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Monday, May 7, 2012

Don't Dress for Dinner by Lesley Alexander

A classic dictionary definition of 'farce' includes "ludicrously improbable situations" and "slapstick." Both are prominently displayed in the outlandish comedy, "Don't Dress for Dinner," by…

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Gore Vidal's The Best man by Lesley Alexander

Feeding upon the frenzy of primary season, "Gore Vidal's The Best Man" is as cutting edge today as it was when it originally debuted in 1960.

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Monday, April 16, 2012

Evita by Lesley Alexander

Elena Rogers gives a tour-de-force performance. Entertaining in a dynamic fashion, this revival of "Evita" is simply electrifying!

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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Magic/Bird by Lesley Alexander

Part play, part multi-media presentation, part lecture, "Magic/Bird," a basketball story about the rivalry of Ervin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird, stumbles through the peaks and valleys of …

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Saturday, April 7, 2012

End of the Rainbow by Lesley Alexander

If you like your stars ragged and exposed, raunchy and self-involved, then you'll love the British import about the last days of the legendary Judy Garland's life, from playwright, Peter Qui…

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Newsies by Lesley Alexander

Delightfully charming, "Newsies," is an old-fashioned style musical, big on heart and full of tap-dancing fun. It even offers a break-out star in Jeremy Jordon as Jack Kelly, the charismatic…

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Lysistrata Jones by Lesley Alexander

In the current economic climate, is a flimsy, sophomoric show about a college basketball team lusting to finally win a game worth a Broadway ticket price?

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Stick Fly by Lesley Alexander

From the overly long musical intro composed by pop star, (and one of the play's producers) Alicia Keys, to soap opera-like revelations, Lydia R. Diamond's new play, "Stick Fly," is a humorou…

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Monday, November 21, 2011

Private Lives by Lesley Alexander

"Sex and the City's" blond siren, Kim Cattrall, is the draw for this highly charged revival of Noel Coward's classic comedy.

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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Venus in Fur by Lesley Alexander

"...explodes onto the stage with the precision of a perfectly timed device."

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Friday, November 11, 2011

Other Desert Cities by Lesley Alexander

"Telling the truth is a very expensive hobby." So states a character in John Robin Baitz's "Other Desert Cities," a scathing family drama which transferred to Broadway's Booth Theatre from L…

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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Relatively Speaking by Lesley Alexander

What do a mental patient with a philosophical bent, a dumb-blond widow, and a philanderer professing true love, have in common? Why, dysfunctional family dynamics, of course - the stuff of w…

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Man and Boy by Lesley Alexander

'Liquidity and confidence' is the motto of Gregor Antonescu - the Bernie Madoff of the nineteen thirties " featured as the leading character in the Roundabout's revival of "Man and Boy."

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Monday, July 11, 2011

Master Class by Lesley Alexander

A tour-de-force performance from Tyne Daly gives the revival of Terrence McNally's brittle pseudo-bio of Maria Callas plenty of bite...

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Saturday, July 2, 2011

All's Well That Ends Well by Lesley Alexander

Usually played more for its comic elements than its serious side, "All's Well That Ends Well," has often confounded Shakespearean scholars.

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Monday, May 9, 2011

The Normal Heart by Lesley Alexander

It's a rare occasion when a playwright's voice is absorbing when utilizing a play as a personal soapbox, but such is the case with Larry Kramer's "The Normal Heart."

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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Jerusalem by Lesley Alexander

With an explosive performance from Mark Rylance, direct from the Royal Court Theatre in London, "Jerusalem" erupts on The Music Box stage with the tenacity of a hungry wolf.

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Jerusalem by Lesley Alexander

With an explosive performance from Mark Rylance, direct from the Royal Court Theatre in London, "Jerusalem" erupts on The Music Box stage with the tenacity of a hungry wolf.

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

The House of Blue Leaves by Lesley Alexander

A painfully misguided production, the revival of John Guare's black comedy "House of Blues Leaves," sadly strains under director David Cromer's concept - simply, that the surreal elements of…

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

War Horse by Lesley Alexander

From the National Theatre of Great Britain to the grand stage of the Vivian Beaumont at Lincoln Center, the multi-media extravaganza "War Horse" is a tour de force of stagecraft and puppetee…

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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Catch Me If You Can by Lesley Alexander

The film, "Catch Me If You Can," about the world's greatest scam artist, seems tailor-made for a splashy Broadway musical adaptation and the creative team of Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, and…

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Priscilla Queen of the Desert by Lesley Alexander

If your heart belongs to the disco era, and you can never get enough sequins, then the musical adaptation of the film, "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," is the glitzy, psychedelic-colored fa…

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The Book of Mormon by Lesley Alexander

Traditional in form and style, but subversive in content, the new musical, "The Book of Mormon," is a no-holds-barred extravaganza rife with irreverence.

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Monday, April 11, 2011

Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo by Lesley Alexander

How does a bleak war-torn tale of sin and redemption find its way to Broadway these days? Casting an Oscar-winner in his Broadway debut doesn't hurt. Enter Robin Williams in Rajiv Joseph's e…

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