All stories by Oscar E. Moore on BroadwayStars

Sunday, October 16, 2011

GREENWOOD with Andrea McArdle at NYMF by Oscar E. Moore

It boasts a fine cast of singers but is burdened with a much too complicated plot where a lot of excellent ideas are struggling to emerge.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Friday, October 14, 2011

THE MOUNTAINTOP – staring Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett by Oscar E. Moore

Wildly imaginative, extremely funny and poignant these two stars shine over Broadway. Director Kenny Leon has supplied a spectacular and inspirational finish to this fantasy of Dr. King's l…

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 10:41AM

The Mountaintop staring Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett on B'way by Oscar E. Moore

Wildly imaginative, extremely funny and poignant these two stars shine over Broadway. Director Kenny Leon has supplied a spectacular and inspirational finish to this fantasy of Dr. King's l…

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Monday, October 10, 2011

The Bus – Gay teens Off B’way - Theater C at 59E59 by Oscar E. Moore

Two boys sneak off nightly or whenever they can to kiss and have sleeping bag sex in an abandoned bus in this "Our Town" like play.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Saturday, October 8, 2011

Outlaws: The Ballad of Billy the Kid - a rocky musical – NYMF by Oscar E. Moore

Rock stars of the sagebrush on the loose. Told in flashback with heart pounding, frenzied songs.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Friday, October 7, 2011

Ghostlight – dull and dreary at New York Musical Festival by Oscar E. Moore

The word “mistake” keeps popping up only to remind us that the concept for Ghostlight is just that - a mistake.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice – NYMF by Oscar E. Moore

Miss it and you will never forgive yourself. Stylish in its simplicity, it’s one of the finest all around productions of NYMF I have ever seen.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Monday, October 3, 2011

The Kid Who Would Be Pope – NYMF by Oscar E. Moore

Blessed be the creators that can cause such merriment.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Saturday, October 1, 2011

NYU Scores big with a so-so SUCCESS by Oscar E. Moore

NYU must be commended for doing SWEET SMELL of SUCCESS a show that might not otherwise be produced and allowing so many talents performers to be exposed – in a good way.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Friday, September 30, 2011

This One Girl’s Story - NY Musical Festival (NYMF) by Oscar E. Moore

Four lesbians travel from Newark to New York’s Greenwich Village to celebrate their imagined freedom but run into hatred and murder

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Wednesday, September 28, 2011

The Submission – a major MCC disappointment Off B’way by Oscar E. Moore

The dialogue is fierce and bristles like firecrackers let loose as the two combatants hit each other fast and furious with the “F-word”.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM

Little Did I Know – a show biz novel by Mitchell Maxwell, theatrical producer by Oscar E. Moore

It’s Peyton Place meets Glee! Boners, booze, boobies and Joe DiMaggio make this a summer to remember. Just read the first chapter and you’ll be hooked.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Sunday, September 18, 2011

FOLLIES — remembrance of things past by Oscar E. Moore

Ghostlike and shimmering. Fragile and haunting. Memorable and aching. There is so much to savor. So many delectable performances beautifully staged that make FOLLIES shine anew.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Thursday, September 15, 2011

Play It Cool – Red Hot & Smooth Original Jazz Score by Oscar E. Moore

Ms. Mayes is giving a fantastic, full dimensional portrayal of a “Butch Dyke - owner of Mary’s Hideaway – an underground gay jazz club off Sunset, Hollywood, circa 1953

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Thursday, September 1, 2011

Harper Seven Beckham and other names that rocked celebrity gossip columns by Oscar E. Moore

Well, they were hardly going to call their first daughter Rebecca, were they? David and Victoria Beckham have hit the latest celeb news headlines this week after choosing a typically unusual…

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Daja Vu - Aja Nisenson’s solo show at NY Int’l Fringe Fest by Oscar E. Moore

While flirting unabashedly with the audience as some ditzy star dressed in black and bling she croons Piaf, Cole Porter and what must be her favorite tune Besame Mucho.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Saturday, August 20, 2011

Cow Play – New York Int’l Fringe Festival by Oscar E. Moore

There are so many ideas being floated around with lots of unclear symbolism that it takes away from the relationships of the characters and the cow.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM

NOIR – Love and Murder at First Sight at NY Int’l Fringe Fest by Oscar E. Moore

Director Marc Geller has done a skillful job evoking the dark, cynical, melodramatic and sometimes humorous atmosphere

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Thursday, August 18, 2011

The Legend of Julie Taymor at the NY Int’l Fringe Fest by Oscar E. Moore

A Forbidden Broadway type musical feast. The immensely talented Jennifer Barnhart portrays Julie Paymore in all her egomaniacal, power hungry, domineering glory.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 07:19AM

The Legend of Julie Taymor at the NY Int’l Fringe Fest by Oscar E. Moore

A Forbidden Broadway type musical feast.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Olive and the Bitter Herbs – Oy vey! Off-B’way by Oscar E. Moore

A preposterous plot by Charles Busch which I have renamed Olive of the Bitter Tongue

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 07:23AM

Olive and the Bitter Herbs – Oy vey! Off-B’way by Oscar E. Moore

It’s as if Mr. Busch had all these ideas and characters stored away in a box, put in his hand, pulled some out and created the preposterous plot which I have renamed Olive of the Bitter To…

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Mother – she’s with you wherever you go – NY Int’l Fringe Fest by Oscar E. Moore

“Mother” is a sometimes hysterical, sometimes lyrical and altogether wonderful retelling of their relationship from age five till death did them part.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 11:14AM

Mother – she’s with you wherever you go – NY Int’l Fringe Fest by Oscar E. Moore

“Mother” is a sometimes hysterical, sometimes lyrical and altogether wonderful retelling of their relationship from age five till death did them part.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Monday, August 15, 2011

Lola-Lola – Monkey business at NY Int’l Fringe Festival by Oscar E. Moore

Starts out as a great idea and then grows tedious as it unfolds much too slowly

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 08:33AM

Lola-Lola – Monkey business at NY Int’l Fringe Festival by Oscar E. Moore

Starts out as a great idea and then grows tedious as it unfolds much too slowly.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Sunday, August 14, 2011

Death Takes a Holiday dulls the spirits by Oscar E. Moore

Some old fashioned operetta-ish arias that fail to soar but which hold their last notes long after you have tired of hearing them, polite applause ensuing.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 10:11AM
Saturday, August 13, 2011

SUNSET BOULEVARD – Loni Ackerman at The Gateway Playhouse Bellport by Oscar E. Moore

Singing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “With One Look” Ms. Ackerman sends chills down your spine as she relishes every moment of her triumphant return.

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 10:46AM
Friday, August 12, 2011

Rent – Returns Off-B’way and comes up short by Oscar E. Moore

Can I be the only person in the universe that believes RENT to be an over hyped phenomenon?

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 08:08AM
Monday, August 8, 2011

Frankenstein with Mary Shelley & Gabriel – Redd Tale Theatre Co. by Oscar E. Moore

These two connected at the umbilical cord one act plays are intriguing, never boring, sometimes spooky and a worthwhile foray into the future and back to the past

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 08:34AM
Monday, August 1, 2011

Lavender Shore – Midtown Int’l Theatre Festival by Oscar E. Moore

The silly plot has been contrived by Lawson Caldwell to do some serious talking about what he truly wants to say about homosexuality

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 08:30AM

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