Thursday, December 20, 2012
Photo credit: Carol RoseggChanukah may be over, but it's not too late to get into the spirit. Jackie Hoffman's A Chanukah Charol is playing on Friday and Saturday nights at New World …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 03:35PMWednesday, December 5, 2012
Marc Kudisch and Jeffry Denman are not only two talented musical theater actors, they are also The Holiday Guys. I saw them in 2009 and am so glad they're back this year in The Holiday …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:00AMFriday, November 30, 2012
Photo credit: Joan MarcusThere is one reason to see Theresa Rebeck's Dead Accounts and that is Norbert Leo Butz. But his manic energy has been on display in better plays than this one.Butz p…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 12:06AMMonday, November 19, 2012
Photo credit: Joan MarcusOne of my favorite things about December is that it means it´s time for my annual viewing of the movie Elf. I love that movie. A ridiculous amount. So, for me, no o…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:28PMFriday, November 16, 2012
Photo credit: Jeremy DanielThe most Scandalous thing about Scandalous is how dull it is. Aimee Semple McPherson had an interesting life, but you only get glimpses of it here.The talented Car…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 02:39PMWednesday, November 14, 2012
Photo credit: Carol RoseggI've already seen The Performers twice before it officially opened tonight at the Longacre Theatre. For me, this Broadway season has been pretty dull so far, and th…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 11:33PMMonday, October 29, 2012
Last year I had a contest asking you about theater-related Halloween costumes. Since I enjoyed reading your answers so much and since it's almost Halloween, I'm bringing it back, only this t…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:00AMWednesday, October 24, 2012
Is it just me or is the world a better place when Norbert Leo Butz is on Broadway? Starting on November 3, he will be starring in Theresa Rebeck's Dead Accounts alongside Katie Holmes, Judy …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:30AMMonday, October 22, 2012
So, you haven't gotten around to seeing Peter and the Starcatcher yet and you realize you need to see it before it closes on January 20. Or you have seen it and you want to see it again. Eit…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:00AMI was invited to the first preview of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, which shows the confidence the producers have in the production. It's a transfer of a Steppenwolf pr…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 01:02AMOne of the best shows I've seen at the New York Musical Festival is V-Day. That was in 2010 and I've been wanting that show to get an off-Broadway production ever since. That moment has fina…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 12:44AMWednesday, October 17, 2012
Photo credit: Joan MarcusIf you haven't had a chance to see Chaplin the Musical yet (or you want to see it again), today is your lucky day. I've giving away a pair of tickets to the sho…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:30AMIf you had asked us a couple of months ago what the hardest ticket to get this fall would be, we would have probably said Craig Wright’s Grace. It’s a new play with a superstar cast (Pa…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:15AMTuesday, October 16, 2012
Photo credit: Carol RoseggFalling, which opened last night at the Minetta Lane Theatre, educates about autism as well as moves while avoiding after-school special cliches.Josh (Daniel E…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 09:49PMMonday, October 15, 2012
I am so excited to have a pair of tickets to The Other Josh Cohen to give away. I haven't seen this incarnation yet, but I saw an earlier version called V-Day and it was the m…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:00AMThursday, October 11, 2012
Last night I saw the Broadway revival of Annie, now in previews. I realized this is the first time I've seen two Broadway revivals of the same show. (The only other show I've seen …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 11:21PMWednesday, October 10, 2012
The new musical Scandalous starts previews on October 13. Kathie Lee Gifford, the bookwriter and lyricist, has spent about 12 years working on the musical about superstar evangelist Aim…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:30AMMonday, October 8, 2012
Photo credit: Joan MarcusThe cast album for Nice Work if You Can Get It will be released on October 30, and I'm giving away a copy. However you feel about the show starring Ma…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 09:30AMWednesday, October 3, 2012
Pitch Perfect is just that. It’s quotable and laugh-out-loud funny. It has winning musical numbers and a cast that hits all the right notes, both literally and figuratively. Of course we�…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:30PMTuesday, October 2, 2012
They say the first step in the grieving process is denial. If that’s true, then we’ve been grieving the closing notice of Peter and the Starcatcher (announced late Friday afternoon) for …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:28PMMonday, October 1, 2012
It's Monday, and that means another ticket contest. This week, I am giving away a pair of tickets to The Heiress starring Jessica Chastain, David Strathairn, and Dan Stevens. The 1947 play b…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:00AMTuesday, September 25, 2012
You have to kind of hand it to The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. Going into last season, the show — which closed Sunday, September 23, 2012 after a total of 293 performances and 28 prev…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:34PMMonday, September 24, 2012
Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is back on Broadway starting on September 27. Tracy Letts, Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright of August: Osage County, and Amy…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:04AMThursday, September 20, 2012
I haven't seen Closer Than Ever--the revue of songs by lyricist Richard Maltby, Jr. and composer David Shire--yet, but after all the wonderful things I've heard about it, it's on my lis…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 04:21PMTuesday, September 18, 2012
It’s tough to be a new musical in the fall. First, you have to make it through the slow months of September and October for any chance of holiday season success. Then, if you want a box-of…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:36AMWednesday, September 12, 2012
If Broadway fangirls (including us) seem a little down these days, it could be because Jeremy Jordan played his last performance as Jack Kelly in Newsies on September 4. To rub salt in the w…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:49AMTuesday, September 11, 2012
Photo credit: Joan MarcusI saw Chaplin the Musical with my friend Yair Solan, who runs the first and only Charley Chase website and knows far more about silent films than I do…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 11:11AMWednesday, September 5, 2012
While it’s not the official end of summer, it’s safe to say that Labor Day weekend caps off the summer tourist season on Broadway. School is back in session, summer hours are over at…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:30AMTuesday, August 28, 2012
Remember when War Horse was the toughest straight play ticket in town? Lately, the show has been available on TDF and TKTS, which would have been unfathomable a year ago. From the time War H…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:10AMThursday, August 23, 2012
Maybe it’s vindication for us theater kids who never felt like we fit in with the cool crowd in high school. But the cheerleaders are on Broadway now, and they’re losing this pop…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:51AMTuesday, August 21, 2012
Cait Doyle is the star and creator of the cabaret act Hot Mess in Manhattan, which attempts to answer the question, "If Sex and the City lied, then what's to become of a Hot Mess in Man…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 11:00AM 
