Friday, January 15, 2016
Only med students and fans of Cinemax’s “The Knick” will be able to watch “Mercy Street” without gagging. This new period drama is as buttoned-up and as packed with classy crinolin…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:13AMMonday, January 11, 2016
“Saturday Night Live” has dominated sketch comedy on network TV for the past 40 years, brushing off all upstarts who tried to make a go of it. Of all those would-be rivals, Fox’s �…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:30AMSaturday, January 9, 2016
Music fans have the CMJ marathon. Theater lovers have January, when artistic directors from all over the country hit New York to hunt down hot new shows — and five festivals give them plen…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:30AMSaturday, January 2, 2016
Cristin Milioti is a familiar presence to New York theatergoers, who may have caught her Tony-nominated performance in “Once.” A couple of TV gigs have helped spread the love nationwide:…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:45AMMonday, December 21, 2015
Thanks to Zero Mostel’s larger-than-life performance, “Fiddler on the Roof” is often considered a star vehicle. But there’s a reason the show isn’t called “Tevye — The Musical!…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:30AMSaturday, December 19, 2015
The most unlikely TV star in Britain is a cool, impeccably groomed 80-year-old grandmother and baking Yoda. Even her name is tidily perfect: Mary Berry. Now Berry is poised to conquer Americ…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:09AMFriday, December 18, 2015
What’s even better than a theater hit? A theater flop — at least among turkey connoisseurs, for whom everyday is Thanksgiving when it comes to stage flameouts. And this year had some…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:22PMThe best theater surprises you, not just with plot twists — though that’s fun, too — but by making you reconsider your expectations. Here, listed alphabetically, are 10 favorite shows …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:00AMSEE IT Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong contributed perfect Beatles- pastiche songs to “These Paper Bullets!” — an ingenious adaptation of “Much Ado About Nothing” reset in mid-�…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:00AMThursday, December 17, 2015
To be clear: The members of Korean pop group Oh My Girl are NOT hookers, no matter what customs officials in LA may think. TMZ says the LAX snafu resulted from a visa issue while their manag…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:16PMAdele’s “25” is off to a great start, having sold 5.19 million copies in just three weeks, but she’s got a way to go: Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album has now sold 30 mil…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:39AMWednesday, December 16, 2015
Idris Elba is so charismatic in the title role of “Luther” that he almost makes up for how nutty and stomach-turningly violent this BBC America cop show is. The third season ended with o…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:05AMSaturday, December 12, 2015
Even if the only ice you like is what’s floating in a drink, broomball is ridiculously entertaining. This winter sport, popular in Canada and on Midwestern campuses, is pretty much skatele…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:20AMOur mild December is a good time to try Junius Morgan’s outdoor fitness class. Morgan, 53, is a trainer with his own studio in Phillipsburg, NJ, who leads an hourlong Central Park Fitness …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:37AMFriday, December 11, 2015
SEE IT I laughed so hard at “Oh, Hello” that tears were streaming down my cheeks and my glasses kept fogging up. Sketch-comedy characters usually don’t stretch well, but Nick Kroll and…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:03AMThursday, December 10, 2015
Turns out that Jennifer Hudson playing a Broadway diva on “Smash” was mere foreshadowing: Now she’s lording it up in a revival of “The Color Purple: The Musical.” But killing on TV…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:36PM“The Good Wife” is the Sasquatch of TV shows: an ultra-rare example of a series hitting a creative peak after years on air — its fifth season (2013-14) was classic television. And then…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:01PMWednesday, December 9, 2015
As popular badass Daryl Dixon, Norman Reedus fights off chompers on “The Walking Dead,” not in real life. That changed this weekend, when an obsessive fan attempted to bite him on the ch…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:30PMTuesday, December 8, 2015
“Lazarus” sold out in hours thanks to three little words: David Bowie musical. Mind you, it’s by Bowie, not with him. Now that the show’s opened, we see what lurks behind the buzz: �…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:00AMWhat’s more fun than waking up for a day of snow-centric sports in the French Alps? Getting up in France then skiing over to Switzerland for lunch. Border-hopping is routine in the Portes …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:00AMMonday, December 7, 2015
You could say the movie “School of Rock” already was a musical of sorts, but never mind: “School of Rock: The Musical” just opened on Broadway, with a whole heap of new tunes by Andr…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:06PMSaturday, December 5, 2015
It was jolting to hear a deep New York accent under the cheery tent familiar to viewers of the BBC’s “The Great British Baking Show” (which airs here on PBS). But this is actually “T…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:23AMFriday, December 4, 2015
Unlike a real zombie apocalypse, “The Walking Dead Experience” has an end. Also, nobody chomps on your guts. Directed by Michael Counts, this new immersive show at the Meadowlands Exposi…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:39PMSEE IT The new off-Broadway musical “Gigantic” was originally titled “Fat Camp,” which is where it takes place. This feisty show will please fans of “The 25th Annual Putnam County …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:40AMThis must be some kind of cynical Broadway-producer experiment: Will people pony up $150 to see Al Pacino in any old garbage? The answer is a resounding yes. “China Doll” is clearing upw…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:26AMSex appeal is alive and well on Broadway, where a new generation of heartthrobs is making many ladies and quite a few gents go weak in the knees — good thing everybody’s sitting down, ri…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:00AMAfter last year’s “Peter Pan Live” crashed and burned, NBC changed course for its broadcast of “The Wiz Live”: Bring on the stars! Gone were the Allison Williamses and Christopher …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:09AMThursday, December 3, 2015
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s popularity now extends into a galaxy far, far away: The author and star of the Broadway smash “Hamilton” co-wrote the music for a cantina scene in “Star Wars: Th…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:47AMTuesday, December 1, 2015
Only time will tell if “A Very Murray Christmas” will join the ranks of seasonal classics like “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special.” But…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:00AMMonday, November 30, 2015
To quote Deanna’s immortal words: “Well… sh-t.” This would serve as a spoiler warning if there was much to be spoiled in the mid-season finale of “The Walking Dead” — the episo…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:25AMWednesday, November 25, 2015
On Thanksgiving eve, let’s congratulate the lucky idiot who paid $2 million for the biggest turkey of them all. That would be the editor who fought off a dozen similarly deluded rivals for…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:00PM 
