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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Golden Boy – Lincoln Center Theater Revival by Oscar E. Moore

You can almost smell the sweat in the beautifully staged gym locker room scenes as we hear the roar of the crowd above witnessing the prize fights

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Penny Fuller: 13 Things about Ed Carpolotti by Oscar E. Moore

Go with a loved one, celebrate your time together over a cocktail and enjoy the wonderful gifts of Penny Fuller.

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Monday, December 10, 2012

Glengarry Glen Ross: a non-event starring Al Pacino by Oscar E. Moore

Like being sold a rotten piece of real estate, it’s over before you know it.

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Saturday, December 8, 2012

Dead Accounts starring Kati Holmes, yawn and Norbert Leo Butz by Oscar E. Moore

DEAD ACCOUNTS plays out like a bad Seinfeld episode that is badly in need of a laugh track.

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Friday, December 7, 2012

The Mystery of Edwin Drood - the very model of a modern major musical. See it! by Oscar E. Moore

There are clues and red herrings and Gilbert and Sullivan tongue twisting songs and lovely ballads to put a huge smile on everyone’s face and a finale that tops it all!

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

A Christmas Story: musical spreads nostalgic, endearing and sometimes delightful moments across the footlights by Oscar E. Moore

Who can resist a chorus of tap dancing kids, a plastic leg lamp and a pair of capricious canines?

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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Scandalous – Prayer, persistence and patience certainly pay off here by Oscar E. Moore

I went into SCANDALOUS a non-believer but surprisingly Kathie Lee Gifford changed all that with her very entertaining show

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike - A Chekhovian inspired dysfunctional comedy from Christopher Durang by Oscar E. Moore

It’s a Durang show and that’s what Durang delivers. Absurdist humor. He’s an acquired taste. But David Hyde Pierce and Kristine Nielsen shine bright.

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Monday, November 19, 2012

Inner Voices: 3 Musical Monologues Off B'way by Oscar E. Moore

For a completely different and unique musical experience with three incredible performances I urge you see INNER VOICES. Through December 2nd.

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Sunday, November 18, 2012

Annie: It’s truly a hard knock life when kids can’t afford to see this winning show by Oscar E. Moore

Annie has been given a fresh facelift with a brand new eleven year old moppet with a crop of red ringlets and a clarion voice going by the name of Lilla Crawford who is spreading her sunshin…

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Friday, November 16, 2012

Giant – a gigantic achievement for all involved by Oscar E. Moore

There are moments of pure joy and moments of sadness. Of excitement and of stillness set against the panoramic skies of Texas

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Saturday, November 10, 2012

The Heiress - lacklustre revival starring Jessica Chastain, David Strathairn, Dan Stevens by Oscar E. Moore

Based on the novel Washington Square by Henry James this psychological tale of revenge melodrama has seen better days.

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Starring four exceptional actors by Oscar E. Moore

Edward Albee's play is as fresh and vital and vitriolic today as it was fifty years ago. It is blistering, brutal and honest theatre at its best and should not be missed.

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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Cyrano de Bergerac - Starring Douglas Hodge and his nose by Oscar E. Moore

This large, porcine, pulpy, phallic proboscis is hard not to notice to the extent that you might become preoccupied with IT...

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Falling by Deanna Jent: Autism case study Off B'way by Oscar E. Moore

What matters most is how difficult it is grappling with a child who is autistic - for the entire family. Love does conquer all. It has to.

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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Grace on Broadway - an intriguing production that I would urge you to see. by Oscar E. Moore

Thought provoking, funny, extremely well acted by its four member cast, tightly directed by Dexter Bullard and beautiful to look at.

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Thursday, October 4, 2012

Ten Chimneys - Lunt and Fontanne's private lives examined off B'way by Oscar E. Moore

Enlightening, charming and thoroughly entertaining.

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

An Enemy of the People with Boyd Gaines and Richard Thomas: Unrestrained fury by Oscar E. Moore

Director Doug Hughes has unleashed his actors and advised them to go full throttle in this uneven and cold rendering of this updated politics as usual play

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Red Dog Howls – Kathleen Chalfant gives bravura performance by Oscar E. Moore

There are certain productions that take you completely by surprise and make you realize the power that theatre holds.

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Monday, September 24, 2012

If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet: Jake Gyllenhaal's Off B'way debut by Oscar E. Moore

In a series of quick cinematic scenes this all unravels. You’ll know when the end is near when most of the furniture is floating.

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Thursday, September 20, 2012

The Exonerated – Death Row Docudrama Off-B’way by Oscar E. Moore

A production that is stark, subdued and immensely powerful – told “in their own words” from Death Row.

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Friday, September 14, 2012

Chaplin, the musical: Behind the limelight by Oscar E. Moore

There are moments of brilliance but they are surrounded by that sad, repetitive color grey that makes CHAPLIN difficult to fully embrace.

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Mary Broome – Edwardian hanky-panky at the Mint by Oscar E. Moore

A bit of Shaw. A bit of Wilde. A bit of Upstairs/Downstairs make MARY BROOME a smart, witty and biting comedy with great dialogue and timeless arguments.

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Harrison, TX: Three plays by Horton Foote by Oscar E. Moore

Wonderful character studies, homespun humor and attention to detail make HARRISON, TX worthy of a visit.

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Friday, August 24, 2012

The Dick and The Rose FringeNYC by Oscar E. Moore

A daring, surreal and wonderfully theatrical venture into the darkest of deeds previously unspoken of except in Greek tragedy.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Nightfall on Miranga Island, take two FringeNYC by Oscar E. Moore

Can it be that in trying to outdo themselves that they might have done themselves in?

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Monday, August 20, 2012

Panaromania: John Banvard, artist of the first "moving pictue" musicalized FringeNYC by Oscar E. Moore

David Jackson wrote the amazing and incredibly hysterical and heartfelt book. Jacob Sexton has masterly directed this zany opus with ear catching melodies and clever lyrics by Leah Latella …

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Sunday, August 19, 2012

Orphan Train – Marla Hirokawa's impressive 1997 ballet at FringeNYC by Oscar E. Moore

There are no Sugar Plum Fairies here but real, honest to goodness people that are hard to forget

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Friday, August 17, 2012

Standby, the "suicide" musical at FringeNYC by Oscar E. Moore

With a slew of character driven songs, sung dialogue and almost complete underscoring STANDBY, the musical is as interesting as it is odd.

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Falling – isn’t totally convincing at FringeNYC by Oscar E. Moore

Snippets of dialogue, inner thoughts of the characters begin this surreal and unnecessarily complicated play by Amy E. Witting

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Monday, August 13, 2012

Non-Equity the musical – is a delight FRINGENYC by Oscar E. Moore

A hybrid of FORBIDDEN BROADWAY and a prequel to A CHORUS LINE done in the format of a revue akin to THE UPSTAIRS AT THE DOWNSTAIRS

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Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
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