Sunday, January 29, 2012
Even before Oedipus asks his daughter to identify a stranger and she calls him “some jerk-off,” you know you’re in for a wink-wink take on Sophocles.
And so it goes, more or less, for …
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Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “Wit” offers a lucky — and brave — actress a complex, finely detailed role that’s as demanding as it is rewarding. When the play fir…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:25PMDaniel Talbott’s new off-Broadway play, “Yosemite,” starts off great. We’re in the woods, among leafless trees coated with a dusting of snow. A young man — he could be in his late …
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A lot of off-Broadway theater makes extensive use of video nowadays. In January, the Gob Squad company offered the stunt-like “Super Night Shot,” in which the actors screened footage of …
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Few actors play villains as expertly as Kevin Spacey. His gallery of memorable bad guys includes a sadistic movie producer in “Swimming With Sharks,” a serial killer in “Seven” and a…
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It’s pretty clear the Roundabout company is in the theater business, because its latest Broadway show, “The Road to Mecca,” would have a hard time getting made in Hollywood.
Forget ab…
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Over the past decade, Young Jean Lee has emerged as one of the most fascinating, unpredictable voices on the downtown scene. The Korean-American playwright mercilessly poked fun at Asian ste…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:26PMVideo is used a lot in theater nowadays, but it’s rarely as crucial to a show as it is to “LEO.”
In this new solo piece, we see two simultaneous versions of author/performer Tobias We…
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Few New York cultural institutions are as beloved as the Brooklyn Academy of Music. After opening in Brooklyn Heights in 1861, BAM moved to the edge of Fort Greene in 1908. Now in its 150th …
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Sure, we've all seen concerts and dance and other performances on the city's great stages. But what goes on behind the curtains is something to behold, as well. With these grand tours, you'l…
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After much behind-the-scenes hoopla, the new revival of “Porgy and Bess” finally opened last night on Broadway. Those expecting a bang will have to do with a whimper.
To recap the fuss: …
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Americans don’t seem to stand a chance in China. In David Henry Hwang’s comedy “Chinglish,” an Ohio businessman unwittingly becomes embroiled in power plays among Guiyang officials. …
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Visually speaking, “Hypnotik: The Seer Will Doctor You Now” certainly catches our attention. The off-off-Broadway show takes place in a late 1920s/early 1930s nightclub called the Palace…
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In the new comedy “Close Up Space,” David Hyde Pierce plays a meticulous, high-strung book editor named Paul Barrow. Paul believes in exacting edits and le mot juste, so in his honor, le…
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Peter Pan may be the boy who wouldn’t grow up, but Cathy Rigby is the woman who won’t grow old. The gymnast-turned-actress has been playing Peter on and off in the beloved musical since …
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Alot of people whine that Broadway doesn’t know how to make entertaining musicals anymore.
Happily, it turns out that Broadway still knows how to make ’em. With its catchy pop score, cha…
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Though “Farm Boy” is being promoted as the sequel to “War Horse,” it feels more like a gentle epilogue.Those curious about the fate of the horse Joey and his human friend, Albert, af…
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"On a Clear Day You Can See Forever” is known for its great songs — and nutty book.
Revived on Broadway for the first time since its 1965 opening, the Burton Lane/Alan Jay Lerner musical…
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In 2009, Ireland was shaken by a wide-ranging, devastating report on the decades-long child abuse in Church-run institutions. One of the estimated 30,000 victims was Gerard Mannix Flynn, who…
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The best thing about “Stick Fly” is its shameless reliance on soap-opera theatrics. Playwright Lydia R. Diamond multiplies heated arguments about race, class and gender, but the comedy t…
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Jordan Harrison’s “Maple and Vine” has one of the most intriguing premises of the year.
Katha (the quicksilver Marin Ireland) and Ryu (Peter Kim, stiff and bland) are a 30-something Ne…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:13PMTo call Alan Ayckbourn prolific is an understatement. “Neighbourhood Watch,” which just opened at 59E59 Theaters, is his 75th play. And since the British master is a mere 72 and spry —…
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In 2006, the intimate Irish movie “Once” conquered millions of hearts with its sincere romance between two young musicians in Dublin. The film earned back 100 times its $200,000 budget, …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:45PMEthan Coen’s new show may be titled “Happy Hour,” but by the time it finally ends, you may have renamed it “Two Miserable Hours I’ll Never Get Back.”
The movies Coen and his brot…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:20AMThere’s an intense, otherworldly quality to Cillian Murphy. Maybe it’s the Irish star’s memorable, piercing-blue eyes. Maybe it’s the way in which he disappears into his roles, wheth…
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Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard” is one of the funniest dramas ever written. Or maybe it’s one of the saddest comedies. That makes it tough to pull off, and shows often fall into…
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Alice Hauptmann lives in a fancy Fifth Avenue townhouse, and she couldn’t be more welcoming. Visitors parked in her parlor while waiting to meet her are served tea in dainty cups, along wi…
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Going by numbers alone, Frank Wildhorn is Broadway’s most successful composer, with six new shows in 14 years.
We’re talking quantity here. The quality is debatable.
Wildhorn’s best kn…
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Teenagers tend to be self-centered, but Matthew, the blond hunk in “Wild Animals You Should Know,” is a grade-A narcissist. In the first scene of Thomas Higgins’ new play, he recites t…
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You may have heard about the Australian star currently setting Broadway on fire. The heat that emanates from “An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin,” three blocks away from Hug…
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There are teachers who gently coax their charges. And then there’s Leonard, the brilliant editor who runs the titular fiction workshop in Theresa Rebeck’s new Broadway comedy “Seminar.…
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