“The Walking Dead” already has gangbuster ratings, but could they get even bigger if the show was made with Legos instead of regular actors? (Despite its wooden acting, the current...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:53PMBy every measure — star power, buzz, lofty ticket prices — “The Maids” is the most hyped event of this year’s Lincoln Center Festival, if not the entire summer. And...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:09PMRunning through Aug. 16, Lincoln Center Festival’s “The Maids” — starring the formidable Cate Blanchett and French icon Isabelle Huppert — is off-Broadway. It’s also off the char…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:39PMYou’d think Julia Stiles would know better after all those movies, from “Save the Last Dance” to the Bourne trilogy. She even held up her own opposite Bill Pullman in...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PMThe actors in the boxing drama “The Opponent” don’t pull their punches — which can’t be said of the slack play itself. For nearly two hours, Guy Van Swearingen and...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:40AMLike many actors of a certain age and stature, John Lithgow decided it was time to do “King Lear.” And why not? Although many still remember him as the comic patriarch...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:12PMAfter vanishing from the NY stage for 25 years, Albert Innaurato is back with a vengeance — and his weapons are cocked and loaded. Those who were around in the...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:49PMYou’re not going to find Stephen Adly Guirgis writing about hedge-fund managers or Williamsburg hipsters. The guy sticks to what he does best, which is telling about a racially mixed,...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PM“Varekai” is billed as Cirque du Soleil’s “newest arena show,” but it actually was created back in 2002, for the big top. While the acts are as tight as we...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:31PMThe Second Stage production of the new dramedy “Sex With Strangers” is polished and stylish. It also boasts superior casting, with the excellent Anna Gunn (Walter White’s long-sufferin…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:00PMSecond Stage Uptown scored big a few years ago with “Bachelorette,” which became a movie and launched the career of playwright Leslye Headland. Now the company’s unearthed another gem …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:49PMYou can’t accuse Theatreworks USA of lacking ambition in its shows for young audiences. Its 26th season’s production, “The Lightning Thief,” is an action-packed musical filled with h…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:38PMWarren Leight found a nifty way to sum up 20 years’ worth of Knicks agony: In “Sec. 310, Row D, Seats 5 and 6,” the Tony-winning writer of “Side Man”...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:03PMStories that pop on the big screen can fizzle when they hit the stage. For every hit like “Once” there are a dozen misfires like “Bullets Over Broadway,” the latest...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:08PMEncores! Off-Center has done a bang-up job reviving obscurish off-Broadway musicals, some of which, on the strength of these productions, later made it to Broadway. “Pump Boys and Dinettes…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:01PMRandy Newman’s only musical, “Faust,” is an odd bird: It’s never been staged in New York, yet it’s spawned a couple of famous-ish songs. You may have heard Bonnie Raitt’s...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:45PMNo matter what Benjamin Scheuer talks or sings about in his solo musical, “The Lion,” he sticks to a monotone that’s polite at best, bland at worst. Which is pretty...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:20PMJonathan Larson’s legacy usually boils down to “Rent.” But the Encores! Off-Center series is making a strong case for his lesser-known “tick, tick…BOOM!” with a high-energy p…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:31PMThe thing with reunions is that they always boil down to the same big ideas: Nobody’s the way they used to be, friendship is treacherous, and you can’t go home...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PM‘The Old Woman” is pretty much a live-action version of “The Itchy & Scratchy Show” starring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Willem Dafoe. This new theatrical piece has all the vaudevill…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:33PMRap on Broadway? Purists, relax — “Holler If Ya Hear Me,” the Tupac Shakur musical that opened Thursday night, is endearingly traditional. Yes, there’s gangsta anger and lots of prof…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:56PMTh3 strapping Jane Lynch came up short in only one way Wednesday night: Her cabaret debut — “my maiden voyage,” she quipped — ended too soon. Even with two encores,...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:53PMNo wonder more and more members of the casts of the eight “Harry Potter” films are turning up onstage: After all, most of Hogwarts’ teaching staff seems to have been...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:36AMTwo generations face off in off-Broadway’s “When We Were Young and Unafraid.” The older, wiser woman is Agnes (Cherry Jones), a former military nurse who runs a B&B that doubles...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:06AMRon Weasley’s coming to Broadway! Rupert Grint — the ginger-haired Hogwarts kid from all eight Harry Potter movies — will make his New York stage debut in the revival of...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:51PMShakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” is the original romantic comedy — its leads are very vocal about how much they can’t stand each other. In other words, they’re destined…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:39AMA couple of years ago, Ayad Akhtar won the Pulitzer Prize for “Disgraced” — which is headed to Broadway this fall, with “How I Met Your Mother” star Josh Radnor....
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:06PMThe new musical “Fly by Night” is off-Broadway’s answer to “The Fault in Our Stars” — earnest, enthusiastic and possibly requiring a tissue or two by the end. Romance doesn’t...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:06PMIn a shocker of an opening scene, Daniel takes a large knife from the kitchen and prepares to slice off his ear. Blackout. It’s a heart-stopping way to begin a...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:30PMGreta Gerwig could have found a much easier vehicle than “The Village Bike.” But no, the blond star of “Frances Ha” and other indie films picked a doozy of a...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:20PMMary Bridget Davies Stars as: Janis Joplin in “A Night with Janis Joplin” “I based my dressing room on [photos from Janis’ life]: tapestries, candles, 1930s lamps, two of my...
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