Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Inspired by NYMag.com’s brilliant Reality Index recaps, Dave (@NineDaves, www.NineDaves.com) and I have teamed up to bring you our take on what’s keepin’ it real and what’s faking it…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 08:00AMMonday, March 5, 2012
Spring is almost here and with it comes new Broadway shows, like Nice Work If You Can Get It, a new musical comedy using the music and lyrics of George and Ira Gershwin (that's enough to get…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:00AMSunday, March 4, 2012
It's too bad that Broadway Talks With Jordan Roth: Nick Jonas at 92Y wasn't sold out tonight, because I believe everyone in the auditorium would have bought a ticket to see him in How To Suc…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 11:42PMTuesday, February 28, 2012
Inspired by NYMag.com’s brilliant Reality Index recaps, Dave (@NineDaves, www.NineDaves.com) and I have teamed up to bring you our take on what’s keepin’ it real and what’s faking it…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 08:00AMFriday, February 24, 2012
Rated P For Parenthood is a new musical of vignettes about being a parent from birth to college (watch one of them in the video above). On Tuesday night, I attended a blogger night for the s…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 06:28PMHappy Friday! I just wanted to share some information about a program I'm sure many of you are familiar with, Audience Rewards. Audience Rewards is the Official Rewards Program of Broadway. …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 11:50AMTuesday, February 21, 2012
I'm very excited to team up with NineDaves (follow him on Twitter @NineDaves) to bring you the SMASH Reality Index. Here's a little explanation from Dave about how this came about:One of my …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 08:00AMSunday, February 19, 2012
On February 13, I celebrated Salentine's Day at Joe's Pub, so named for the musical being performed that night, Salamander Leviathan by Krista Knight and Barry Brinegar. The show debuted at …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:30AMFriday, February 17, 2012
Assistance at Playwrights Horizons may be the hippest play off-Broadway right now. It has a hot young cast, writer (Leslye Headland), and director (Trip Cullman), a sleek set, pulsating musi…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 09:07PMSunday, February 12, 2012
If you didn't win my last contest for tickets to Silence! The Musical--The Unauthorized Parody of The Silence of The Lambs at The 9th Space Theatre at Performance Space 122, you're in luck. …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 11:42PMThursday, February 2, 2012
I want to thank The Gallery Players--that hidden gem on 14th Street in Park Slope--for introducing me to A Man of No Importance. This is the first New York revival of this lovely musical, wh…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 09:55PMTuesday, January 31, 2012
If you've been following this blog, you may know that I watch a lot of Disney Channel. Phil of the Future, which ran from 2004 to 2006, was not my favorite (although it seems like a masterpi…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 12:00AMMonday, January 30, 2012
Nick Jonas is the latest J. Pierrepont Finch in How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at the Hirschfeld Theatre. Though you may know him as 1/3 of the Jonas Brothers, he got his s…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:00AMSunday, January 29, 2012
Two of my favorite young actors, Michael Esper and Bobby Steggert, will be starring in Assistance at Playwrights Horizons starting on February 4. The satire about a group of young assistants…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 08:50PMMonday, January 23, 2012
Prepare ye...to win some tickets to Godspell. The revival of the Stephen Schwartz musical is currently playing at the Circle in the Square Theatre. In honor of the new Tuesday Night Talkback…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:00AMSaturday, January 21, 2012
On Thursday night I got a sneak peek of Ghost The Musical at the Ghost Light Sessions. The event kicked off with a cocktail called "The Unchained Melody" made from Frozen Ghost Vodka (that's…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 09:35PMTimes Square isn't usually the place for works that challenge the status quo, but that is the mission of the new Times Square International Festival at the Roy Arias Studios. The other part …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 07:25PMSunday, January 15, 2012
I've been really excited for Godspell basically since it was announced. Many of the cast members (Lindsay Mendez, Hunter Parrish, Nick Blaemire, etc.) have impressed me in other shows. I was…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 09:58PMWednesday, January 11, 2012
I've been a fan of the York Theatre Company, which only produces musicals, since my first visit for a workshop of Yank! The latest York mainstage production is Ionescopade, A Musical Vaudevi…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 04:25PMWednesday, December 14, 2011
Expectations can make all the difference in how you experience a show. I was expecting Bonnie and Clyde to be a disaster and I ended up liking it. I was all set for Lysistrata Jones to be my…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 01:05PMSunday, December 11, 2011
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever will close on January 29, after 29 previews and 57 regular performances. The show opened at the St. James Theatre on December 11 to negative reviews. Havin…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 11:57PMSaturday, December 10, 2011
Bonnie & Clyde wasn't everything that I wanted it to be, but I was entertained, I saw some great performers, and I was introduced to a memorable new Broadway score. That's more than I can sa…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 04:19PMIn my lifetime, only two shows have played Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre, Cats (fun fact: Cats opened the month I was born) and Mamma Mia! Since I hadn't seen Cats until long after it had…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 02:49PMMonday, December 5, 2011
Follies, currently playing at the Marquis on Broadway, must end on January 22. If you've been putting off seeing it, you're running out of time. But I have some good news, Follies fans. Sinc…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 12:00PMEarlier this season, John Turturro directed the mostly forgettable Relatively Speaking on Broadway, but there is nothing forgettable about his performance as Lopakhin in Anton Chekhov's The …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 12:33AMSaturday, November 26, 2011
An acting class is currently being given at the Golden Theatre, but it's in the guise of a play about writing and writers. That play is Theresa Rebeck's Seminar.In the funny but slight play,…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 02:41PMThursday, November 24, 2011
At the Minetta Lane Theare, you can experience the joy of weddings in ten minute increments and you don't have to worry about buying a gift or getting stuck at a bad table. Standing On Cerem…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 01:45PMWednesday, November 23, 2011
Who hasn't watched an old television show or movie and thought how much simpler life would be in those times? For the characters in Jordan Harrison's Maple and Vine at Playwrights Horizons, …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:41PMMonday, November 21, 2011
Silence! The Musical--The Unauthorized Parody of The Silence of The Lambs opened this summer at Theatre 80 to positive reviews. It is now playing an open run at The 9th Space Theatre at Perf…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:50AMFriday, November 18, 2011
Noël Coward's Private Lives gets revived on Broadway every ten years or so. I can't complain because the current Broadway revival, which opened Thursday at the Music Box Theatre, is the fir…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 12:00AMWednesday, November 16, 2011
Last night, I attended a blogger night of the new Theresa Rebeck play Seminar. I'll wait until the show officially opens to post my review, but I can tell you about the meet and greet with J…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:36AM 
