Oh those idle rich. Oh how they are so easily bored. Oh how they can just as easily bore us. In this newest listless revival of Christopher Hampton's infamous adaptation of Chode…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:42AM[SHARE]Last time round, playwright Mike Bartlett skewered the Royal Family in King Charles III and now has tackled a royal-pain-in-the-ass-family in LOVE, LOVE, LOVE off-Broadway at the Laura Pels …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 01:12PM[SHARE]Frozen in time. And that's how Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's THE FRONT PAGE begins under the precise and rapid fire direction of Jack O'Brien who keeps this old war horse alive and k…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 11:50AM[SHARE]In Anton Chekov's tragic-comedy THE CHERRY ORCHARD aristocratic spendthrift Madame Ranevskaya (a carefree albeit uncomfortable Diane Lane) returns from Paris jilted by her lover only to face…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:36AM[SHARE]With all due respect my funny bone failed mightily to be tickled by this 18th century classic comedy of manners from the plumed quill of Oliver Goldsmith " adapted and directed by Scott Alan…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:00AM[SHARE]Two chairs. Two tables. Two actors. 80 minutes. No intermission. Additional tiered bleacher onstage seating added. Long narrow acting area. Is this a table…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:40AM[SHARE]Just when you think HOLIDAY INN, the new Irving Berlin Musical can't possibly get any better " it does. With an affectionate and respectful wink to the original 1942 film starring Bing C…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:56AM[SHARE]Nick Kroll and John Mulaney met in college. They bonded – obviously having something in common. Something that some people might consider a bizarre sense of humor. Soon after t…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 01:21PM[SHARE]Well, it sure is different. And eerie. And fascinating. And much too long. Perhaps as long as the mighty Amazon River where Mr. McBurney " who has co-conceived this oddity wi…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 12:46PM[SHARE]Take a trip back to the past with Primary Stages production of Horton Foote's pleasant and homey play at the Cherry Lane Theatre featuring six excellent actors bringing an honesty and real l…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 11:51AM[SHARE]At the Lortel. A new monologue by Neil LaBute. Lasting about one hour. About the same time a psychiatrist would allot a patient to spill ones heart out. In this case Mrs. Joh…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:55AM[SHARE]Tucked away in Chelsea in the 150 seat Linda Gross Theater that arose from a converted church two extremely talented performers Rebecca Naomi Jones as Marie Knight and Kecia Lewis as Sister …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 01:09PM[SHARE]WARNING: Using your cell phone may be hazardous to your "privacy" and well-being.  Seeing PRIVACY will open your eyes wide as to the numerous pitfalls and so called advantages of …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:18AM[SHARE]You. Are. There. Oslo, Norway.  April 1992 - September 1993. Behind closed doors. The characters are real. The situation fraught with intrigue and champagne and egos i…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:37AM[SHARE]Israel Horovitz is at it again. After some seventy plus plays - a new sit-com cum sex farce of sorts " a throwback to the days of avant-garde off Broadway when a slight play could be mou…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:26AM[SHARE]If you are going to reimagine the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice " a poor poet guitar strumming musician with a voice to die for and his ravishing but hungry counterpart as a sung-through fo…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:49AM[SHARE]The "buzz" (social media) way back when in the 20's was that composer Eubie Blake (Brandon Victor Dixon) and lyricist Noble Sissle (Joshua Henry) would not be remembered. They were black…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 01:49PM[SHARE]There is no escaping Donald Trump. He is everywhere. Including being referenced many times over in the mesmerizing psychological bloody musical adaptation of the 1991 novel by Bret E…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 11:36AM[SHARE]Meet the Tucks. A family that once drank water from a secret stream in Treegap, New Hampshire circa 1800 that made them immortal. To sip or not to sip? That is the question facing a …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:07AM[SHARE]Starring Jessie Mueller whose talents far exceed the predictable material by Jessie Nelson whose book cannot decide if it is an old fashioned musical comedy or a serious discourse dealing wi…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:20AM[SHARE]There's no stopping people's wagging, malicious, slanderous tongues. People love to gossip. To tear down the reputation of their friends. To exaggerate. Isn't it fun?  In …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 02:20PM[SHARE]THE FATHER by French playwright Florian Zeller (translated by Christopher Hampton) is a well thought out, clever and heart wrenching examination of what it is to go through the process of tr…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 12:57PM[SHARE]Carmen Cusack is Broadway's newest bright new star after being cast as Alice Murphy after submitting an audition tape via video to the team behind BRIGHT STAR " an original and tuneful blueg…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:22AM[SHARE]Powerful and moving. Frightening. Riveting. A new timely vision for the 1953 classic Arthur Miller play THE CRUCIBLE as seen through the eyes of director Ivo Van Hove " himself a…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:07AM[SHARE]A luscious, lavish and romantic revival of SHE LOVES ME has recently set hearts atwitter at STUDIO 54 where Scott Ellis' production is running through July 10th. The Roundabout Theatre C…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:18AM[SHARE]Let's put on a show! In a barn! In Mississippi! With a bluegrass band on stage. Intermingle all of them Hew Haw banjos and fiddles with an odd assortment of characters with a…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:10AM[SHARE]From the moment Michelle Williams as Una is escorted/dragged into an office breakroom (scattered with leftover munchies and an overflowing trash can) where she has unexpectedly located Ray (…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:33AM[SHARE]Remember this name. Jennifer Simard. She portrays Sister Mary Downy " a quiet nun with a secret gambling addiction carrying a guitar searching to save some lost souls in the funny li…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 12:48PM[SHARE]If you think you have problems meet Adam (an amazing Bobby Steggert) as he meets Jenny (Rebecca Rittenhouse) at a Halloween party in 1989 in this frightening, intriguing but ultimately unsat…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 11:31AM[SHARE]One doesn't have to go as far as Africa's Liberian Civil War to be faced with women being abused, raped and subjugated but playwright Danai Gurira puts the spotlight on high beam as she expo…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:27AM[SHARE]It's phenomenal " no - not the play, not the performances, not the direction but that HUGHIE " a minor one act play by Eugene O'Neill has gotten yet another revival " all 60 minutes of it - …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:57AM[SHARE]
