Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Shakespeare’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…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:48PMTuesday, June 3, 2014
Either Jim Dale has led an uneventful life, or he’s keeping the juicy stuff to himself. Either way, his new autobiographical show, “Just Jim Dale,” is easygoing but not especially...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:55PMMonday, June 2, 2014
You’d expect Michael Shannon to play the title role in “The Killer.” Broody and intense, he’s best known for tortured, often villainous characters — think General Zod in “Man…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:03AMFriday, May 30, 2014
Once in a blue moon comes a show so laughably bad, it’s almost enjoyable — almost. Enter “The Anthem.” Loosely based on Ayn Rand’s 1938 sci-fi novella “Anthem,” this inept...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:38AMFriday, May 23, 2014
There are no costumed dudes battling evil in “American Hero” — just subs and hoagies. Though, come to think of it, the three leads in Bess Wohl’s bittersweet, terrifically acted...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:05AMThursday, May 22, 2014
Once the temperature rises, the entire city becomes Shakespeare Central. The Bard is as inevitable as a superhero movie on Memorial Day weekend — and most of the productions are...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:09AMWednesday, May 21, 2014
If the Amish are famous for their beards and buggies, the Shakers are reputed for their elegant, minimalist furniture. But that second religious group — its formal name is the...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:41PMFriday, May 9, 2014
Trucking is a great subject for a play — “breaker breaker,” colorful personalities, the lure of the road and all that. Yet “The Few” is strangely uninvolving, its intriguing potent…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PMThursday, May 8, 2014
Encores! has presented plenty of odd ducks in the past two decades, but it’s still hard to beat “Irma la Douce” and its ballet for bearded penguins. Marguerite Monnot’s delightful...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:05PMAlfred Hitchcock is the only director who’s also a pop-culture icon — recent dueling biopics starred Anthony Hopkins and Toby Jones. Now it’s Martin Miller’s turn to portray the jowl…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:13AMTuesday, May 6, 2014
The subject of the new comedy “Under My Skin” is very “now”: The sucky unfairness of health insurance. But the show’s cornball style is stuck in the ’80s or ’90s...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:56PMPolitics can get pretty nasty — especially when family members pull for different parties. In “The City of Conversation,” Hester Ferris finds that out the hard way. As played by...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:26PMSunday, May 4, 2014
If you thought Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” was a provocative poke at race relations, wait till you see off-Broadway’s “An Octoroon.” A black actor puts on whiteface to…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PMWednesday, April 30, 2014
Edgar Allan Poe is famous for his gothic tales, but his own life was mysterious, too. Or rather his own death: In October 1849 he disappeared while on a trip...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PMTuesday, April 29, 2014
An electrifying new show’s in town, starring the little dude from the “Harry Potter” movies. No, it’s not “The Cripple of Inishmaan” with Daniel Radcliffe, but “Peddling” wit…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:00PMWe know that saying “it’s an honor just to be nominated” is a way to make you feel better when you lose the actual prize. But in a Broadway season...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:03PMMonday, April 28, 2014
“The Substance of Fire” is two plays for the price of one: Each act is almost self-contained. Too bad the first is much better than the second — at least...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:21AMFriday, April 25, 2014
Broadway loves two things: arguing about the Tony nominations and arguing about the awards themselves. Fortunately it’s been an action-packed season since “Forever Tango” — remember …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:23PMThe Civilians troupe made its name with documentary, mosaic-like shows based on extensive interviews — “Gone Missing” about losing things, “In the Footprint” about the battle over …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:22PMWhat do you call a revival of a revival? A re-revival? In the case of this “Cabaret,” you just call it fantastic. In 1998, directors Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:40AMWednesday, April 23, 2014
In the early 1960s, a secluded bungalow camp in the Catskills was paradise to a few men. It was where they could be themselves — that is, women. That real-life...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:08PMTuesday, April 22, 2014
Sometimes you wonder if there’s anything Neil Patrick Harris can’t do: He switches from “How I Met Your Mother” to singing Sondheim on Broadway, directing a magic show to hosting...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:37PM 
