Neil Patrick Harris works his tail off onstage in 'Hedwig' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Sometimes you wonder if there's anything Neil Patrick Harris can't do: He switches from "How I Met Your Mother" to singing Sondheim on Broadway, directing a magic show to hosting...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 8:37pm on April 22, 2014☆⚑

'The Velocity of Autumn' only mildly entertaining by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Alexandra is 79 and angry " growing old is no picnic, plus she's afraid of being kicked out of her Park Slope brownstone. So she barricades herself in her home,...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:52pm on April 21, 2014☆⚑

Tony winner Sutton Foster shines in 'Violet' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Give it up for Sutton Foster: She's using her superpowers for good, not evil. If the two-time Tony winner hadn't taken the title role in Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley's "Violet,"...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:51am on April 21, 2014☆⚑

Radcliffe returns to Broadway in 'The Cripple of Inishmaan' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Daniel Radcliffe is doing his darndest to put Harry Potter way, way behind him. On Broadway alone, he's played a mentally disturbed young man who strips naked and blinds horses...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 5:12am on April 21, 2014☆⚑

Fierstein play explores hidden secrets of cross dressing by Elisabeth Vincentelli

You’d think that of all people, Harvey Fierstein would know about men in frocks. From his Tony-winning play "Torch Song Trilogy" in the 1980s through his books for the musicals...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 5:58am on April 20, 2014☆⚑

High camp, some valleys in 'Irma Vep' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Campy humor was a big deal in the '80s, and few did it better than the Ridiculous Theatrical Company. That troupe even scored an unlikely off-Broadway hit with Charles Ludlam's...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 6:58am on April 18, 2014☆⚑

Fans of 'Act One' will be cruelly let down by stage version by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Throw a rock around Broadway and you'll hit someone obsessed with Moss Hart's 1959 memoir, "Act One," about his escape from a destitute Bronx childhood through a love for theater....

SOURCE: The New York Post at 4:52am on April 18, 2014☆⚑

The 'Mice' is right " mostly by Elisabeth Vincentelli

There may be no more strikingly different debuts than the ones James Franco and Chris O'Dowd are making in "Of Mice and Men." As George, the wandering ranch hand in...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 6:03am on April 17, 2014☆⚑

Violence doesn't silence Steven Soderbergh's 'The Library' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

“The Library" isn't a great play, but as staged by Steven Soderbergh, it's a very good show. The prolific movie director may have little theater experience, but he sure knows...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:08pm on April 15, 2014☆⚑

'Lady Day' sings the blues away by Elisabeth Vincentelli

On the one hand, we have Audra McDonald, poised and elegant " a classically trained soprano and five-time Tony winner. On the other, there's the raspy-voiced Billie Holiday, who lifted...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 5:40am on April 14, 2014☆⚑

'Bullets Over Broadway' is a sterling musical comedy by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Our musical options are deadly serious right now, from bloody barricades to forbidden love and heavy life choices. So thank God for "Bullets Over Broadway," a giddy feast of silly...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 5:30am on April 11, 2014☆⚑

David Ives trips with repetitive comedy 'The Heir Apparent' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

They say comedy is hard, but if the actors are sweating, maybe it's just too hard. The new farce "The Heir Apparent" strains so much to be funny, it's exhausting...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 4:34am on April 10, 2014☆⚑

We deserve a sharper satire from 'The Most Deserving' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Culture wars in the heartland are a big neon target, but "The Most Deserving" isn't sure where to aim, or how. So playwright Catherine Trieschmann covers all the bases: slapstick,...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 5:02am on April 9, 2014☆⚑

Greta Gerwig replaces Maggie Gyllenhaal in 'The Village Bike' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Back in February Maggie Gyllenhaal announced she would star in this fall's Broadway revival of "The Real Thing" opposite Ewan McGregor. Great for Gyllenhaal, not so great for MCC: The...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 5:38pm on April 8, 2014☆⚑

Defanged 'Threepenny Opera' loses original satirical bite by Elisabeth Vincentelli

For a show about whores, beggars and thieves, this new revival of "The Threepenny Opera" is amazingly clean-cut. Oh sure, there's a bit of tasteful nudity and a touch of...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 5:03am on April 8, 2014☆⚑

Eno packs powerhouse quartet in 'The Realistic Joneses' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

What powerhouse playwright could possibly lure Toni Collette, Marisa Tomei, Michael C. Hall and Tracy Letts into a show? Tennessee Williams, maybe, or Arthur Miller. Try Will Eno. Until now,…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:49pm on April 6, 2014☆⚑

Washington leads spirited cast in 'A Raisin in the Sun' revival by Elisabeth Vincentelli

'A Raisin in the Sun" endures for good reason. Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 play " the first by a black woman on Broadway " features several meaty roles and enough dramatic...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 5:55am on April 4, 2014☆⚑

This 'Happy Fella' is a charming crowd-pleaser by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Fans of glorious singing should hustle to City Center, where the intoxicating Encores! revival of "The Most Happy Fella" runs through Sunday. After landing a hit with "Guys and Dolls,"...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 4:10pm on April 3, 2014☆⚑

'Heathers' still cliques in musical re-imagining by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Forget those big-budget, starry adaptations of beloved movies. If you want to relive a cult flick, head over to the ingenious, very funny "Heathers: The Musical," which pulls off wonders...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:21pm on March 31, 2014☆⚑

Idina Menzel carries new Broadway musical 'If/Then' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

New Broadway musical "If/Then" would be DOA without Idina Menzel. The star holds this ambitious but unwieldy show together. Actually, she does more than that: She gathers a bunch of messy…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00pm on March 30, 2014☆⚑

Into the breach once more " alas, with a lesser 'Lear' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

“King Lear" is the Everest of plays: It's big, it's daunting and a lot of people try to climb it. Frank Langella just did it in January, John Lithgow tackles...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:14pm on March 27, 2014☆⚑

Not everything tastes better with 'Hellman' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

It sounds nuts, kids, but once upon a time serious writers appeared on talk shows, and their feuds were national news. One of those legendary disputes inspired the new play...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00pm on March 26, 2014☆⚑

Terrific performances, speedy pace lift 'Les Misérables' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Critics of "Les Misérables" call it bombastic. So what? Bitching that "Les Miz" is overwrought is like complaining a Dalmatian has too many spots: It's the nature of the beast....

SOURCE: The New York Post at 5:37am on March 24, 2014☆⚑

'Aladdin' musical doesn't quite seem like a Disney hit by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Disney's new "Aladdin" doesn't quite catch lightning in a bottle " but it lets a pretty nifty genie out of a lamp. That would be James Monroe Iglehart, in the...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:09pm on March 20, 2014☆⚑

Nina Arianda returns to the stage in 'Tales From Red Vienna' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Nina Arianda's career went from zero to 60 in 10 seconds flat " with a Tony nod for her Broadway debut in 2011's "Born Yesterday" followed the next year by...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01pm on March 18, 2014☆⚑