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Monday, April 21, 2014

Mothers and Sons Left Me Scratching My Head by Suzanna Bowling

Mothers and Sons Left Me Scratching My Head: Mothers and Sons at the John Golden Theater is well acted, but makes no sense.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:17AM
Sunday, April 20, 2014

Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical Shoots Blanks by Suzanna Bowling

Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical Shoots Blanks: Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical, in the hands of Susan Stroman is crass and over-produced.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:56PM

What is The Realistic Joneses About? by Suzanna Bowling

What is The Realistic Joneses About? What is it with shows that make no sense this year?

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:38PM

Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill a Billie Holiday Tribute in Style by Suzanna Bowling

Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill a Billie Holiday Tribute in Style: Billie Holiday is considered one of the greatest jazz singers of the last century. Audra McDonald is one of the great…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:07PM
Saturday, April 19, 2014

The Wild Party Swings by Suzanna Bowling

The Wild Party Swings: The Wild Party Swung as Andrew Lippa Met Charlie Rosen’s Broadway Big Band at 54 Below

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:50PM

The 28th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition by Suzanna Bowling

The 28th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition: The 28th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition returns with the companies of Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring productions offering skits, son…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:22PM
Friday, April 18, 2014

All The Way With Bryan Cranston by Suzanna Bowling

All The Way With Bryan Cranston: Robert Schenkkan’s new political drama is fraught with history. Emmy Award-winner Bryan Cranston from Breaking Bad makes his Broadway debut as Lyndon Baine…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:59PM
Monday, April 14, 2014

And the Nominee’s Are: Lucille Lortel by Suzanna Bowling

And the Nominee's Are: Lucille Lortel: Nominations for the 29th annual Lucille Lortel Awards, have been announced.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:27PM
Sunday, April 13, 2014

The Heir Apparent A Foolishly Fun Ride by Suzanna Bowling

The Heir Apparent A Foolishly Fun Ride: What do you do when you need your rich uncle to bequeath to you in his will?

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:30PM
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

And The 2014 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre Are by Suzanna Bowling

And The 2014 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre Are:

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:09AM
Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Stephen Sorokoff My View: The View At Le Cirque Musical Mondays by Suzanna Bowling

Stephen Sorokoff My View: The View At Le Cirque Musical Mondays

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:17PM
Sunday, April 6, 2014

Applaud for Penny Fuller at 54 Below by Suzanna Bowling

Applaud for Penny Fuller at 54 Below: Fasten Your Seat Belts it's going to be a bumpy night as the original stars from Applause, Len Cariou, Penny Fuller & Lee Roy Reams get together ag…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:59PM
Saturday, April 5, 2014

Greed: A Musical for Our Times So Politically Incorrect It’s Correct by Suzanna Bowling

Greed: A Musical for Our Times So Politically Incorrect It’s Correct: Greed: A Musical for Our Times at New World Stages is guilt free fun with a terrifically talented cast.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:29PM

Jamie deRoy and Stephen Sorokoff With Melissa Errico at 54 Below by Suzanna Bowling

Jamie deRoy and Stephen Sorokoff With Melissa Errico at 54 Below: The last time Melissa Errico played 54 Below, was in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:12AM

A Raisin in the Sun is a Grape by Suzanna Bowling

A Raisin in the Sun is a Grape: As you walk into the revival of A Raisin in the Sun you hear Lorraine Hansberry and Studs Terkel discussing the play and then the world Ms. Hansberry wrote ab…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:12AM
Friday, April 4, 2014

If/Then Or the Life I Should Lead by Suzanna Bowling

If/Then Or the Life I Should Lead: If/Then is a Company for today or a Rent all grown up. By the end, the message will ring loud and clear: choose career over love.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:34AM
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Cabaret Willkommen’s The Tonight Show by Suzanna Bowling

Cabaret Willkommen's The Tonight Show: Set your TV's for the cast of Cabaret to perform on Tony Award winner on NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" April 10. Alan Cumming and the …

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:55PM
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Heathers Not Your Mother’s Musical by Suzanna Bowling

Heathers Not Your Mother’s Musical: The new musical, Heathers is the guilty pleasure that critics will love to hate and teenagers will flock to, licking their wounds and completely relatin…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:29PM
Monday, March 31, 2014

I Remember Mama: Lessons on Acting by Suzanna Bowling

I Remember Mama: Lessons on Acting: Seated at ten tables are ten older actresses, all of them as solid as the wooden furniture, adorned with remnants from the past.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 06:20PM

Paulus’ Amaluna Rocked Me To Sleep by Suzanna Bowling

Paulus’ Amaluna Rocked Me To Sleep: Cirque du Soleil's Amaluna is the newest incarnation, directed by Broadway Tony Award winner Diane Paulus.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:54PM

King Lear Over Macbeth by Suzanna Bowling

King Lear Over Macbeth: King Lear at the Theater for a Audience at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center is subtle, too subtle.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:43PM

Fran Drescher and Academy Award winners Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez Announce the Drama Desk Awards by Suzanna Bowling

Fran Drescher and Academy Award winners Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez Announce the Drama Desk Awards: Gretchen Shugart, CEO of TheaterMania.com and Isa Goldberg, Drama Desk Preside…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:25AM
Sunday, March 30, 2014

Christopher Durang Stars as Vanya in Bucks County by Suzanna Bowling

Christopher Durang Stars as Vanya in Bucks County: Playwright Christopher Durang won his first Tony Award in 2013 for his comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike on Broadway.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:24PM
Saturday, March 29, 2014

Stephen Sorokoff My View: Bill Boggs Had The Better View by Suzanna Bowling

Stephen Sorokoff My View: Bill Boggs Had The Better View: I usually have a pretty good view at entertainment events.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:42AM
Thursday, March 27, 2014

Les Miserables The Dumbing Down of an Audience by Suzanna Bowling

Les Miserables The Dumbing Down of an Audience: When interviewing Andrea McArdle at 54 Below, I asked how she felt about the coming revival of Cameron Mackintosh's Les Miserables. Her respon…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:50PM
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Aladdin Delivers All Three Wishes by Suzanna Bowling

Aladdin Delivers All Three Wishes: It has been so long that I laughed so hard I cried, stopped analyzing the show for my latest review or was thoroughly entertained.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:29PM

Not Your Brothers Grimm: Tales From Red Vienna by Suzanna Bowling

Not Your Brothers Grimm: Tales From Red Vienna: Tales From Red Vienna by playwright David Grimm is like his last name. The show stars the fabulous Nina Arianda, but it is Tina Benko who stan…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:47PM

Beyond Therapy Has Me Singing Love American Style by Suzanna Bowling

Beyond Therapy Has Me Singing Love American Style: t’s been since 1982 when Christopher Durang’s Beyond Therapy played a mere 21 performances on Broadway with John Lithgow and Dianne Wie…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:17PM
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

The Outer Critics to Have Cicely Tyson and Vanessa Williams Announce The Nominees by Suzanna Bowling

The Outer Critics to Have Cicely Tyson and Vanessa Williams Announce The Nominees: The Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers,…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:23PM

Drama League Theater Center Offers Star Studded Evenings and Workshops With Industry Titans by Suzanna Bowling

Drama League Theater Center Offers Star Studded Evenings and Workshops With Industry Titans: Highlights include intimate evenings with Tony® Award winners Tyne Daly, Terrence McNally, Donna…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:21PM
Sunday, March 23, 2014

The Real Americans or Are They? by Suzanna Bowling

The Real Americans or Are They?: Earlier this year I saw Matthew-Lee Erlbach’s Handbook for an American Revolutionary at the Gym at the Judson.

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 09:17PM

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