Friday, October 4, 2019
It had a profound effect the night I saw it on an audience that was visibly moved
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 04:35PMThursday, September 26, 2019
The new Broadway season is officially in motion, and so far unofficially underwhelming.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:40PMThursday, May 30, 2019
As for the author, Fillinger is a brave, commanding new presence—a young American dramatist worth keeping an eye on in the future, and deserving of praise already.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 05:02PMThursday, May 2, 2019
Cori Thomas' 'Lockdown' cries out for change in the penal system. It's a good premise, but not a very good play.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:25PMFriday, April 26, 2019
Everyone in the cast has been hired according to how loud they can scream, which they do in an eardrum-shattering collection of what some people call music.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:39AMWednesday, April 24, 2019
Its rhyming of 'real good' with 'Gielgud' is a prime example of why 'Tootsie' is dead on arrival.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:54PMTuesday, April 23, 2019
Friday, April 19, 2019
Laurie Metcalf looks and sounds nothing like Hillary Clinton, yet in her role in Broadway's 'Hillary and Clinton' she is, as always, nothing less than mesmerizing.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 05:32PMWednesday, April 17, 2019
Even if 'Burn This' offers more ashes than flames, it's a fine chance to experience how bracing it is to hear real people saying real things.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:08PMSunday, April 7, 2019
The landmark 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein production that marked the beginning of a new era in American musicals has now been cheapened and vulgarized at New York's Circle in the Square Thea…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:01PMWednesday, March 27, 2019
'Smart Blonde' is a sluggish, uneven work in progress, but still worth seeing if you want to discover a dynamic talent on her way to stardom.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:46AMTuesday, March 12, 2019
Isabelle Huppert's theatrics are quite a display, but you'll go away from 'The Mother' baffled and exhausted.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:17PMWednesday, March 6, 2019
'The Cake' is easy on the eyes and charming to the ears, but it doesn't provide much nutrition to take home.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:18PMSaturday, December 29, 2018
Saturday, December 15, 2018
This is the first time I have not been moved to tears by 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' but that's my can and I'll carry it.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:53AMFriday, December 7, 2018
Much of the antiseptic dilution is the fault of Ivo van Hove, a dour Belgian director.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:22PMMonday, November 19, 2018
'Downstairs' doesn't add up to much, but what's there is suspenseful.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:08AMFriday, November 9, 2018
Strip away the ropes, cables, wires and pulleys, and what you've got is a brain-damaged story about a boy, a girl, and a monkey. The monkey is the only thing you'll remember.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:52AMMonday, November 5, 2018
'American Son' turns over the rocks in the political climate to reveal Democracy-challenging toxins you might not have even considered before.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:58AMFriday, October 26, 2018
'The Waverly Gallery' lacks force because as Gladys' mental state disintegrates, her exchanges grow from amusing to confusing.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:22AMWednesday, October 17, 2018
The play is ultimately about a woman who established her independence before it was fashionable.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:06PMThursday, October 4, 2018
I've never seen anything from A.R. Gurney as superficial and unfocused as 'Final Follies'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:04AMFriday, August 17, 2018
There's no song lyric so bad it can't be improved by screaming it into cacophonous incoherence.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:50PMFriday, June 29, 2018
It opened in 1965 as a disappointment, had a movie that flopped and has not aged well, but even so 'On a Clear Day You Can See Forever' is worth revisiting.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:30PMMonday, June 25, 2018
His problem (and my one caveat) is that he doesn't know when to stop writing.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:53AMFriday, June 15, 2018
It's embarrassing to watch two distinguished artists playing meatheads beyond their prime, stripping down to their underwear and dancing in semi-nude pulchritude around a barbecue grill.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:54PMFriday, June 1, 2018
Nothing shocks anyone anymore, but 'The Boys in the Band' still resonates with a sound of fury Faulkner never dreamed of.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:08PMFriday, May 25, 2018
'Peace for Mary Frances' is so beautifully written that it is impossible to believe it's the playwright's first play.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:30AMFriday, May 4, 2018
A new production of 'My Fair Lady' delivers a different ending that is not exactly disastrous, but decidedly disappointing.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:00PMFriday, April 13, 2018
