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Monday, September 22, 2014

‘The Good Wife’ opens Season 6 with typically superb episode by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Warning: This article contains spoilers The most striking thing about Sunday night’s Season 6 premiere of CBS’s “The Good Wife” hits you after the end credits: Will Gardner is gone...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:09PM
Friday, September 19, 2014

‘Valley of Astonishment’ poetically explores rare neurological conditions by Elisabeth Vincentelli

You’d think having total recall would be cool. You’d never have to write down a shopping list. You could quote entire “Simpsons” episodes from 20 years ago. Things are more comp…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:33PM
Thursday, September 18, 2014

Mia Farrow, Brian Dennehy examine a 50-year relationship in ‘Love Letters’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

You can see why everyone loves doing “Love Letters”: A.R. Gurney’s 1988 play requires no special set or costumes, and the cast of two, reading from scripts, doesn’t need to...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PM
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Bridget Everett is gutsy and provocative in ‘Rock Bottom’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

‘Tonight, I’m gonna say some s–t, and then I’m gonna do some s–t, and then I still won’t be done,” Bridget Everett warned us at “Rock Bottom,” her new show....

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PM
Monday, September 15, 2014

8 comedians who acted in dramas, with varying results by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig dip their toes in dramatic waters for their new flick, “The Skeleton Twins,” and it’s working out well for them. The movie’s earning a high...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:03PM

Patience is required to enjoy ‘The Fatal Weakness’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

The two couples in “The Fatal Weakness” wrestle with infidelity and other troubles, but they’re completely nonchalant about it. At least, they seem that way. Maybe they just knew how...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:54PM
Sunday, September 14, 2014

Musical is the ‘Mighty Real’ deal for disco fans by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Anybody who’s ever listened to WKTU, danced at a disco, marched in a gay-pride parade or watched “Project Runway” should get a ticket to “Mighty Real.” True, this new jukebox...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PM

‘Mighty’ is one fine trip to funky town by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Anybody who’s ever listened to WKTU, danced at a disco, marched in a gay-pride parade or watched “Project Runway” should get a ticket to “Mighty Real.” True, this new jukebox...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:56PM
Friday, September 12, 2014

21-year-old playwright dazzles with ‘Dry Land’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Few things are as bracing as the shock of new talent. In 10 years — or more likely in 10 months, considering our accelerated hatching cycle — you’ll be able...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:22PM
Thursday, September 11, 2014

Cera, Culkin and Gevinson are in beautiful sync in ‘This Is Our Youth’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

There’s little the wastrels of the new Broadway show “This Is Our Youth” won’t do for kicks. Pot? Duh. Speedballs? That sounds fun. Stealing a bag of cash from your...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:02PM
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

‘Bootycandy’ puts a saucy spin on growing up black and gay by Elisabeth Vincentelli

There’s a good chance a show titled “Bootycandy” is going to be raunchy. This Playwrights Horizons production doesn’t disappoint. Largely inspired by writer/director Robert O’H…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PM

5 times that TV has done Stephen King justice by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Prolific author Stephen King has released 56 novels and 13 collections — and that tally may be even higher by the time you read this. Overall, though, TV, unlike the...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:28PM
Tuesday, September 9, 2014

New play fails to rehabilitate ‘Bauer’ as a lost great artist by Elisabeth Vincentelli

The new play “Bauer” basically consists of a single long dispute. A protracted, frustrating dispute, because it’s clear from the beginning that this is a stalemate in which the charact…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PM
Monday, September 8, 2014

Britney Spears and Natalie Portman battled for an off-B’way role in ’92 by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Once upon a time, in a bizarro universe, Natalie Portman and Britney Spears were in the same show. The time was 1992, the universe was off-Broadway and the show was...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:27PM

What we can expect from Season 6 of ‘The Good Wife’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

It’s been a long, grueling summer for TV fans. “The Walking Dead” is sending out longer and longer trailers and “The Good Wife” has broken the radio silence it was...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:36PM

