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701 stories by "David Cote"

Review: At the Roundabout, A Luminous Revival of Samm-Art Williams' 'Home' by David Cote

This rollicking memory play treats one man's life as an epic journey, and this production"starring Tory Kittles, Brittany Inge and Stori Ayers"is epic indeed.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 3:11pm on June 6, 2024☆⚑

Review: In 'Breaking the Story,' Maggie Siff's TV War Reporter Lives With Scars by David Cote

A talented cast outshines the material in this examination of a war correspondent's trauma and the ethics of journalism.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 4:00pm on June 5, 2024☆⚑

Review: 'The Lonely Few' Mixes Bona Fide Rock Concert With Angsty Love Story by David Cote

This rock musical begins in glorious dive-bar grunge mode, and Lauren Patten and Taylor Iman Jones radiate so much charisma you may not care if the story feels a little generic.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 5:00pm on May 22, 2024☆⚑

Review: Pandemic Meltdown Musical 'Three Houses' Finds Song in Solitude by David Cote

Dave Malloy juggles book, music, lyrics, and orchestrations in this musical triptych about Covid Times. The score is entertainingly eclectic, but the dramatic tension and character developme…

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 8:01pm on May 20, 2024☆⚑

Review: 'Here There Are Blueberries' Studies Holiday Photos from Hell by David Cote

This interview-based docu-play revolves around a mysterious photo album donated to the Holocaust Museum that showed the lives of those running Auschwitz.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 8:01pm on May 13, 2024☆⚑

Review: Flashy and Fake 'Great Gatsby' Caps a Weak Season by David Cote

The jazz-based score ventures into funk, Disney princess ballad, and a touch of Britpop. But none of the songs stick, and the staging is busy yet unfocused.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 4:53pm on April 30, 2024☆⚑

Review: 'Staff Meal' Offers Seven Courses of Tasty Disorientation  by David Cote

It's hard to describe exactly what happens in this show. Scenes zig and zag in dream logic. But the acting and staging are impeccable. Book a table now.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:00am on April 29, 2024☆⚑

Review: Steve Carell Is a Lovable Loser in a Fragmentary 'Uncle Vanya ' by David Cote

Steve Carrell and a stand-out Alison Pill lead a strong cast in a modern-dress revival of Chekov's 'Uncle Vanya' that never quite gels.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 3:58pm on April 26, 2024☆⚑

Review: Volunteers In A Drug Trial Just Say Yes In 'The Effect' by David Cote

Is it love or a side effect? Lucy Prebble's 2012 play interrogating the difference between spontaneous emotions and drug-induced moods is given a cool, minimalist makeover in a revival at th…

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:01pm on March 13, 2024☆⚑

Review: New Drama About the Murdoch Phone Hacking Scandal by David Cote

This ripped-from-the-headlines story has a strong cast and a worthy message. But it ought to be more thrilling than it is. 

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:01pm on March 11, 2024☆⚑

Review: A Priest and a Nun Walk into a War in Contemporary Classic 'Doubt' by David Cote

'Doubt,' one of the top ten American dramas of this century, is now back on Broadway in an impressive revival.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 9:01pm on March 7, 2024☆⚑

Review: It All Comes Out in the Wash at John Patrick Shanley's 'Brooklyn Laundry ' by David Cote

The veteran playwright-director tosses together two soiled souls"played by Cecily Strong and David Zayas"adds softener, and gives 'em a whirl.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 6:09pm on March 4, 2024☆⚑

Spring Theater Preview: Navigating a Flood of Shows on Broadway and Off by David Cote

Between now and the end of April a whopping 18 plays and musicals will open on the Great White Way. Here's the best of what's coming, both on and Off Broadway.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:00am on February 28, 2024☆⚑

Review: Unwinnable Wars Lead to Impossible Debates in 'The Ally' by David Cote

Page-filling blocks of strong words are unfurled in this campus drama, as playwright Itamar Moses articulates"passionately and eloquently"each side of weighty issues of the moment, from Isra…

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:01pm on February 27, 2024☆⚑

Review: Second Stage Theatre's 'The Apiary': Stinging or Sweet As Honey? by David Cote

Set 22 years from now " as climate change has doomed the bees and thus humanity " this high-concept play mixes sci-fi with black comedy.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 9:01pm on February 13, 2024☆⚑

Review: Fake News Makes Musical Headlines in 'The Connector' by David Cote

This musical about a fabulist at a magazine draws on the Stephen Glass scandal of the '90s, but it's more than a bit of stretch itself.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 7:01pm on February 6, 2024☆⚑

Public Obscenities by David Cote

All in the family: a PhD student visits India to film a documentary about queer life in Shayok Misha Chowdhury's vibrant and charming debut play. Abrar Haque as Choton, Debashis Roy Chowdhu…

SOURCE: 4columns at 7:00pm on February 1, 2024☆⚑

'The Animal Kingdom' Review: This Family Therapy Weepie Is a Flat Zoo Story by David Cote

Set entirely at group therapy sessions, this 80-minute exploration of psychodynamics and healing may leave you wishing for characters with more interesting problems.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 9:01pm on January 30, 2024☆⚑

Review: Don't Sleep on Splendiferous Sutton Foster in 'Once Upon a Mattress' by David Cote

Foster generates waves of zany ecstasy in this delightful concert version of this fractured fairytale for City Center Encores.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 6:25pm on January 27, 2024☆⚑

Review: 'Prayer for the French Republic' Is One of Broadway's Best New Plays by David Cote

A Jewish family " shaken by a recent rise in European antisemitism " uproots itself in Joshua Harmon's passionately argued play.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:00pm on January 9, 2024☆⚑

Review: 'Appropriate' Is a Family Album of White Supremacy  by David Cote

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's slow-burning satire of white privilege arrives on Broadway in an impeccable production with a dream cast, led by Sarah Paulson.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:03am on December 19, 2023☆⚑

Review: Cuba's Past Sings Out in 'Buena Vista Social Club' by David Cote

This jukebox musical alternates passionate renditions of Afro-Cuban son, danzón, and bolero with scenes in English that chart the lives of musicians across four decades of love and loss.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 8:21pm on December 18, 2023☆⚑

Review: 'How to Dance in Ohio' Welcomes Autistic Youth Under the Disco Ball by David Cote

'How to Dance in Ohio' was clearly made with love, but this musical adaptation of an HBO documentary about autistic people learning to dance tries to balance good intentions and razzle-dazzl…

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 9:00pm on December 10, 2023☆⚑

Review: An Earnest Yet Awkward Land Acknowledgement for 'Manahatta' by David Cote

Mary Kathryn Nagle's play shifts between the Dutch colonization of Manhattan and the subprime mortgage crisis, a concept that looks good on paper but diminishes the characters and their choi…

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 9:00pm on December 5, 2023☆⚑

Review: Alicia Keys Is in a 'Hell's Kitchen' State of Mind at the Public by David Cote

Part juke-box musical and part feel-good empowerment fable, this musical from Alicia Keys hungers for a home on Broadway.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 9:30pm on November 19, 2023☆⚑
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