessandrini is at it once again. His smash hit show, Forbidden Broadway, (subtitle on the Playkill - Comes Out Swinging!) is back in the saddle at the comfortabl…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 10:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Jon Robin Baitz' story is re-told at Second Stage this spring. I didn't know at the time but it was previously a movie in 1996 with a great cast (Sarah Jessica Parker, Ron Rifkin, Timo…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 09:01PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 20, 2014
The weather outside may be delightful, but folks, Autumn has no velocity. It's a magnificent story with a perfectly cast leading lady that should be told in 35 minutes - tops. Th…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 05:31PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 19, 2014
Let me state right off the bat - I'm no theatrical historian. I know very little about Mr. Moss Hart except what I've seen of some of his work. (For more info on Mr. Hart, start …
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 06:56PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Lynne Meadow and Barry Grove have once again produced a small-theatre ensemble gem at the Stage I at City Center of the Manhattan Theatre Club.Assembled for this fine work are the "it" girl,…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 06:56PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 10, 2014
After the initial smile the news of Cabaret's revival brought to my face, it soon turned slightly sour. Don't get me wrong, I love the show. What brought a little disdain to the …
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 04:13PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 1, 2014
When I was recovering from a recent surgery, I suggested to my friends that I would soon be ready to 'get back out there and see some provocative and exciting theatre'. Little did I kn…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 11:39AM[SHARE]Monday, March 24, 2014
Investing in Broadway has one downside - I can't objectively review the shows. (After all, I want to make a profit!). From the moment I heard about the text and substance of this play …
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 12:58PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 20, 2014
The simplicity of this play is blinding. The message is complex and thought provoking. Donald Margulies is a master of dialogue and rich language and context hidden in plain sigh…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 11:55AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Well, I'm an investor so I can't really review the show objectively. But my decision to invest was made based mainly on the brilliant casting (Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale) and dir…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 11:01AM[SHARE]Saturday, February 15, 2014
Well this is not your typical play. Commissioned by LCT, this quirky theater collective named Rude Mechs has taken the farce to new heights on the stage. Seven talented actors gr…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 10:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 13, 2014
The 3rd in a trilogy of plays by Quiara Alegria Hudes, this one just might need a bit more work. There's nothing wrong with the story - unless you think the disjointed, unconnected cha…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 05:04PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 12, 2014
This play is very unique and another thoroughly enjoyable installment of the New York Theatre Workshop. Actually, less of a play more a series of thematic vignettes - long and short. &…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 04:36PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 5, 2014
It's been a while for me, but eventually the delight of a fresh production at Encores! has caught my attention. Little Me - Book by Neil Simon - Music by Cy Coleman- is an evenin…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 11:37AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 16, 2014
A theatre critic is sometimes biased, and this is one of those times. Well, it is not too often that I get to see a play staring someone who I acted with in High School. So when …
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 02:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Major League Baseball and The New York Yankees are actually a part of ("in association with") the new Eric Simonson written and directed two act play, Bronx Bombers. Yes, it's baseball…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 01:46PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 14, 2014
A creation by its star, Larissa Husiak (Billie Jean King), She is King is a verbatim reenactment of the words of Billie Jean King through various interviews for TV. It's an intensive r…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 12:35PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 9, 2014
Who would have thought a lyrical play about a crazy woman who kills her husband and gets the electric chair would be so engrossing? Sophie Treadwell's 1928 play about this very subject…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 12:39PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 7, 2014
In a charming single act, playwright, John Patrick Shanley, doesn't cease to entertain in this quirky Irish romantic comedy. As with all thing Irish, there's always alcohol and death -…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 12:09PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 17, 2013
This is a workshop run so I can't be too critical. That said, the rather long name of this show could be shortened and clarified. It really could be titled "The Mandy and M…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 03:21PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 11, 2013
At the helm of this new work, Canadian crooner and successful young actor and artist, Kyle Riabko, takes a bunch of classic tunes from an old master, Mr. Burt Bacharach, and re imagines them…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 10:56AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 12, 2013
It's a grand party in a glamorous pop-up cabaret tent right here on Broadway, freshly moved uptown from the Meatpacking district. One would think the edgy, avant-garde performance styl…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 05:46PM[SHARE] 
