1,800 stories by "Elisabeth Vincentelli"
Nora Ephron's "Lucky Guy" is a eulogy. A really fun, really entertaining eulogy.
You may have heard that Tom Hanks, making his Broadway debut, is the star of the show " and he is, his Every…
Fittingly for a show about art, "Three Trees" has the speed and intensity of drying paint.
Alvin Eng's new play centers on the intense bond between the painter/sculptor Alberto Giacometti (…
When August Strindberg wrote "A Dream Play," in 1901, he was mentally shaky, having just emerged from a bout of paranoid psychosis. This may explain why the plotless work is a lot more freef…
Broadway draws the stars and the attention, but theater fans know there's gold in them downtown hills " and this spring, off-Broadway is going to see plenty of action.
A lot of it is the mu…
Watching the sluggish revival of "Happy Birthday," you start fantasizing about what 10 drag queens could do to the play. They probably would be a better match for Anita Loos' comedy than the…
There's a reason "It's a Bird . . . It's a Plane . . . It's Superman" hasn't had a major revival since its 1966 Broadway premiere: That musical isn't very good. Yet the concert version prese…
You can't help but root for the likable people on the Brooks Atkinson Theatre's stage " both the actors and their characters.
It's harder to muster similar enthusiasm for "Hands on a Hardbo…
With Holly Golightly, Truman Capote created a carefree, impish sprite " who happens to make money from gentlemen callers. Is it any wonder she's become one of America's most beloved heroines…
Making your Broadway debut is nerve-wracking enough. Add a bit of cat-wrangling and a nude scene in a bathtub, and even seasoned pros would have the jitters.
Did we mention the role is Holl…
W.C. Fields reputedly warned actors to "never work with children or animals." He should have added ". . . especially cats."
Look no further than the Broadway production of "Breakfast at Tif…
The archaeologists in "The Mound Builders" spend a lot of time talking about their work. You can't blame them: The Illinois field hosting their important dig is about to be submerged by a ma…
Few Chekhov-inspired shows make you laugh out loud, and repeatedly at that. In fact there's probably just one such rare bird on the planet: Christopher Durang's riotous "Vanya and Sonia and …
The Motor City of the '60s was famous for three things: cars, Motown and riots. The last two figure prominently in Dominique Morisseau's endearing new play, "Detroit '67" " we'll have to wai…
Thunder, lightning: A star deserves a grand entrance, and Bette Davis gets one in Craig Lucas' new two-hander, "The Lying Lesson."
The show zooms off to a dramatic start when an older woman…
In Annie Baker's "The Flick," which takes place in the run-down movie theater of the same name, two employees start arguing as they sweep the aisles. Avery declares that there hasn't been a …
It's hard out here for a chimp. The title character of the new off-Broadway show "Trevor" is a primate desperately trying to revive his acting career. His claim to fame: He once shot a show …
Holland Taylor's "Ann" is a labor of love. The actress, best known for key supporting roles on "Two and a Half Men" and "The Practice," spent about four years researching and writing this so…
Watching the magnetic Tina Benko chatter about style and death in "Jackie," you've got to wonder: How the heck did she memorize that crazy script, which jumps about without an obvious chrono…
In "The North Pool," the white vice principal of a high school in Anytown, USA, asks a Syrian transfer student into his office for a little chat. The entire play consists of their conversati…
We're so conditioned to be cynical nowadays that dark is considered edgy and romance dopey. But the Roundabout revival of "Talley's Folly" that opened last night is proud to believe in love.…
For some people, clowns are one rung below mimes and air-guitar zeroes on the ladder of entertainment hell. Well, let the cranks stay home and let the rest of us laugh our heads off at "Old …
How do you come up with a new show that also feels comfortably familiar? On Broadway, the current answer is "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella" " an actual premiere by the titans responsibl…
Hot on the heels of Jesse Eisenberg's "The Revisionist" comes another off-Broadway show depicting Americans in their late 20s as neurotic and immature. The couple in Amy Herzog's "Belleville…
There are times during "The Revisionist" when you almost have to pinch yourself. Is this actually happening? Are Vanessa Redgrave and Jesse Eisenberg really sharing a stage?
They sure are. …
Imagine a luxury car, all sleek lines, buttery leather seats, exotic-wood dashboard. Then you step on the gas pedal, and find out it's running on a measly four cylinders.
That's pretty much…