AMC releases extended trailer for Season 5 of ‘Walking Dead’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Early September means one thing: The parsing of taunting teasers from returning TV shows. And few are as eagerly anticipated as AMC’s “The Walking Dead.” Until that ratings juggernaut�…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:42PM
Sunday, September 7, 2014

Four Irish youths look for love and sex in ‘Boys and Girls’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

In this charming but slight Irish import, two men and two women talk about their night out in Dublin. They’re all college-age and looking for love, sex or all of...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PM
Friday, September 5, 2014

Prepare to checkout at ‘Motor Inn’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Motels see a lot of coming and going, but the one in A. R. Gurney’s “The Wayside Motor Inn” is really action-packed. There’s a bitterly divorcing couple, a father and...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:52PM
Thursday, September 4, 2014

Musical ‘Red Eye of Love’ smothers audience with trite whimsy by Elisabeth Vincentelli

It’s a tough time for fans of musicals. A few weeks ago, we endured “Revolution in the Elbow of Ragnar Agnarsson Furniture Painter,” a labored, Icelandic rock extravaganza set insi…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PM
Wednesday, September 3, 2014

‘Trade Practices’ not quite on the money by Elisabeth Vincentelli

There I was, frantically waving around my piddling amount of play money as I tried to leave “management” and become one of the “owners.” Thanks for nothing, lady who demanded...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:10AM
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Billy Eichner had us laughing way before his Emmys bit by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Billy Eichner has earned a bit of fame for his “Billy on the Street” videos, in which he hysterically questions/insults/yells at random people before rushing on to the next victim....

SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:43PM
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Women can’t leave jail behind in ‘And I and Silence’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Thanks to a certain Netflix series, a lot of attention’s been paid lately to women in prison. Now comes a new play about women who’ve met behind bars, complete with...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:59PM
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Calvin Harris tops list of best-paid DJs with $66M by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Unless you live in a country-music bubble, you know electronic dance music is big — billions of dollars big. The recent list of the highest-earning DJs is just as eye-popping....

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:22PM

Interpol to play Met’s Temple of Dendur to celebrate new album by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Interpol has classed up since its gigs at dives like Brownies and Luna Lounge 15 years ago. Now the band has announced it will play the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:18PM

Emma Stone to replace Michelle Williams in ‘Cabaret’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

As speculated, Emma Stone is due to replace Michelle Williams as Sally Bowles in Broadway’s “Cabaret” for a limited run beginning Nov. 11. Alan Cumming is staying put as the...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:39PM
Sunday, August 17, 2014

Couples behave badly in Rebeck’s ‘Poor Behavior’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Many stories about a get-together or reunion build up to a big, cathartic blow-up. Theresa Rebeck’s new play, “Poor Behavior,” opens with one. And it’s all downhill from there for...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:08PM
Friday, August 15, 2014

The 7 steamiest miniseries to hit the small screen by Elisabeth Vincentelli

The success of the “Outlander” miniseries on Starz reminds us of the heyday of female-centric miniseries, in the 1980s and early 1990s, when grand, complicated love stories played out ag…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:15PM
Thursday, August 14, 2014

If ‘Homeland’ drives you nuts, try the series that inspired it by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Showtime has just announced that Season 4 of “Homeland” will premiere on Sunday, Oct. 5, with a double episode. That’s assuming viewers still care. If you gave up on “Homeland”...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:54PM
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Icelandic musical about the financial crisis is on thin ice by Elisabeth Vincentelli

It’s the rare musical title that tips off the plot: There is indeed a riot going in “Revolution in the Elbow of Ragnar Agnarsson Furniture Painter,” and it does take...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:00PM

When Lauren Bacall ruled the New York stage by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Lauren Bacall was a Hollywood icon who was made for the stage. Which this clip, from her hit “Applause” — possibly one of the campiest items on YouTube — makes...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:17PM

‘The Walking Dead’ gets the Lego treatment by Elisabeth Vincentelli

“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 01:53PM

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