Friday, June 15, 2012
Few things on Broadway are as old-fashioned as “Harvey.” And it’s not just because Mary Chase’s play is from 1944 — plenty of older works have more edge than this butter knife of a…
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Abi Morgan is hot right now. Last year alone, this Englishwoman wrote the high-profile movies “Shame” and “The Iron Lady” and created the critically acclaimed miniseries “The Hour�…
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It took a whopping seven writers, four directors and three producers to come up with “We Play for the Gods.” But rather than an embarrassment of riches, this new show by the Women’s Pr…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:48PMThere are two things you should know about “Rapture, Blister, Burn.” It’s about feminism, and it’s fun.
Plays that focus on any kind of -ism tend to provoke a recoil reflex: Who goes…
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Set in The Bronx in 2009, “Storefront Church” includes balloon payments, influence peddling and the real estate crisis. But don’t go to John Patrick Shanley’s new play expecting ripp…
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There are two surefire ways to make an audience go “awww” — prominently feature a puppy or food. As its title indicates, “Food and Fadwa” picked option B.
In a series of mock cooki…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:59PMThe witless “Medieval Play” might have been written by a cocky 16-year-old boy. And not just any boy, but one eager to show off his arcane erudition (the story revolves around 14th-centu…
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Some plays can stretch a tiny plot for hours. They finally grind to a halt, and you’re still wondering what the heck they were trying to say.
And then there’s Alena Smith’s “The Bad…
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Don’t expect anything groundbreaking from “Chimichangas and Zoloft.” Fernanda Coppel’s play may be new, but its themes are well-worn: girls coming of age, sexual identity, philanderi…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:57PMThe new off-Broadway show “Potted Potter” is subtitled “The Unauthorized Harry Experience — A Parody by Dan and Jeff.” In truth, this British import has zero satirical bite. Rather…
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It’s hard to believe, considering the amount of publicity they’ve gotten, but New Jersey is not just Snooki and her GTL routine. (For those unfamiliar with MTV’s “Jersey Shore,” th…
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Though Lou Reed name-checked him in “Walk on the Wild Side” — as the one who “thought she was James Dean for a day” — Jackie Curtis is less famous today than fellow Warhol supers…
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Part of the fun of going to the theater is watching live performers create a different world in front of our eyes.
That’s not enough for some enterprising directors, so they go the extra m…
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Anglophiles with a fetish for bookish Cambridge students politely arguing about literature and life may get a kick out of “The Common Pursuit.” Others may find themselves looking at thei…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 01:00AMAnyone who caught the revivals this year of “The Road to Mecca” and “Blood Knot” knows that South African playwright Athol Fugard takes his sweet time to get to the point.
Both shows…
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Gypsy Rose Lee, Carson McCullers, Benjamin Britten and W.H. Auden walk into a house . . . This sounds like the setup for either a highbrow joke or Harvey Weinstein’s latest Oscar-bait movi…
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It’s tempting to think of “Title and Deed” as an elaborate prank played on a helpless audience.
This new piece by Will Eno — the critically acclaimed author of “Thom Pain (based o…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:36AMThe new revue “Old Jews Telling Jokes” is inspired by the Web site of the same name — which consists of a parade of elderly cut-ups delivering jokes.
But unlike the Web, which you can…
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Never mind its provocative title: “Cock” is about love. Things get complicated as people fall in and out of it, but this wonderful 90-minute show renders the emotional mess with great si…
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Mark Ravenhill — best known for “Shopping and F - - king,” a 1998 hit at New York Theatre Workshop — is one of Britain’s finest provocateurs. His 2006 play “Pool (No Water)” sp…
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The Encores! production of “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” is like a dessert stuffed with juicy morsels. Why quibble because the cake doesn’t always hold the fruity bits together?
The lush…
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If the New Group company’s new drama, “An Early History of Fire,” were by a rookie, you could blame its mediocrity on inexperience. But the author is David Rabe, the Tony-winning write…
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This production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” looks real good. And not just because the cast includes Christina Ricci, Bebe Neuwirth and at least two guys who can’t …
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Even if you haven’t caught the movie it’s based on, you can see everything coming a mile away in “Leap of Faith.” The only surprise in this predictable, mushy new Broadway musical is…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:21PMIt’s pointless to even try to summarize “Don’t Dress for Dinner,” a sex farce more tangled than a plate of spaghetti. Actually, there isn’t so much a story as a pileup of contrived…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:20PMFew people today remember journalist Joseph Alsop, but once upon a time he was a big deal.
Or so everybody in “The Columnist,” a new Broadway show about him, repeats over and over. That …
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There’s a lot of fun stuff in “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” a new musical made of old parts. For starters, this Gershwin jukebox is loaded with unimpeachable classics and a few brilli…
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Ben may be in the throes of terminal cancer, but his wife, Rita, is determined to know what he thinks about redoing their living room.
“I’m dying,” he groans.
“Yes, I know,” she re…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:59PMSomething peculiar is happening in “Ghost the Musical.” It’s nothing to do with the plot, which involves a dead man looking after his (living) girlfriend, and a sham psychic with a 4G …
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But sadly, bulging biceps and taut pecs aren’t enou…
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The new Broadway show “Clybourne Park” is about cultural stereotypes and race relations.
Wait, don’t run away!
Bruce Norris’ play is also razor-sharp and funny as hell.
When some ch…
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