Saturday, November 22, 2014
This new production of the 1997 cult musical SIDE SHOW is more than a revival. It is more than a make-over. It has had radical surgery " not altogether a good thing.  The orig…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:50AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Another Stoppard revival. Another complicated word fest of ideas that is a mere shadow of the original production that ran at the Plymouth from January 84 through May 85 with an all-star…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:21AM[SHARE]Friday, October 31, 2014
"It's not easy being green," according to Kermit the Frog. In Ayad Akhtar's compelling, pertinent yet somewhat contrived drama DISGRACED, corporate lawyer "mergers and acquisitions" Amir…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:02AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 28, 2014
It's all about Sting. Although he does not appear in the show " Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner better known as STING (singer/songwriter/instrumentalist) wrote its musical score that someho…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:53AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 26, 2014
A strong shot of Botox has been injected into this newest revival of ON THE TOWN to rid it of any wrinkles that may have appeared since its opening in 1944. Two previous revivals have no…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:47AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 12, 2014
Based on the 2003 bestselling mystery novel by Mark Haddon of the same title, this challenging play adapted by Simon Stephens and precisely directed by Marianne Elliot (who also directed WAR…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:29AM[SHARE]Friday, October 10, 2014
Wake up and smell the roses. Be happy. Follow your dream. Don't pay taxes. Just go for it. Well the Sycamore family is doing just that in this timeless and ageless reviva…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:47AM[SHARE]Monday, October 6, 2014
A bit of British imperialism is on view at the Laura Pels Theatre in what started out as a Tom Stoppard "clash of cultures" radio play in 1991 "In the Native State" that morphed into the ret…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:46AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 21, 2014
It's like stepping into another world. A fantasy world created by director/choreographer Austin McCormick, the new Ziegfeld of Off-Broadway. A world of debauchery, provocative pastie…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:32AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 26, 2014
There were two Mozarts. Two child prodigies. The famous Amadeus (Wolfie) and his older, overshadowed sister Maria Anna (Nannerl). Maria Anna started playing the harpsichord at ei…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:01AM[SHARE]Friday, June 20, 2014
Tupac Shakur. Palace Theatre. Broadway's newest odd couple. What's really odd is that the producers of this new hip-hop-rap musical have redesigned the orchestra section of the P…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 06:23AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Two awards:Â The first for most original shut-your-cell-phone-off warning and the second for outstanding stamina and longevity in the grand manner of British Music Hall entertainment go t…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 06:48AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 11, 2014
Once in a blue moon an actress has the good fortune to be cast in a career defining role that she is ready, willing and more than able to take advantage of. Jan Maxwell has been given th…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:05AM[SHARE]Friday, May 9, 2014
In this somber, strangely poetic, esoteric and dull as dishwater play by David Rudkin and directed by Jack McNamara (as if he were wearing blinders) THE LOVESONG OF ALFRED J. HITCHCOCK " a r…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:39AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Can you imagine if Gerard Alessandrini wasn't an out of work actor thirty years ago? His creative, sharply witty and blistering expose of the blemishes of Broadway musical revue" FORBIDD…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:44AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 4, 2014
Something new and wonderful has been added to the stage of the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center " a gorgeous, traditional, translucent red show curtain trimmed in gold for its produ…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:51AM[SHARE]Monday, April 28, 2014
CASA VALENTINA is a fascinating and bizarre drama that examines a group of straight men who have a need to dress as women. They are not gay. Not flamboyant drag queens nor female imp…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:19AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 27, 2014
Daniel Radcliffe may be the bait to entice audiences to buy tickets to the Michael Grandage Company's production of Martin McDonagh's quirky yet moving play THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMANN that has…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:04AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 26, 2014
While it's never made clear by playwright John Steinbeck how George (James Franco) and Lennie (Chris O'Dowd) met and became fast friends " Are they cousins? Did a horse really kick Lenni…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:34AM[SHARE]Friday, April 25, 2014
It's 1929 Berlin and the Nazi's are on the move. But within the decadent Kit Kat Klub at Studio 54 everything is beautiful. At least that's what Fred Ebb (lyrics) John Kander (music)…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:10AM[SHARE]Monday, April 21, 2014
Standing tall and plain without any makeup Sutton Foster - center stage " in a spot light that she truly deserves - begins to take us on a Greyhound bus journey of discovery (North Carolina …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 06:55AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 20, 2014
Woody Allen. Susan Stroman. High hopes. But BULLETS OVER BROADWAY the jukebox musical adaptation of Mr. Allen's film (with Douglas McGrath) is a potpourri, pot luck production ha…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:33AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 19, 2014
As Billie Holiday, nearing the end of her young life, returning one last time to sing at Emerson's Bar & Grill in Philly - Audra McDonald is quite sensational. She has left Audra at …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:26AM[SHARE]Friday, April 18, 2014
Get thee immediately to the Lucille Lortel Theatre for an evening of side-splitting, howling hilarity that is a glowing tribute to the talent of Charles Ludlam and his partner Everett Qu…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:47AM[SHARE]Friday, April 11, 2014
There is evidence of life on another planet. The planet is called Eno. As in Will Eno " "a new voice", an experimental playwright, a man of many words playfully used to some effect i…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:59AM[SHARE]Monday, April 7, 2014
Denzel Washington is a revelation. A true star. A team player. A natural to portray Walter Lee Younger in this revival of Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 play - A RAISIN IN THE SUN tha…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:12AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 5, 2014
Lest anyone dare to forget the plague that took the lives of too many young and old, talented and loving homosexuals due to having unsafe sex way back then in the not so innocent 80's Terren…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 06:56AM[SHARE]Friday, April 4, 2014
Even if you are a diehard fan of Idina Menzel who gained stardom with her powerful set of pipes defying gravity in WICKED and infamy singing the most popular song "Let It Go" from FROZEN at …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:44AM[SHARE]Saturday, March 29, 2014
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SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:16AM[SHARE]Friday, March 28, 2014
Disney is up to its old tricks again with varying degrees of success. This time via a magic lamp that when rubbed a Genie (the stupendous James Monroe Iglehart) appears and will grant yo…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:44AM[SHARE]Monday, March 24, 2014
Stepping into the iconic and legendary role of Rocky Balboa "The Italian Stallion" " written and acted by the iconic and legendary, fearless and persistent Sylvester Stallone (1976) makes fo…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:19AM[SHARE] 
