Thursday, August 7, 2014
The 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 01:40AMTuesday, August 5, 2014
Like 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 10:12PMMonday, August 4, 2014
After 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 09:49PMThursday, July 31, 2014
You’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 03:31PMWednesday, July 30, 2014
The 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 09:00PMTuesday, July 29, 2014
Second 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 03:49PMFriday, July 25, 2014
You 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 10:38PMWednesday, July 23, 2014
Warren 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 02:08PMThursday, July 17, 2014
Encores! 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 06:01PMWednesday, July 2, 2014
Randy 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 03:45PMMonday, June 30, 2014
No 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 07:20PMThursday, June 26, 2014
Jonathan 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 10:01PMMonday, June 23, 2014
‘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 04:33PMThursday, June 19, 2014
Rap 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 04:53PMWednesday, June 18, 2014
No 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 05:06AMTuesday, June 17, 2014
Ron 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 05:39AMMonday, June 16, 2014
A 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 10:06PMWednesday, June 11, 2014
The 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 05:30PMTuesday, June 10, 2014
Greta 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 10:20PMSaturday, June 7, 2014
Mary 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...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:05PMFriday, June 6, 2014
Two epically awkward dates make a satisfying finale to the off-Broadway comedy “When January Feels Like Summer” — they’re a long time coming, though. Playwright Cori Thomas enjoys he…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:01PMFor his New York stage debut, Kenneth Branagh could have gotten away with anything. A solo reading of takeout menus? It’s a hit! Instead, the Shakespeare expert brought over a...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:37AMThursday, June 5, 2014
Forget about California Chrome and the Triple Crown: For many New Yorkers, the handicapping race this week is all about the Tonys. Ahead of Sunday’s telecast, we balance out who...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:00AMWednesday, June 4, 2014
Back in the day, Broadway songs often became million-selling hits that wormed their way into America’s subconsciousness (remember “Tonight,” from “West Side Story”?) Now this happe…
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