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Friday, April 26, 2013

Emma Stone in talks to join 'Cabaret' revival by Joe Dziemianowicz

Maybe this time Emma Stone will be lucky - on Broadway. The "Easy A" star is in negotiations to play Sally Bowles in a Roundabout Theatre Company revival of "Cabaret," a source close to the …

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

'Pippin': Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

At the 11th hour of the 2012-13 Broadway season, a musical miracle has landed at the Music Box Theatre. The brilliant new production of "Pippin," a 1972 coming-of-age tale, boasts e…

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

'I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers': Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Bette Midler didn't become the Divine Miss M by idling. She strutted, boogie-woogied and gunned it " at times on wheels in mermaid drag.

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Theater review: 'The Trip to Bountiful' by Joe Dziemianowicz

Horton Foote's gentle drama "The Trip to Bountiful" is a star vehicle that runs on charm. At age 79, the wonderful Cicely Tyson packs plenty of that playing Carrie Watts, a homesi…

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'Here Lies Love': Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Finally " a new musical that's so exhilarating and such a great time that it's easy to recommend it without hesitation. So let's hear it for "Here Lies Love," which opened Tuesday a…

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Gwen Korovin is Broadway's vocal hero to the stars by Joe Dziemianowicz

Dr. Gwen Korovin has been called Broadway's throat doc and the keeper of high-profile pipes. Just ask Nathan Lane, who credits Korovin for guiding him past a rough patch during prev…

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Theater review: 'The Testament of Mary' by Joe Dziemianowicz

The mother of Jesus doesn't smile beatifically in the solo drama "The Testament of Mary." She scowls and rolls her eyes in exasperation. She rails. And, as if to calm her jangled nerves, she…

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Sunday, April 21, 2013
Thursday, April 18, 2013

'Jekyll & Hyde': Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

It's a show about duality, so Frank Wildhorn's dark and stormy pop-rock musical "Jekyll & Hyde" deserves two interpretations.

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'Orphans': Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

After seven seasons on "30 Rock" as TV exec Jack Donaghy, a controlling blowhard with parent issues, Alec Baldwin returns to Broadway in "Orphans." He plays aging crook Harold, a controlling…

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Tom Hanks extends his Broadway run by Joe Dziemianowicz

Broadway just got 16 times more "Lucky"! Tom Hanks has extended his starring role in "Lucky Guy" as Daily News Pulitzer winner Mike McAlary.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

'The Assembled Parties': Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

"The Assembled Parties" follows a Jewish family through two Christmas Day gatherings, where sparkly one-liners are lobbed like strands of tinsel. Take when happy-go-lucky hostess Ju…

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

'The Big Knife': Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Following Lincoln Center's sterling winter revival of Clifford Odets' sturdy 1937 boxing saga "Golden Boy," spring brings his 1949 Tinseltown potboiler "The Big Knife." In the Roundabout's r…

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Monday, April 15, 2013

Theater review: 'The Nance' by Joe Dziemianowicz

In his refreshingly original play "The Nance," Douglas Carter Beane reflects on the dying days of burlesque and a gay comic torn between a new love and old ways. While he's at it, B…

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'Breakfast at Tiffany's' set to close on Broadway by Joe Dziemianowicz

"Breakfast" is toast on the Great White Way. The new Broadway play "Breakfast at Tiffany's" will play its final performance on Sunday, April 21.

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New Yorker wins Pulitzer for drama by Joe Dziemianowicz

New Yorker Ayad Akhtar's "Disgraced," about a well-off Pakistani-American lawyer whose upper East Side life takes unsettling turns, has won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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Sunday, April 14, 2013

'Motown: The Musical': Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Berry Gordy founded the Motown record empire in the '60s.

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'70s superagent Sue Mengers lives again on stage by Joe Dziemianowicz

John Logan's one-woman Broadway comedy "I'll Eat You Last" features two famous Miss M's. Bette Midler is the Divine Miss M and the show's star.

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Friday, April 12, 2013

Henry Hodges knows 'How to Act Like a Kid' by Joe Dziemianowicz

Broadway is currently crawling with pint-sized performers, from "Matilda" to "Annie." That's a big responsibility to carry on little shoulders. Actor and author Henry Hod…

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Thursday, April 11, 2013

'Matilda': Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

The odd little girl at the center of the spiky and lavishly inventive new Broadway show "Matilda" learns her ABC's early. By age 5, she's mastered reading and devoured classics like "Jane Ey…

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Taymor settles 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' suit by Joe Dziemianowicz

The intense tangle of litigation between director Julie Taymor and the producers of Broadway's "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" has been settled, the parties announced Wednesday.

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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Pinhead the vulture is a winged co-star in 'The Testament of Mary' by Joe Dziemianowicz

The spotlight is on animal magnetism this spring on Broadway. A cat walks away with a cute cameo in "Breakfast at Tiffany's." Dogs have their days in "Annie" and "Pippin."

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Top 10 NY stage picks for week of April 7, 2013 by Joe Dziemianowicz

1. "Buyer & Cellar" (Rattlestick Theatre) A struggling actor, played by Michael Urie, finds a truly odd (and hilarious) job in Barbra Streisand's home.

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Thursday, April 4, 2013

'Kinky Boots': Theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

They're dazzling, dangerous and devil-red.

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

'Buyer & Cellar' - theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

"Buyer & Cellar" is a bracingly bright, one-man fantasia about truth, celebrity and the pursuit of utopia. Factor in a delectable star turn by "Ugly Betty" alum Michael Urie an…

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Elaine Stritch sings swan songs to Cafe Carlyle by Joe Dziemianowicz

Elaine Stritch has lived there, performed there and now she's saying her good-byes there.

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Theater review: 'The Last Five Years' by Joe Dziemianowicz

The idea that love is a two-way street isn't a new one. But that well-traveled trope takes on fresh meaning in "The Last Five Years," a bittersweet, two-character musical by Jason Robert Bro…

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Monday, April 1, 2013

Theater review: 'Lucky Guy' by Joe Dziemianowicz

Tom Hanks made his Broadway debut Monday as legendary columnist Mike McAlary in Nora Ephron's new play "Lucky Guy."

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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Joe Dziemianowicz's Top 10 stage picks for Sunday, March 31 by Joe Dziemianowicz

1.Elaine Stritch (Cafe Carlyle) The one-of-a-kind star gives a farewell NYC performance called "Movin' Over and Out" April 2-6.

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It's child's play these days in pop culture by Joe Dziemianowicz

Broadway's new Fab Four are giggly and bright and ooze so much can-do confidence you can't help but notice: 10 is the new 30.

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Saturday, March 30, 2013

All that Chat

2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off