Stage version of Murakami's 'Kafka on the Shore' starts off great before running aground by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Haruki Murakami's best-selling novels " "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle," "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" and more " often involve flights of fancy that make them hard to.…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 6:52pm on July 24, 2015☆⚑

Colin Quinn's solo 'New York Story' is his best work yet by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Colin Quinn is having a moment: His supporting turns on "Girls" and "Inside Amy Schumer" have been delish, and he has a substantial part in Schumer's hit movie "Trainwreck." Now...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:04pm on July 23, 2015☆⚑

'Ubu Roi' is an awesome punk play you didn't know you needed by Elisabeth Vincentelli

"Ubu Roi" may have been written in 1896, but make no mistake: It's a punk play. This surreal satire about a malevolent couple that betrays, steals and kills for money...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 5:02pm on July 23, 2015☆⚑

What we know about 'Fear the Walking Dead' " so far by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Forget Hollywood blockbusters: The summer's most eagerly anticipated project is "Fear the Walking Dead" " the "Walking Dead" companion show. When the first full-length trailer was released a…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 5:49pm on July 20, 2015☆⚑

Jan Maxwell serves up her usual intense performance in 'Scenes From an Execution' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Never say never: Bands break up, then reunite. Joaquin Phoenix quits acting, then says that was a prank. Heck, even Harper Lee has a new book out! So excuse us...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 3:04pm on July 17, 2015☆⚑

Impassive 'Amazing Grace' tells the story of the world-famous hymn by Elisabeth Vincentelli

With its clean-cut heroes and villains and its earnest Christianity, the musical "Amazing Grace" is an outlier on Broadway " where the new normal is the bold, hip-hop-flavored "Hamilton." As…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:44pm on July 16, 2015☆⚑

Broadway star Sutton Foster isn't the life of 'The Wild Party' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

The last time Sutton Foster appeared at Encores!, in "Violet," the show went on to Broadway. That probably won't be the case with Andrew Lippa's "The Wild Party," which started...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 3:50pm on July 16, 2015☆⚑

HBO's reliance on brooding male stars is a misguided bromance by Elisabeth Vincentelli

TV is moving on, but HBO didn't get the memo. In the 1990s, the premium cable channel changed the game with two iconic series, "Sex and the City" and "The...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 3:01am on July 14, 2015☆⚑

Wobbly, campy satire 'Ruthless!' takes aim at child actors by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Talk about a claim to fame: Two key reasons why "Ruthless!" became a cult hit in 1992 were Britney Spears and Natalie Portman, who understudied the original lead, Laura Bell...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01pm on July 13, 2015☆⚑

Marathon production 'DruidShakespeare' falls short of memorable by Elisabeth Vincentelli

“DruidShakespeare” goes from zero to 60 in seconds. Then it slows down for hours and hours. Your own fondness for the Bard's history plays will determine whether or not you...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 4:47pm on July 13, 2015☆⚑

Beloved magicians return in uneven 'Penn & Teller on Broadway' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

PENN & Teller made illusions and sleights of hand cool years before the likes of David Copperfield made them flashy. For 40 years now, the pair have been the instantly...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00pm on July 12, 2015☆⚑

'Skippyjon Jones Snow What' is zany fun for everyone by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Let’s face it: Any review is irrelevant to the target audience for "Skippyjon Jones Snow What," which is unlikely to read one. But then, that audience is unlikely to read...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 1:18am on July 9, 2015☆⚑

Rihanna dissed me, so I wrote her a hit song by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Bebe Rexha co-wrote Eminem and Rihanna's 2013 smash "The Monster" " yet she's never even met them. Well, the singer did have a pre-"Monster" encounter with Rihanna when the pop...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 7:00am on July 4, 2015☆⚑

Jake Gyllenhaal can sing " and sell a joke " in 'Little Shop of Horrors' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Never mind whether he can sing: Can Jake sell a joke? To everybody's surprise, including maybe his own, Jake Gyllenhaal is appealingly funny and sweet in Encores' semi-staged concert of...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:04am on July 2, 2015☆⚑

Even Alicia Silverstone can't save a clueless 'Of Good Stock' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Three sisters gather for a weekend in Cape Cod, Mass. One has a possibly terminal illness, another is a hysterical bride to be, the third reveals a surprise pregnancy. They...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01pm on June 30, 2015☆⚑

Finally, all three 'Decline of Western Civilization' music docs are on DVD by Elisabeth Vincentelli

It took for frickin' ever, but here they are at last: All three "Decline of Western Civilization" movies are out on DVD! Why the excitement, you may ask? Well, the...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:58am on June 30, 2015☆⚑

Patti LuPone rules as a theatrical diva in 'Shows for Days' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

You say typecasting, I say playing to an actor's strengths. And the new comedy "Shows for Days" plays to Patti LuPone's strengths to the power of a gazillion. The role...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01pm on June 29, 2015☆⚑

AIDS activist Larry Kramer still fired up in HBO doc by Elisabeth Vincentelli

When Larry Kramer's play "The Normal Heart" premiered on Broadway in 2011 " 26 years after its creation " its author was outside the theater, distributing leaflets about AIDS. The...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 1:06am on June 27, 2015☆⚑

Jonathan Groff is the soul of William Finn's 'A New Brain' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Three weeks after winning Tonys for the book and score of "Falsettos" in 1992, William Finn collapsed on the street " felled by a congenital brain malformation. Not only did...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 2:56pm on June 25, 2015☆⚑

'Wayward Pines' is back " and creepy as ever! by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Come for the stars " stay for the crazy plot! It's safe to say that the initial lure for "Wayward Pines" was the kind of deluxe cast you tend to...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 1:10am on June 25, 2015☆⚑

Who needs Jon Snow when we have Poldark? by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Who cares about Jon Snow? Five minutes into "Poldark," the dark, broody and very much dead Jon Snow had been replaced in our hearts by the dark, broody and very...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 4:22pm on June 22, 2015☆⚑

French music doesn't suck anymore, and here's proof by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Remember when French music stopped sucking? OK, so good stuff came out before Daft Punk " it's just that nobody outside France knew it. It took the masked duo and...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:32am on June 19, 2015☆⚑

'Significant Other' is a modern, non-musical spin on 'Company' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

“It feels like all my friends are dying," Jordan complains in the new comedy "Significant Other." Well, technically they aren't: They're getting married, one after another, and Jordan …

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:39pm on June 18, 2015☆⚑

Chris Noth doesn't deliver in 'Doctor Faustus' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

What’s Chris Noth thinking in "Doctor Faustus"? Hard to tell. As the ambitious magician of Christopher Marlowe's 16th-century play " who trades his soul to Lucifer in exchange for abso…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:39pm on June 18, 2015☆⚑

'Gloria' is one of the fiercest plays you'll see this year by Elisabeth Vincentelli

It’s not just "Game of Thrones" that boasts jaw-dropping shockers " the new play "Gloria" has such a fantastic moment, it's killing me that I can't spill the beans. All...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01pm on June 17, 2015☆⚑