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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…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 09:50PM
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.

SOURCE: cititour.com at 06:38PM
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!

SOURCE: cititour.com at 05:30PM
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 val…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 09:57AM
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…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:06AM

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 charism…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:05AM
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?

SOURCE: Cititour.com at 05:21PM
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 hum…

SOURCE: Cititour.com at 09:32PM
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.

SOURCE: Cititour.com at 09:09PM
Saturday, November 12, 2011

Venus in Fur by Lesley Alexander

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

SOURCE: Cititour.com at 10:20AM
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 Thea…

SOURCE: Cititour.com at 08:11AM
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…

SOURCE: Cititour.com at 12:23PM
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 B…

SOURCE: Cititour.com at 10:44PM
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...

SOURCE: Cititour.com at 10:29PM
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.

SOURCE: Cititour.com at 02:08PM
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.”

SOURCE: Cititour.com at 10:05PM
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.

SOURCE: Cititour.com at 10:24AM
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.

SOURCE: Cititour.com at 10:54PM
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 element…

SOURCE: Cititour.com at 11:35AM
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 pupp…

SOURCE: Cititour.com at 10:26PM
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 Wittma…

SOURCE: Cititour.com at 02:57PM
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…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 08:47PM

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.

SOURCE: Cititour.com at 08:46PM
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�…

SOURCE: Cititour.com at 10:26PM

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