'Yen' with Lucas Hedges gets under your skin: theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

London-based writer Anna Jordan's drama follows a family on the edge of the abyss.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 9:00pm on January 31, 2017☆⚑

'The Liar' a cheeky comedy of 'alternative facts': theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

He can't tell the truth, his butler can't tell a lie -- it's a sitcom in the making.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 7:30pm on January 26, 2017☆⚑

'Tell Hector I Miss Him' a feel-real look at life: theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Play looks beyond the balmy breezes in Old San Juan.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 9:00pm on January 23, 2017☆⚑

August Wilson's 'Jitney' gives Broadway audiences a lift: review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Past and present and a father and son collide.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 9:00pm on January 19, 2017☆⚑

'The Beauty Queen of Leenane' still looking good: theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Nobody wins in Martin McDonagh's bleak but funny beauty contest.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:00pm on January 14, 2017☆⚑

Meat pies savor starring role at 'Sweeney Todd' and NY shops by Joe Dziemianowicz

Don't worry, it's beef, not human flesh as in the show.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 6:00am on January 13, 2017☆⚑

Cate Blanchett, Richard Roxburgh star in 'The Present': review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Chekhov inspires this Sydney Theatre Company production.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:00pm on January 8, 2017☆⚑

Daniel Craig and David Oyelowo shine in spotty NYTW 'Othello' by Joe Dziemianowicz

The two movie stars turned and old Shakespeare play into a sold-out hit, but they are let down by the staging.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 8:00pm on December 12, 2016☆⚑

Voices carry, story stalls in a cappella musical 'In Transit' by Joe Dziemianowicz

Next stop, Banal St.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 8:30pm on December 11, 2016☆⚑

'Tiny Beautiful Things' poignant, 'Illusionists' light on pizzazz by Joe Dziemianowicz

Two shows with different kinds of magic.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 8:00pm on December 7, 2016☆⚑

'A Bronx Tale' musical opens on Broadway: theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Robert De Niro shares directing credit for Chazz Palminteri's thrice-told "Tale."

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 9:00pm on December 1, 2016☆⚑

Mike Pence, make Kerry James Marshall your next NYC show by Joe Dziemianowicz

There's nothing like the thrill of discovering a "new" artist.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 6:00am on November 26, 2016☆⚑

Broadway's 'Humans' channel Norman Rockwell for Thanksgiving by Joe Dziemianowicz

It's the new Norman.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 6:00am on November 24, 2016☆⚑

Sour 'Sweet Charity,' familiar 'This Day Forward': theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Old and new and some of both Off-Broadway.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 7:53pm on November 21, 2016☆⚑

Why you should definitely not cuddle Alton Brown by Joe Dziemianowicz

Food Network star serves up "Eat Your Science."

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 6:00am on November 21, 2016☆⚑

'Hamilton' Mike Pence address shocks Broadway historians by Joe Dziemianowicz

He's not even in the White House yet but President-elect Donald Trump is in an "unprecedented" war of words with the Great White Way.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 6:01pm on November 19, 2016☆⚑

'Dead Poets Society' with Jason Sudeikis: theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Plays made from 1980s Oscar winners lose much in translation.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 7:15pm on November 17, 2016☆⚑

In NYC, being a dressing room decorator is an actual thing by Joe Dziemianowicz

Mike Harrison turns a backstage inner sanctum into a home away from home.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 6:00am on November 15, 2016☆⚑

Josh Groban shines in Broadway's supersized 'Great Comet of 1812' by Joe Dziemianowicz

A sliver of "War and Peace" inspires this pop-rock opera.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 9:00pm on November 14, 2016☆⚑

New block of 'Hamilton' Broadway tickets on sale by Joe Dziemianowicz

Don't throw away your shot for affordable seats.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:14am on November 9, 2016☆⚑

Chenoweth's Broadway 'Love Letter' something to write home about by Joe Dziemianowicz

Big voice. Big dress. Big Gulp. Stage diva Kristin Chenoweth has all that going on in her sparkly and entertaining solo concert.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:13pm on November 4, 2016☆⚑

Angst-soaked 'Sweat,' 'Vietgone' and 'Coriolanus': theater review by Joe Dziemianowicz

New works and a classic run Off-Broadway.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 9:00pm on November 3, 2016☆⚑

'We Are X' is an ode to unique Japanese band: movie review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Triumph and tragedy behind the music.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 6:00am on November 2, 2016☆⚑

Liev Schreiber, Janet McTeer in limp 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' by Joe Dziemianowicz

Sex sells " or it should.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 9:00pm on October 30, 2016☆⚑

'Falsettos' fills Broadway with music, laughter and tears by Joe Dziemianowicz

The 1992 musical a still potent slice of gay life.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 9:00pm on October 27, 2016☆⚑