Thursday, March 26, 2015
Radio City Music Hall’s “New York Spring Spectacular” is a lot of show — all for something that feels like the most expensive visitors bureau commercial ever made. For starters,...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PMWednesday, March 25, 2015
Today, New York celebrates the Fall of the Dark Lord Sauron. What, you didn’t know about the anniversary of the demise of the big baddie from “The Lord of the...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:22PMLike Batman reboots, but not quite as often as Dracula, “A Star Is Born” returns to movie screens with regularity. Now Bradley Cooper is meant to make his directorial debut...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:18PMMonday, March 23, 2015
Action generally speaks louder than words — but silence says even more in “Small Mouth Sounds,” Beth Wohl’s wonderful, perceptive new play. Six strangers meet at a spiritual retreat …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PMThursday, March 19, 2015
Heidi Holland, the heroine of Wendy Wasserstein’s hit “The Heidi Chronicles,” firmly believes that “all people deserve to fulfill their potential.” The whole point of the play, whi…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PMYou have to mine for them, but Lerner and Lowe’s Gold Rush musical — now lovingly revived at Encores! — is rife with shiny nuggets. Even with Keith Carradine leading...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:33PMWednesday, March 18, 2015
Some of the spring’s hottest shows have been irreverent spins on history, like the hip-hop bio-musical “Hamilton” and “An Octoroon,” an alternately hilarious and searing look at sl…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:20PMThursday, March 12, 2015
Remember when the star of “Cabaret” was whoever played the role of Kit Kat Klub chanteuse Sally Bowles? Well, it isn’t this time. It’s Alan Cumming’s Emcee who owns the...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:01PMTuesday, March 10, 2015
In her winning solo piece “Josephine and I,” Cush Jumbo recounts how, as a child in Britain, she discovered an unlikely role model in Josephine Baker, the American-born entertainer who...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PMMonday, March 9, 2015
You might consider enjoying a glass of something before “The Liquid Plain.” Naomi Wallace’s baffling play about slaves and sailors would probably go down better after a drink or two....
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:16PMYou may have noticed that Carly Rae Jepsen’s video for “I Really Like You” prominently features a certain Oscar winner who shall remain — oh fine, it’s Tom Hanks. Famous...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:14PMYou may want to take A&E’s slogan, “Be original,” with a grain of salt. Consider that one of the network’s flagship spring shows, “The Returned” (premiering Monday night) is …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:01AMSunday, March 8, 2015
To the surprise of exactly no one, Helen Mirren is absolutely terrific as Queen Elizabeth II in “The Audience,” which opened on Broadway Sunday night. Admittedly, Mirren had practice, ha…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PMThursday, March 5, 2015
Larry David has no understudy in “Fish in the Dark,” because he is the only reason you’d want to see this new comedy. If he’s out, there’s no show. Fans...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PMAfter 18 months on Broadway — and 496 renditions of “I Feel the Earth Move” — Jessie Mueller ends her run Friday night in “Beautiful,” the hit biomusical about Carole...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:15PMStarting Saturday, the woman behind the piano at “Beautiful” will be . . . Chilina Kennedy? Even if the name doesn’t ring a bell, the Canadian actress (inset) is a musical-theater …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:12PMMonday, March 2, 2015
“The Mystery of Love & Sex” takes on so much that it could have been titled “The Mystery of Love, Sex, Racism, Sexism, Religion, Confused Romantic Feelings & Dealing With...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PMHere are some scary ski figures: A single-day, walk-up-window adult ticket now costs $159 at Vail. Hunter Mountain charges up to $76 for the privilege of jostling with aggro New...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:53PMThursday, February 26, 2015
“The whole point of this thing was to make you feel something,” a character tells us in “An Octoroon.” No argument there: This brilliant, daring, demented show takes you on...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PMOn one of their early dates, Erica and Vicky ride a Ferris wheel, which may be a terrible idea since Erica is afraid of heights. No matter: Next thing we...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:58PMWednesday, February 25, 2015
It’s been a long winter for fans of “The Good Wife”: a seemingly endless holiday hiatus, two episodes in January and then another break. The CBS series returns on Sunday...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:40PMIf you think Brooklyn’s overhyped, “Brooklynite” may make you break into a rash. This new musical takes borough fandom to heights that would make megabooster Marty Markowitz blush. Tha…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PMFew playwrights have David Ives’ wit or way with words. From “Venus in Fur” to “The School for Lies,” Ives has enlivened the stage with cracking exchanges. Which is why...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:15PMTuesday, February 24, 2015
“The Nether” gets under your skin — and not in a pleasant way. Not only does it deal with pedophilia, but there’s an actual kid in it. And while nothing...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PMMonday, February 23, 2015
As bad as weddings can get on “Bridezillas,” they’re way worse in Charles Mee’s play “Big Love.” We’re talking showers of blood. We’re talking a woman pulverizing something i…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PMIt’s obvious what the secret sauce is in Daft Punk’s mega-hit “Get Lucky”: Nile Rodgers’ fantastically infectious guitar riff. The masked Frenchmen know it, too, and they’re retu…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:30PMSaturday, February 21, 2015
When people ask me if I have a pet, I say yes. When they inevitably ask whether it’s a cat or a dog, I proudly answer, “Neither — it’s a...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:00AMWednesday, February 18, 2015
The new comedy “Verité” has a lot going for it, like an appealingly weird vibe and a very funny lead performance by Anna Camp (late of “Fever Pitch” and “True...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PMTuesday, February 17, 2015
For months now, a deafening buzz has surrounded “Hamilton.” Rumor had it that creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda — a Tony winner for “In the Heights” — would apply his...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PMFriday, February 13, 2015
Mass shootings have become tragically common over the past decade, but that doesn’t make them any easier to understand. Claire (Neve McIntosh), a Protestant minister and the lead character…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:21PMThursday, February 12, 2015
Sometimes you don’t realize an unlikely combination will work until you try it. Chocolate and salt: Who knew? Same goes for the casting of Nathan Lane — one of his...
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