Monday, May 25, 2015

Pee-wee Herman Gets Wired on Sondheim’s New Stage by John Simon (* 1/2)

Broadway’s silliest, most immature character is starring at a theater named for its ultimate sophisticate.

SOURCE: noir.bloomberg.com at 05:58PM

Three Divas Founder in Pointless ‘Women on the Verge’: Review by John Simon

Heroic efforts from the remarkable singing actresses Laura Benanti, Patti LuPone and Sherie Rene Scott and the equally accomplished Brian Stokes Mitchell can’t disguise the fact that &…

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High-Spirited ‘Elf’ Finds Grumpy Dad, First Love by Jeremy Gerard (* 1/2)

Will Ferrell’s goofy, urbane Christmas fable “Elf” had just a smidgen of bite. The 2003 movie returns as a Broadway musical, decaffeinated and heavy on the sugar.

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Katrina's Women Recall Lost Dog, Disappearing Pals by Jeremy Gerard

When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast five years ago, Eve Ensler instinctively headed to New Orleans.

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Seinfeld Directs Quinn, Producer Gambles on Broadway (Update1) by Philip Boroff

In late August, a 32-year-old theater producer named Eva Price found herself in a lower-Manhattan Crate & Barrel talking on her mobile phone to Jerry Seinfeld.

SOURCE: noir.bloomberg.com at 05:58PM