Sunday, 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...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PMWednesday, February 11, 2015
Pray you never get embroiled in an office war — stuck in a room with your foe, day after day, trying to figure out how to defeat them before they...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PMThere’s the shabby-chic hipster New York we see on cable TV — and then there’s Stephen Adly Guirgis’ New York, the gritty place where the playwright grew up. The city...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PMTuesday, February 10, 2015
Casting the perky, versatile Christina Bianco in the middling comedy “Application Pending” is like driving a Porsche around the block at 20 mph. What a waste of resources! While theaterg…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PMSunday, February 8, 2015
The most wholesome musical in town happens to be about porn. Despite its explicit language (not to mention catchy ditties about things like “Waiting for Wood”), “Pretty Filthy” is wi…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:00AMFriday, February 6, 2015
“Texas in Paris” is described as a play with music, but the balance between the two parts is lopsided. The musical bits are strong — unsurprisingly, since one of the...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:45PMThursday, February 5, 2015
The Encores! series is famous for bringing back musical chestnuts that often haven’t roasted on a New York stage in decades. Lo and behold, here comes Tommy Tune! While he’s...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:38PMTuesday, February 3, 2015
The title of this new play is a Syrian expression for a perfect dice roll in backgammon. The reference may be meant to suggest a taut battle between opponents going...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:48PMMonday, February 2, 2015
For every “The Office,” there are five cases of “Gracepoint,” or an American remake of a successful foreign show that inevitably goes down in flames. Actually, it usually goes down...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:50PMEvery other year, Taylor Swift takes her magic wand and anoints the acts who will open her new tour. Now she’s just announced that Haim, the LA rock band featuring...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:50PMSunday, January 25, 2015
More than its plot or score, what you’ll remember from the Poe musical “Nevermore” is its look. Bretta Gerecke’s costumes, makeup and props are part Edward Gorey, part Tim Burton...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PMFriday, January 23, 2015
As soon as it opened back in September, “You Can’t Take It With You” became the funniest show on Broadway. The wildly talented ensemble took hold of Kaufman and Hart’s...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:43PMThursday, January 22, 2015
There’s no way you’d confuse off-Broadway’s new “Into the Woods” revival with the movie version. The latter boasts big-name stars like Meryl Streep and Anna Kendrick, swelling …
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