Sunday, March 22, 2015
The energetic cast does all it can to make this 1978 show bubble like champagne. Unfortunately they are working with sparkling water.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMMonday, March 16, 2015
Lin-Manuel Miranda has taken on a herculean task in bringing us this production and there are many moments of true brilliance – genius in fact. If only that fateful shot would come sooner.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMFriday, March 13, 2015
It’s a fascinating glimpse into what makes Queen Elizabeth tick as she reveals that she “loathes the palace” and is “happiest on the water”
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMTuesday, March 10, 2015
It’s a matter of taste. If you love Larry David you’ll love Larry David with his distinctive brand of humor. High brow it isn’t. Raking in the dough it is. Major balls in play here.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMFriday, January 23, 2015
The true star of the show is the versatile Rob McClure
a hapless happy-go-lucky guy with mommy problems and a fiancée who has been waiting around for five years to get hitched.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMSunday, January 18, 2015
SPOILER ALERT: You might want to rent one of those hearing devices. Between the British accent and the acoustics of the Friedman it is hard to decipher what is being said
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMSunday, December 14, 2014
Mr. Cooper’s performance is consummate in this highly theatrical and bare bones production exquisitely directed by Scott Ellis.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMSunday, December 7, 2014
The funniest of the jokes deal with the names of James Wicker, Harvey Fierstein and Nathan Lane. Set up beautifully they really pay off big
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMSunday, November 23, 2014
Three amazing character studies with a skilled lesson in preparing the perfect trout. The dialogue is sharp and smart. Plenty of wit. Plenty of things happening to keep you alert.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMSaturday, November 22, 2014
This new SIDE SHOW has its ups and lots of downs. It has some wonderful performances. But it does not flow as it should and once did. Memories die hard.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMTuesday, November 11, 2014
Director Sam Gold has the cast singing songs throughout while changing set pieces. It becomes a sort of hootenanny. Will there be a cast album?
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMFriday, October 31, 2014
Ninety minutes that will make you rethink how we perceive and present ourselves and how we should think about each other. Without bias. Without prejudice.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMTuesday, October 28, 2014
Sting may not be appearing in this underwhelming, dark, gloomy and quasi romantic folk opera but the echo of his voice resounds throughout.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMSunday, October 26, 2014
Fresh and fast paced – with a cast that can sing and dance its heart out – right into the hearts of the audience
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMSunday, October 12, 2014
First and foremost is the Broadway debut of Alex Sharp a recent graduate of Juilliard who by chance and talent got the role of his thus far young lifetime – that of Christopher Boone.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMFriday, October 10, 2014
Messrs. Kaufman and Hart had a lot on their collective collaborative minds – most of it amazingly still pertinent and still very amusing
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMMonday, October 6, 2014
Long on rhetoric and short on “RASA” – the “it” factor that makes a creative work “pulse.” After all it is Tom Stoppard who seldom knows when to stop.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMSunday, September 21, 2014
A world of debauchery, provocative pasties, bejeweled jock straps and bare buttocks where one can celebrate with champagne at 428 Lafayette Street – the new oasis of COMPANY XIV
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMThursday, June 26, 2014
Sylvia Milo a Renaissance woman herself has written a fascinating, surreal and theatrical one woman homage to Maria Anna - sister to Amadeus
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMSylvia Milo a Renaissance woman herself has written a fascinating, surreal and theatrical one woman homage to Maria Anna sister of Amadeus
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMFriday, June 20, 2014
Unfortunately there is little to be done with gangsta rap. The rhythms pulsate as the words spew forth. However Tupac’s themes of entrapment, despair and pain are timeless.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMWednesday, June 4, 2014
Lithe and limber still, he is strutting his life across the stage of The Laura Pels Theatre in JUST JIM DALE – a musical memoir of his life thus far.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMSunday, May 11, 2014
An entertaining and gripping examination of how far one will go to prove a point. Prove a point and lose a family.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMFriday, May 9, 2014
I kept anticipating someone yelling “CUT!” which would bring to a close this ill- conceived character study that began its life as a 1993 radio play…
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMTuesday, May 6, 2014
It sparkles like a treasure chest filled with diamonds. There are more laughs per minute than any other production on or off Broadway. Two Acts. Almost two hours. Too funny for words.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMSunday, May 4, 2014
You don’t have to be an aficionado of the theatre to love this production. Anyone who has a dream, who has the hunger, the desire to succeed in whatever will be given enlightenment and en…
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMMonday, April 28, 2014
At the very least Mr. Fierstein has gotten this secret topic out in the open creating discussion. At best he has created some very juicy roles for men to explore their inner woman.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMSunday, April 27, 2014
Daniel Radcliffe’s performance is flawless. He has a depth of character and his inner soul shines right through his penetrating eyes. He is heartbreaking and funny.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMSaturday, April 26, 2014
In this stark and no-nonsense limited engagement revival of the 1938 drama that is ably directed by Anna D. Shapiro, James Franco and Chris O’Dowd are part of a terrific ensemble
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMFriday, April 25, 2014
Mr. Mendes’ production starring Alan Cumming and Michelle Williams is dark. Figuratively and literally. And sometimes dreary.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMMonday, April 21, 2014
Violet’s story unfolds simply and stylistically under the graceful and sharp direction of Leigh Silverman who has given a special aura to this production.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM 
