Monday, February 13, 2012
Norbert Leo Butz has always brought a certain strangeness to his roles, whether a buffoonish con artist in “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” or an obsessive FBI agent in “Catch Me If You Can.�…
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When Rinde Eckert’s “Moby-Dick”-themed “And God Created Great Whales” premiered in 2000, it racked up rave reviews and many awards, and went on to several revivals.
Well, call me I…
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Revivals of “Merrily We Roll Along” are a lot like the musical itself: Just as its characters get younger and more idealistic with each scene, there’s a perpetual hope of going back in…
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An offhand reference to wild ducks is the closest you get to Chekhov’s brilliance in “Chekhovek,” an ill-advised adaptation of the Russian master’s short stories. Like “The Sneeze,…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:51AMTry as you might, you won’t find a directing credit in the program for “Psycho Therapy.” Watching it, you won’t find any evidence of a director, either. Frank Strausser’s alleged c…
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Memo to theater companies specializing in the classics: Take a cue from Marvell Rep. The troupe’s second season doesn’t have a Shakespeare, Chekhov or Shaw in the bunch — just six cont…
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It’s ironic that John Osborne’s classic drama Look Back in Anger is now as much of a period piece as the “well-made plays” it was attempting to usurp. This work--whic…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 07:00AMWednesday, February 1, 2012
In light of the recent Vassar early-admissions snafu, already wary parents of students applying to college should avoid “Inadmissible.” Not that anyone else should rush to see this play …
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Beware sexy Russian men bearing gifts. That seems to be the primary message of Russian Transport, the new play by Erika Sheffer being given its world premiere by the New Group. This uneasy b…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:09AMFriday, January 27, 2012
Margaret Edson has just written one play in her life, the brilliant Wit, now receiving its Broadway premiere a mere seventeen years after it was first produced and went on to win nearly ever…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 06:58AMWednesday, January 25, 2012
The British songstress long-awaited return to the New York nightclub scene proved to be a truly triumphant evening.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AMTuesday, January 24, 2012
In “The Mystery of Claywoman,” we meet a 500-million-year-old extraterrestrial who’s become a cult-like figure.
She’s a fascinating character — too bad we don’t get to see more o…
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Though “Stopped Bridge of Dreams” is based on 17thcentury Japanese writings, its style couldn’t be more contemporary.
Written, directed and designed by MacArthur “Genius” Award win…
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You can tell that George Bernard Shaw was still a young man when he wrote “The Philanderer.” This infrequently performed comedy has a breezy playfulness, unlike the playwright’s more h…
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The four scientists in “Instinct” spend most of the play’s 85-minute running time debating parenthood, religion and sexual identity.
Oh, and they’re also trying to halt an epidemic k…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:36AMA Midwestern mother and her businesswoman daughter travel to a small American city. Their purpose? To identify the body of a family member who committed suicide.Hilarity ensues.If that sound…
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Reunited with his American Beauty director, Sam Mendes, Kevin Spacey pulls out all the stops with his devilishly entertaining turn in the title role of the Bridge Project’s production …
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:58AMWednesday, January 18, 2012
The plays of Athol Fugard often require heavy lifting on the part of an audience. That’s particularly true of his 1987 drama The Road to Mecca, now being given its Broadway premiere in…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 04:54AMMonday, January 16, 2012
I* capturing the monotony and anger that marks the daily life of New York City cops, “Newyorkland” makes a powerfully compelling film.The problem is, it’s supposed to be a theater piec…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:23PMWhy does every show set in Dublin seem to take place in a bar? Hot on the heels of the Broadway-bound “Once” — where you can step up onstage and buy a pint of Guinness before the show …
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Composer Stephen Sondheim will probably be appeased when he sees The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, the reconceived revival of the classic opera by George and Ira Gershwin and, oh yes, lib…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 06:40AMWednesday, January 11, 2012
Flip around the radio dial lately? You probably won’t find anything as entertaining as the programming put on by Soviet Free Radio Order. Especially its “At Home Field Guide,” a homesp…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:05PMBridesburg is a run-down neighborhood in south Philadelphia. If Victor Kaufold’s drama set there is any indication, you won’t want to go there . . . or to “Bridesburg,” for that matt…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:51PMThe Chinese language is all that one seems to be hearing lately. Not only did presidential candidate Jon Huntsman resort to Mandarin while rebuking Mitt Romney during a recent debate, but Da…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 06:43AMMonday, January 9, 2012
Imagine a cross between “Inherit the Wind” and David Mamet’s charged student-versus-teacher drama “Oleanna,” and you have some idea of “How the World Began.”
Catherine Trieschm…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:11PMLet’s say you’ve flipped through a newspaper, reading this or that; sponged the breakfast crumbs off the table, loaded the dishwasher and wrestled your child into a car seat for a trip t…
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The Under the Radar festival is a much-needed showcase for adventurous theater companies whose work isn’t exactly commercial — for better or worse. Two recent cases: the New York troupe …
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The tourists may have left, but the city’s about to be invaded by a new force of thousands. And Mark Russell is ready. The arts festival he produces may be called Under the Radar, but ther…
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By any measure, this year was a real roller-coaster ride for Jeremy Jordan. Like the Frank Sinatra song, the 27-year-old actor’s been up and down and over and out, having made a splash wit…
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David Hyde Pierce somehow always manages to project a vaguely uncomfortable, awkward quality in his characters. It feels totally appropriate for Close Up Space, the uncomfortable, awkward ne…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 03:56AMThursday, December 22, 2011
In what surely must be purely coincidental timing, Farm Boy has arrived for a holiday engagement at 59E59 Theaters. Michael Morpungo’s “sequel” to his War Horse has opened …
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