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"Ruthless!" is anything but high musical theater art but it certainly delivers any number of low laughs. "Ruthless!" continues at St. Luke's Theater, 308 W. 46th Street.
The sight of hitherto squeaky-clean musical comedy star Sutton Foster dressed in scary dominatrix gear and looking like she means it is practically worth the price of admission to Trust. But there's even more to enjoy in Paul Weitz's thoughtful comedy
This new play about a stage-struck tyro and his mentor is often cleverly written and even thoughtful at points. But after an entertaining first act, the second part fizzles into so-whatness.
Peters and Stritch are, in a word, bewitching. And they give performances quite unlike their predecessors.
Flatly staged by the authors with a dozen folding chairs and a bad sense of timing, Tales From the Tunnel registers as a showcase night for an Acting 101 class.
Six separate though always engaging stories are fleetly told in 90 minutes through Adam Mathias' well-chosen words and Brad Alexander's frequently lovely music.
Sitcom stalwarts featured in a flat comedy of sex and the single geezer
Joe DiPietro contributes the script to this new tuner on a Garden of Eden theme with music by Bret Simmons and lyrics by David Howard. Presented by the York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's,…
Mary Testa's appearance in the new Faustian musical I'll Be Damned likely is drawing extra customers down to the Dimson Theatre, where Jaradoa Theater's production opened over the weekend for a showcase stint. Disappointment awaits viewers, since the musical is a solid idea that's lazily developed in silly and pointless ways.
Staged with more clarity than speed by Michael Greif, the revival that opened Thursday invites audiences on a leisurely visit to Sicilia and Bohemia that wisely takes advantage of the Delaco…
Pacino's earthy Shylock and Byron Jennings' anguished Antonio - the merchant of the title - give some weight to the production, which otherwise is airily played.
Given a handsome backstage setting by John Arnone, Gurney's amiable new play and Lincoln Center Theater's premiere is likely to divert anybody with a taste for vintage Broadway doings.
In the 25 years since Nunsense premiered at the Cherry Lane Theatre, Dan Goggin's zany musical about the merry Little Sisters of Hoboken performing a benefit show has racked up more than 8,000 productions (including its six sequels) and grossed more than $500 million. Too bad the revival that opened Sunday (once again at the Cherry Lane) lacks the essential spark of nuns-gone-wild artlessness that makes the musical so endearing.
You may well find the ending unsatisfying. But you will have been entertained, certainly had a few thoughts tossed at you, gasped perhaps, even gotten a bit angry. Not bad for an evening in …
A chamber piece, "Dusk Rings A Bell" will surely remind viewers of those people we briefly knew long ago who might have changed our lives. If this play seems muted, the well of regret it tap…
Two River Theater production showcases talent despite wordiness
An original musical that offers some bracing songs but never quite becomes as compelling as its dark, earnest story aspires to be, "The Burnt Part Boys" at least gives audiences a tasty bite…
Diaz writes flavorfully, energetically and with an insightful view of both the wrestling racket and cultural politics.
"The Metal Children" drifts into strangeness that doesn't quite stack up as a drama.
For all of this absorbing stuff and a very handsome production by director Christopher Ashley, "Restoration" doesn't pack sufficient dramatic pop to really satisfy.
Everyone in the company whips through the drama's increasingly sordid doings with a good deal of class. You might well hate the play but you can't help but admire the production.
'Two and a Half Men' regular Marin Hinkle leads LCT3's airy production
A bleak British drama regarding two women struggling to adjust to life after prison, This Wide Night is illuminated by the glowing humanity of Edie Falco's touching performance. Anyone who admires Falco's work in The Sopranos and Nurse Jackie—and who doesn't?—will want to see the actress just as believably portray a totally contrasting woman from the British working class: Middle-aged Lorraine is a drab, hesitant, yet hopeful soul just sprung from 12 years in prison.
