All stories by Matt Windman on BroadwayStars

Saturday, June 11, 2011

SMOKE AND MIRRORS by Matt Windman

Though visually intriguing, the heart of this production beats slowly and without the vigor it should have.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 12:02AM
Monday, May 2, 2011

Review: Curtains by Matt Windman

Former Guiding Light co-stars Robert Newman and Kim Zimmer shine in the Paper Mill Playhouse's revival of this musical murder mystery.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AM
Thursday, April 28, 2011

Theater review: 'The Normal Heart' -- 4 stars - am New York by Matt Windman

Larry Kramer’s seminal AIDS drama “The Normal Heart” is the kind of show that hits you like a jackhammer. Twenty-five years since it premiered at the Public Theater, it remains a power…

SOURCE: AM New York at 08:59AM
Friday, April 22, 2011

Theater review: Jerusalem - am New York by Matt Windman

What a season it's been for Mark Rylance, who won a Tony Award three years ago for his role in "Boeing Boeing." In the fall, the actor came back to Broadway in David Hirson's verse play, "La…

SOURCE: AM New York at 10:49AM
Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Theater review: 'High' -- 1.5 stars - am New York by Matt Windman

It’s too bad Kathleen Turner never got a chance to play Sister Aloysius in “Doubt.” It might have spared her the embarrassment of now playing a nun in Matthew Lombardo’s disappointin…

SOURCE: AM New York at 08:58AM
Sunday, March 20, 2011

SOMEONE PULL THE PLUG by Matt Windman

Despite all the money poured into it and the delays in opening, Spider-Man is a totally irredeemable failure.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 04:00PM
Saturday, March 12, 2011

WILTED FLORET by Matt Windman

Some plays don’t really need to be revived. Cactus Flower is one of them.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 07:00PM
Monday, March 7, 2011

A PREDICTABLE BORE by Matt Windman

Revived on Broadway for the first time with an all-star cast, the only thing you ll find shocking about this play is how terribly it has aged.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 09:00PM

MODERN CLASSIC by Matt Windman

Darko Tresnjak’s captivating production of Merchant , fueled by F. Murray Abraham , is a prime example of the myriad ways one can interpret and present Shakespeare.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 09:00PM

VERGE OF EVICTION by Matt Windman

David Lindsay-Abaire has topped his Pulitzer-winning domestic drama Rabbit Hole , and Daniel Sullivan brings out strong performances from the entire cast.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:00PM
Monday, February 28, 2011

MAD OPERA by Matt Windman

While Mary Zimmerman’s production doesn t deliver on all cylinders, her lead sopranos add a lot by nailing those high-flying notes.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 06:00PM
Monday, January 24, 2011

Review: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by Matt Windman

Paper Mill Playhouse's production of the William Finn-Rachel Sheinkin musical is F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

End of the Year Guide: Best and Worst Shows and Moments by Matt Windman

Best Shows of 20101. The Scottsboro Boys – It is difficult to imagine a more daring,disturbing or dangerous Broadway musical than this true story aboutnine young black males falsely accuse…

SOURCE: On Off Broadway at 09:59AM
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

MINERS ARE ARTISTS TOO by Matt Windman

The entire cast of the London production has come to Broadway to deliver Lee Hall s unofficial follow-up to Billy Elliot .

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:28AM

MORE THAN JUST A FAILED ACTOR by Matt Windman

This production of the Clifford Odets potboiler The Country Girl leaves us with one burning question: what in the world made someone put on this revival?

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:28AM
Monday, October 18, 2010

I Wish to Go to the Festival: My Brief Encounters at NYMF by Matt Windman

If you blinked, you missed the latest installment of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, which since its founding has given birth to musicals such as “Next to Normal” (then under its …

SOURCE: On Off Broadway at 09:52AM
Sunday, October 3, 2010

Mrs. Warren's Profession by Matt Windman

“Mrs. Warren’s Profession,” George Bernard Shaw’s 1894 drama that reexamines the pros and cons of prostitution, contains no violence or obscenities. Yet when it was first performed i…

SOURCE: On Off Broadway at 10:36PM
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Brief Encounter by Matt Windman

You don’t need to see two people fly into the air against a dramatic backdrop of rushing waters to know that they have fallen in love. Such is the problem with the tongue-in-cheek and exce…

SOURCE: On Off Broadway at 10:56PM
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

The Little Foxes by Matt Windman

Here are three words guaranteed to strike fear and terror into the hearts of any theatrical purist who dislikes the avant-garde: Ivo-van-Hove.Hove, a notorious Flemish director, is best know…

SOURCE: On Off Broadway at 10:56PM
Sunday, September 12, 2010

Me, Myself & I by Matt Windman

In Edward Albee’s new play “Me, Myself & I,” a disheveled mother played by Elizabeth Ashley can’t tell her two sons apart. The young men are identical twins that are both named O…

SOURCE: On Off Broadway at 10:00PM

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