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Saturday, February 20, 2016

Where Alan Cumming loves to spend his ‘cocktail o’clock’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

When he doesn’t spend the weekend at his Catskills house, Alan Cumming likes roaming his East Village neighborhood. The “Cabaret” and “The Good Wife” star, who recently released th…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:08AM
Friday, February 19, 2016

Married actors Ed Harris and Amy Madigan ooze despair in ‘Buried Child’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Don’t get your tickets mixed up at the Pershing Square Signature Center! One of the multiplex’s venues offers a revival of “Buried Child,” Sam Shepard’s gothic drama about a dilapi…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:23PM

‘The Humans’ is now the unexpected Tony front-runner by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Once it was announced that “Eclipsed” was transferring to Broadway, again starring Lupita Nyong’o as a captive in war-torn Africa, the show seemed a shoo-in for this year’s Tony for …

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:00AM
Sunday, February 14, 2016

These three words just changed everything on ‘The Walking Dead’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Warning: Spoilers ahead from Sunday night’s “Walking Dead” episode The midseason premiere of AMC’s hit series “The Walking Dead” was loaded with shockers. For starters, young Sam…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:05PM
Saturday, February 13, 2016

Alexandria hideout overrun by ‘walkers’ in ‘Dead’ return by Elisabeth Vincentelli

‘No one gets to clock out today.” You know the situation is desperate on “The Walking Dead” when even pompadoured uber-geek Eugene (Josh McDermitt) goes nuts, runs out and slashes pu…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:15AM
Friday, February 12, 2016

Mike Birbiglia’s hilarious ‘Thank God for Jokes’ is a must-see by Elisabeth Vincentelli

SEE IT The latest entry in the Encores! series of neglected musicals is “Cabin in the Sky,” which in 1940 boasted an all-black cast led by Ethel Waters. Modern, overly PC souls will inst…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:46PM
Thursday, February 11, 2016

Does the producer behind the feminist tweets live up to his message? by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Hollywood’s been getting a lot of flak for its treatment of women — and that’s just on-screen. We’re not even talking salaries here. Basically, this is a company town run by bros wit…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:25PM

‘Grey’s’ actor: ‘I won’t hook up with Meredith!’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Many “Grey’s Anatomy” fans were unhappy when Giacomo Gianniotti joined the cast as intern Andrew DeLuca. And Giannotti hopes to reverse those fans’ feelings when the veteran ABC dram…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:19AM
Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Will ‘Frozen’ be the next Broadway mega-hit after ‘Hamilton’? by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Broadway definitely doesn’t have enough superhero musicals, so it’s great to see that the adventures of the mutant princess with cryokinetic powers will soon get the show tune treatment.…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:04PM
Thursday, February 4, 2016

New ‘Walking Dead’ episodes: ‘The stakes are going to be very, very high’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

“There’s some large things that happened. We don’t all survive, we don’t all take it very well.” No kidding! That’s what “The Walking Dead” Norman Reedus (Daryl) is talking a…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:21AM
Monday, January 25, 2016

Gillian Anderson outshines David Duchovny on the new ‘X-Files’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

The craziest thing about “The X-Files” is actually easy to believe: Gillian Anderson was offered half as much money as David Duchovny for the new six-episode revival. Never mind that she…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:23AM
Saturday, January 23, 2016

What you need to stream during Winter Storm Jonas by Elisabeth Vincentelli

If you were meant to travel somewhere, then yes, a blizzard can stink. For everybody else: woo-hoo! Here are some of the newer series and movies available on Hulu, Amazon Prime and HBO. If y…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:59AM
Friday, January 22, 2016

Brave the blizzard and see ‘Skeleton Crew’ off-Broadway by Elisabeth Vincentelli

SEE IT “Skeleton Crew,” set in the dingy break room of a Detroit auto-parts factory, looks modest but is deeply affecting. Big changes are hitting a gruff union steward, a self-starting …

SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:00AM
Thursday, January 21, 2016

‘Cats’ is a musical with the power to end friendships by Elisabeth Vincentelli

“Cats” — well, that’s another matter. The Internet hates that show! When a Broadway revival was announced Thursday morning, the scorn was immediate. Even neutral articles had hostile…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:22PM

Ben Whishaw shines in taut ‘London Spy’ drama by Elisabeth Vincentelli

The starting point of “London Spy” echoes the real-life case of Gareth Williams, an MI6 operative who, in 2010, was found naked and dead in a padlocked duffel — with the key inside the…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:04AM
Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Why Rob Kardashian is a health warning to his generation by Elisabeth Vincentelli

After being hospitalized in December, Rob Kardashian was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. But Rob is only 28 — and diabetes is the kind of geezer’s disease you get along with your AARP me…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:15AM
Monday, January 18, 2016

Enough already with all the tragically flawed TV characters by Elisabeth Vincentelli

It’s fine if TV heroes have deep, dark secrets — it makes them more human, more complex. Oh yeah — and it helps the actors win Emmys and Golden Globes. The problem is that the so-calle…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:28PM
Saturday, January 16, 2016

Celebrate MLK Day with a historical tour of Brooklyn by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Martin Luther King Jr. Day was first observed in 1986, making this year its 30th anniversary. Part of Dr. King’s goal was to foster better understanding among people — an objective share…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:20AM
Friday, January 15, 2016

Gillian Anderson: Mulder and Scully are in love by Elisabeth Vincentelli

When “The X-Files” returns on Jan. 24, don’t expect one of those highfalutin reboots: The six new episodes are all about continuity — down to star Gillian Anderson’s signature hair…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:15AM

‘Noises Off’ has a funny cast — but they forget to have fun by Elisabeth Vincentelli

There’s a reason “Noises Off” is produced so often: It’s a devilishly plotted comedy and audiences love it — which means producers do, too. And actors adore Michael Frayn’s 1…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:20AM

PBS hospital drama ‘Mercy Street’ is an edge-free ‘The Knick’ knockoff by Elisabeth Vincentelli

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 03:13AM
Monday, January 11, 2016

Looking back at ‘MADtv’s hilarious, irreverent 14-year run by Elisabeth Vincentelli

“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 07:30AM
Saturday, January 9, 2016

The most exciting theater in NYC is way cheaper than Broadway by Elisabeth Vincentelli

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 06:30AM
Saturday, January 2, 2016

How the ‘How I Met Your Mother’ mom spends weekends in NYC by Elisabeth Vincentelli

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 07:45AM
Monday, December 21, 2015

‘Fiddler’ is better off without a star performance by Elisabeth Vincentelli

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 10:30AM
Saturday, December 19, 2015

How the ‘Great British Bake Off’ star got her sweet tooth by Elisabeth Vincentelli

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 03:09AM
Friday, December 18, 2015

Pacino and Turner led some of 2015’s biggest theater disasters by Elisabeth Vincentelli

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 05:22PM

The year’s best theater wasn’t on Broadway by Elisabeth Vincentelli

The 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 06:00AM

Billie Joe Armstrong’s new songs are perfect in ‘These Paper Bullets’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

SEE 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 06:00AM
Thursday, December 17, 2015

Hey, customs officials! The members of K-pop band Oh My Girl are not hookers by Elisabeth Vincentelli

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 05:16PM

Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ has sold 30 million copies by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Adele’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 09:39AM

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