Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Few 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 …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PMTuesday, January 20, 2015
Twisted head games, drinking and drugging, ugly crying: Halley Feiffer goes for melodrama at full throttle in her new play, “I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard.” One minute you’re...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PMMonday, January 19, 2015
When Season 1 of “The Fall” debuted on Netflix last year, it pretty much flew in under the radar. Yet another moody BBC thriller? Ho-hum. Then word got around that...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:19PMClint Eastwood isn’t happy to see you — and yes, that’s a gun in his pocket. His latest directorial effort, “American Sniper,” is doing gangbusters at the box office. Granted,...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:57PMFriday, January 16, 2015
The making of a Thanksgiving feast is often compared to a marathon. For Kate Benson, it’s more like a basketball game. Unfortunately, the playwright’s whimsical new show can be as...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:47PMThursday, January 15, 2015
The rambunctious new musical “Honeymoon in Vegas” is old-fashioned and proud of it. A big orchestra pumps out a brassy, melodic score that nods to Sinatra’s ba-da-bing days. The wacky.…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PMTuesday, January 13, 2015
Rarely has quantum physics felt as romantic, as lively as it does in Broadway’s “Constellations.” The lives of two people, beautifully played by Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson — who…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PMMonday, January 12, 2015
When candidates the for state’s attorney, Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) and Frank Prady (David Hyde Pierce), finally had their TV debate on Sunday night’s episode of “The Good W…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:55PMFriday, January 9, 2015
Would Showtime’s “Episodes” have more traction if it didn’t star Matt LeBlanc? Very likely. LeBlanc will never be cool. The show treads very similar ground as “The Comeback,” fro…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:09PMIt’s confirmed — the ’90s are back! Exhibit A: The most anticipated show of the winter stars Courtney Love in ripped jeans and a plaid flannel shirt. Oh sure, some...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:39PMThursday, January 8, 2015
There may be a biting comedy lurking somewhere in “Dying for It,” but it’s really hard to find it in this adaptation of Nikolai Erdman’s “The Suicide.” British playwright Moira...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PM 
