Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The latest in a seemingly endless series of plays about crumbling marriages, Michael Weller’s Side Effects never manages to transcend its formulaic aspects. This companion piece to the…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:32AMSunday, June 19, 2011
The beat of a conga drum greets you as you enter the Intar Theatre. Its hard, insistent beats underscore all of "Drawn and Quartered," Maggie Bofill's new play about an estranged couple's st…
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A quick visit to the Shaw Festival at picturesque Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario yielded an unexpected delight in the form of Drama at Inish. This 1933 little-known work by Irish playwright Le…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:50AMWednesday, June 15, 2011
After several delayed openings, endless technical problems and myriad cast injuries, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark has finally landed on Broadway, officially at least. The much maligned, rep…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:34AMMonday, June 13, 2011
They'll be coming back from the dead at Green-Wood Cemetery tomorrow, and they're not happy. No need to call Ghostbusters -- they're merely actors in "The Spoon River Project."
Tom Andolo…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:41PMTennessee Williams apparently had a bottomless drawer filled with forgotten plays and scripts, so it’s no surprise that in recent years they have begun to pop up with regularity. The l…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 06:06AMFriday, June 10, 2011
A good one-act play should feel complete unto itself. Unfortunately, as the offerings in the Ensemble Studio Theatre's "Marathon 2011: Series B" too often demonstrate, contemporary playwrigh…
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A fascinating footnote to pop music history is explored to probing effect in the new musical The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World. Music geeks will recall that the band was composed of three …
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:40AMWednesday, June 8, 2011
The title of "Desperate Writers" refers to its central characters, but it might just as well describe the playwrights themselves. Joshua Grenrock and Catherine Schreiber's hopelessly unfunny…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:59PMIt may be titled "A Little Journey," but Rachel Crothers' 1918 play takes on big themes: feminism, religion and class. A finalist for the first Pulitzer Prize for drama, it sometimes feels b…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:58PMThe Tony Award winner's new cabaret show at the Cafe Carlyle showcases her crystalline voice and engaging personality.
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Through a Glass Darkly, the theatrical adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s 1961 film being presented by the Atlantic Theater Company, demonstrates how much his work depended on the brillian…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 04:29AMMonday, June 6, 2011
The award-winning Transport Group has lately been living up to its name, presenting site-specific revival of such works as The Boys in the Band and Hello Again in lofts in Chelsea and Soho r…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 06:16AMSunday, June 5, 2011
A wide-eyed wonder at the magic of the ater and a jaundiced view of romance form one of the intriguing contradictions at the heart of "The Illusion."
Written by Tony Kushner in the late '…
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The Best is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman, the new musical revue inspired by the famed composer of such Broadway hits as Sweet Charity, Barnum, City of Angels and many others, raises …
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:52AMThursday, June 2, 2011
For much of "Catch Me If You Can," Norbert Leo Butz plays a paunchy, arthritic FBI agent -- until he morphs into a singing, dancing dynamo.
That showstopper, "Don't Break the Rules," may we…
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For much of "Catch Me If You Can," Norbert Leo Butz plays a paunchy, arthritic FBI agent -- until he morphs into a singing, dancing dynamo.
That showstopper, "Don't Break the Rules," may …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:24PMThe legendary gunfight at the O.K. Corral reportedly lasted 30 seconds. "I Married Wyatt Earp" goes on 2½ hours longer.
Thomas Edward West and Sheilah Rae's new musical has an intriguing…
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Two new Off-Broadway comedies demonstrate that the current crop of playwrights is clearly grappling with parenthood issues. Both Jonathan Marc Sherman’s Knickerbocker and Daniel Goldfa…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 12:07AMWednesday, May 25, 2011
Marilyn Maye's not-to-be-missed new show at Feinstein's at Loews Regency shows off her vibrancy, youthfulness, and emotional range.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AMTuesday, May 24, 2011
Like the naughty activ ity for which it's named, "Sex on the Beach" can be fun, but can also cause irritation.
That's certainly true of this one-man show depicting the lives of three sex …
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It's a depressing sign of the times that the only affecting work in the Ensemble Studio Theatre's "Marathon 2011: Series A" was written more than three decades ago.
In a fitting tribute t…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:49PMLynn Nottage’s new comedy couldn’t be more different from her last effort, the Pulitzer Prize winning, Rwanda-set Ruined. A satirical portrait of the subservient roles assigned t…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:56AMFriday, May 20, 2011
A little show called My Fair Lady provides ample demonstration that the works of George Bernard Shaw are certainly ripe for musical treatment. But the latest attempt, A Minister’s Wife…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 03:15AMThursday, May 19, 2011
'Prepare yourself for a modern classic," says a soothsayer at the start of "The Sphinx Winx," before adding: "Eat your heart out, Shakespeare."
The Bard has nothing to worry about. Neithe…
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Even if you’re not usually moved by Shakespeare, you will be this summer — literally.
From July 6 to 24, the New York Classical Theatre will shuttle theatergoers between England and Fra…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 01:30AM'Tearing Down the Walls" is the latest work from Daniel Beaty, who has enjoyed considerable success with such solo plays as "Emergence-See!" and "Through the Night." But this musical about t…
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Ryan O'Connor eats his feelings. And judging by his size, he has a lot of feelings, as he is the first to admit.
The 29-year-old performer has used his lifelong addiction to food to launc…
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You feel as if you've stumbled onto a rave when you enter the theater for the Irondale Ensemble's "Murrow's Boys." The young cast members are dancing happily to techno music, and invite you …
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One of the most pow erful moments in all of Shakespeare's plays occurs at the conclusion of "The Tempest," when the aging magician Prospero renounces his otherworldly powers. But it only wor…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:50PMNnenna Frelon's new tribute show at Feinstein's at Loews Regency showcase her goregous voice and emotional expressiveness.
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