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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

PRATFALLS – Off-Off Broadway – a gem of a play by Oscar E. Moore

Holly Webber is a new writer with original ideas of character and very funny unexpected dialogue with heart. It’s a charming, warm hearted comedy that crackles with sharp wit.

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Monday, April 30, 2012

GHOST – the musical on Broadway is a paranormal phenomenon by Oscar E. Moore

You will be emotionally drawn into the love triangle of Molly and Sam and Carl, wowed by the incredible comic performance of Oda Mae and bedazzled by the eye popping effects that will leave …

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

THE COLUMNIST – starring John Lithgow at Manhattan Theatre Club by Oscar E. Moore

THE COLUMNIST is competently directed by Daniel Sullivan but it’s the text that is tiresome.

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Saturday, April 28, 2012

A Streetcar Named Desire – Tennessee Williams Revival in living color by Oscar E. Moore

This color blind production of STREETCAR is powerful, explosive and deeply moving.

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Tribes – Directed by David Cromer Off B’way – Dealing with deafness. by Oscar E. Moore

TRIBES will touch your mind intellectually and your heart deeply and as we leave the theatre we will all remember the sign for love.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

One Man, Two Guvnors – a tour de farce, from soup to nuts starring James Corden by Oscar E. Moore

In this evening of snappy chatter and songs all havoc breaks loose. It's a delirious, dopey and delightful cartoon comedy served up on a silver platter.

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The City Club – Original new Blues & Jazz Musical Off-B’way by Oscar E. Moore

Andrew Pandaleon gives a bravura performance. He is young has a terrific voice, good looks, charm and can command the stage as a fine actor.

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Monday, April 23, 2012

Clybourne Park on Broadway – Racism, real estate and A Raisin in the Sun by Oscar E. Moore

Playwright Bruce Norris wants to annoy us. He wants to rile us up over what has happened in Clybourne Park over the years.

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

4000 miles at Lincoln Center - Grandma knows best by Oscar E. Moore

Amy Herzog's easy going, mild mannered and long one act play could be subtitled HUGS – of which there are quite a few.

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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Gore Vidal’s The Best Man on B'way: a winner by a landslide by Oscar E. Moore

This is about the best revival of a play that you will see this season. Immensely entertaining. Funny. Frightening. And so prescient.

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Evita: semi revived on Broadway by Oscar E. Moore

The show starts off great with actual newsreel footage of Eva Peron’s funeral and the Requiem and then in flashback proceeds to go downhill.

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Thursday, April 5, 2012

NEWSIES – The legacy of Disney marches on by Oscar E. Moore

There are some excellent songs sung and danced by an exuberant cast of strapping teenage ragamuffins and orphans in turn of the century New York

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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Now. Here. This. At the Vineyard: Cosmic Confusion by Oscar E. Moore

This Mensa Society-type musical revue is heady. At times funny. At times tuneful. But would benefit from a sharp red pencil to make some beneficial cuts.

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

End of the Rainbow – Judy Garland Live at the Belasco by Oscar E. Moore

Tracie Bennett incredibly conveys the “essence” of Garland. Her on stage confidence always at odds with her off stage insecurities make for an extremely riveting scenario.

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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Jesus Christ Superstar: Webber/Rice rock opera resurrected-OMG! by Oscar E. Moore

A high tech, sterile, American Idol inspired music video replete with vocal pyrotechnics from all involved.

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Sunday, March 25, 2012

ONCE – A romantic musical odyssey transfers from Off-Bway by Oscar E. Moore

You will fall under the spell of ONCE, once you have seen it. And will never forget the experience.

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Friday, March 23, 2012

LOST IN YONKERS – finds itself a wondrous new production Off-B’way by Oscar E. Moore

Under the skillful direction of Jenn Thompson, the play at first has you laughing and then unexpectedly grabs you by your emotional guts and never lets go. You will laugh until you are brou…

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Death of a Salesman – Ghostlike Revival with Philip Seymour Hoffman by Oscar E. Moore

A wonderful revival of a timeless American tragedy. Attention has been paid to every detail.

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

CARRIE, the musical – Still a bloody mess by Oscar E. Moore

Moral: Stop bullying. It can be hazardous to your health!

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Painting Churches by Tina Howe: Off B’way revival by Oscar E. Moore

Real or Surreal? No one seems to have made a definitive choice and the result is simply tiresome.

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Rutherford & Son – 1912 revival at the Mint Theater Company by Oscar E. Moore

Director Richard Corley seems to have not found a way to make this static and sometimes preachy piece of writing more compelling.

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Monday, February 27, 2012

Loni Ackerman – Next to Ab-Normal – Pitch Perfect Cabaret by Oscar E. Moore

Beautifully scripted and directed (Barry Kleinbort) and sung to perfection you’ll discover what makes Loni tick and talk and sing with heartfelt passion and humor.

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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Rx – A hearty dose of laughs at Primary Stages by Oscar E. Moore

Precisely directed by Ethan McSweeny who makes every second count. Who makes every laugh hit its mark.

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Remembering Zina Bethune by Oscar E. Moore

A life that tragically came to an end as she was recently hit and run over by two cars in Los Angeles after stopping her car to help a wounded animal along the side of the road.

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Saturday, February 4, 2012

Godspell on Broadway is mostly God awful by Oscar E. Moore

Slapstick Holy Lessons in how we should treat each other. Love and peace and kindness are illustrated in song after song after repetitious song.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

WIT starring Cynthia Nixon on B'way: brilliance, brittleness and bunnies by Oscar E. Moore

A truthful, finely layered and spot on depiction of what it’s like to suffer through ovarian cancer. If anything can help it’s having a large dose of humor.

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Saturday, January 28, 2012

The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess – starring Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, David Alan Grier and the entire ensemble by Oscar E. Moore

Gritty and passionate and powerful with classic songs that are gorgeously sung charged with the varied emotions of love, loss and revenge. The casting is perfection.

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Saturday, January 21, 2012

The Road to Mecca – starring Rosemary Harris is worth the trip. Just be patient. by Oscar E. Moore

I urge you to see this most interesting play that extols the freedom of expression and has great compassion for growing old.

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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Cecil Beaton: The New York Years – Dapper, double-breasted and sometimes in drag by Oscar E. Moore

At The Museum of the City of New York through February 20th, you can and should take a close look at this breathtaking time capsule of art (1928-1969)

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Monday, December 19, 2011

ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER re-conceived and revamped starring the reliable Harry Connick, Jr. by Oscar E. Moore

Revel in the sumptuousness of its score and enjoy the charm of Connick and witness the emergence of Broadway’s newest star - the best holiday gift of all – Jessie Mueller

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LYSISTRATA JONES - a frothy mix of sex, love and basketballs by Oscar E. Moore

A retelling of “Lysistrata” by Aristophanes – who came up with the satiric anti war plot of “no nookie until we get what we want!”

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