Sunday, July 13, 2014
Somehow, between doing eight shows a week of “Of Mice and Men,” teaching, making movies and flirting on Instagram, James Franco’s found time to make his stage directorial debut. Judgin…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:05PMThe creation of the atomic bomb was one of the most momentous events in world history. The most lethal weapon ever devised by man, it ended World War II when...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:19PMThursday, July 10, 2014
Hillary may be the one running for president, but it’s Bill people want to see — at least, that’s what the creators of “Clinton” are counting on. The musical satire...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:53PMTuesday, July 8, 2014
How do you tell good Kabuki from bad Kabuki? Chances are, you know it when you see it, and New Yorkers have been seeing more of the Japanese art —...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:43PMWednesday, July 2, 2014
Composer Randy Newman played the Devil in this one-night concert staging of his musical version of the "Faust" legend. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:59AMMonday, June 16, 2014
Ayad Akhtar's follow-up to his Broadway-bound, Pulitzer Prize-winning "Disgraced" again deals with culture clashes involving Muslim Americans.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PMThursday, June 5, 2014
Kenneth Branagh in Macbeth
(©Stephanie Berger)
It’s doubtful you’ll ever see as compelling and visceral a interpretation of Macbeth as the one being performed for much too…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 07:55PMWednesday, June 4, 2014
WITH 78 plays to his credit, Alan Ayckbourn’s been compared to Neil Simon and Anton Chekhov. But while he’s given us such brilliant comedies as “The Norman Conquests,” his new...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:15PMSunday, June 1, 2014
Michael Shannon plays a man attempting to track down a serial killer in Eugene Ionesco's rarely seen dark comedy.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:50PMSaturday, May 24, 2014
Thanks to such novels as “Atlas Shrugged” and “The Fountainhead,” author Ayn Rand is a hero to libertarians, conservatives and Tea Partiers. So who better to star in “The Anthem”…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:52PMThursday, May 22, 2014
Thee sub shop employees are left to fend for themselves in Bess Wohl's dark comedy.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00PMSunday, May 18, 2014
No wonder Linda Lavin reunited with Nicky Silver — her hilariously acidic performance in their last collaboration, “The Lyons,” won her a Tony nomination. Silver’s latest, “Too Muc…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:49PMWednesday, May 14, 2014
“I can’t bear to see lovely things go to waste,” declares the fading actress of William Inge’s “A Loss of Roses.” The same can be said of this play, which...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:37PMSunday, May 4, 2014
It couldn’t have come at a better time — the end of a theater season that just kept on giving. Much like “Rocky,” one of its hapless targets, Gerard Alessandrini’s...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:02PMMonday, April 28, 2014
Mary Martin — the quintessential Peter Pan — captivated theatergoers for nearly 40 years. The loving but misguided revue “Inventing Mary Martin” only feels that long. Stephen Cole, …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:27AMWednesday, April 23, 2014
Lovers and others might want to steer clear of “Your Mother’s Copy of the Kama Sutra.” Starting with its icky title — the linking of one’s progenitor to an infamous...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:33PMNeil Patrick Harris in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
(©Joan Marcus)
The colorful title character of Hedwig and the Angry Inch can be described as many things, but loveable is not usually …
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 07:08AMTuesday, April 22, 2014
Leave it to the New Group to show us a side of Nick Offerman we haven’t seen before — his bare butt. In “Annapurna,” the new play by Sharr White...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:42AMMonday, April 21, 2014
Estelle Parsons and Stephen Spinella star in Eric Coble's two-hander Broadway play about an elderly woman who threatens to blow up her Brooklyn brownstone apartment rather than be sent to a …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:45PMJeremy Whelehan's documentary chronicles the world tour of a production of "Richard III" starring Kevin Spacey.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PMDaniel Radcliffe in The Cripple of Inishmaan
(©Johan Persson)
His face may be prominently displayed on the Playbill cover and theater marquee, but Daniel Radcliffe melts seamlessly i…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:37AMThursday, April 17, 2014
James Franco and Chris O'Dowd in Of Mice and Men
(©Richard Phibbs)
Review: Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is a beloved classic that is a staple in high scho…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 06:30AMMonday, April 14, 2014
Audra McDonald in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
(©Evgenia Eliseeva)
Audra McDonald doesn’t look or sound anything like Billie Holiday. So it’s a credit to t…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:24AMFriday, April 11, 2014
Marin Mazzie in Bullets Over Broadway
(©Paul Kolnik)
Imagine a splashy Broadway musical comedy based on a beloved film, written by its original creator who once toiled for Sid Caesar …
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 07:30AMThursday, April 10, 2014
You’ll mingle with ghosts in the new “Speakeasy Dollhouse,” an immersive show about the Booth brothers, actor Edwin and his notorious brother, Abraham Lincoln assassin John Wilkes …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:07PMFriday, April 4, 2014
David Cromer, Bryce Clyde Jenkins, LaYTanya Richardson Jackson,
Anika Noni Rose, Denzel Washington, and Sophie Okonedo
in A Raisin in the Sun
(©Brigitte Lacombe)
If director…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 06:05AMThursday, April 3, 2014
In the Transport Group’s new revival of “I Remember Mama,” 10 time-tested actresses — ages 67 to 82 — play all 23 characters, including the men and small boys. But...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:06AMTuesday, April 1, 2014
Stephen Sondheim’s spirit hangs heavy over “A Second Chance.” One character calls the composer “one of my heroes.” And a program note from playwright Ted Shen even thanks him. An...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:46PMMonday, March 31, 2014
Idina Menzel in If/Then
(©Joan Marcus)
When a performer’s mere opening utterance of “Hello, it’s me” garners huge sustained applause, you know you’re in …
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 08:26AMFriday, March 28, 2014
Cirque du Soleil’s “Amaluna” is a mash-up of the Latin words “mother” and “moon.” But it’s really about girl power, a female-centric production loosely inspired by “The Tem…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:20PMThursday, March 27, 2014
This world premiere play by Beau Willimon ("House of Cards") concerns four ordinary people whose lives become intertwined by fateful circumstances.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:05PM 
