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1,149 stories from The New York Observer

Review: Send West Village Café Musical 'Cornelia Street' Back To The Kitchen by David Cote

A talented cast is trapped by cringe material in this show about quirky urbanites trying to survive in New York City, with songs from Mark Eitzel of American Music Club and a book by British…

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:00pm on February 14, 2023

Re-Bringing Up 'Baby': The Second Life (And New Cast Recording) Of A Broadway Musical by Harry Haun

The Tony-winning director-lyricist Richard Maltby Jr. explains how the '80s musical 'Baby' was reborn for a new era.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 9:54am on February 10, 2023

'Pictures From Home' Review: Unfocused And Underexposed by David Cote

Sharr White's Broadway adaptation of Larry Sultan's photo memoir is part sitcom " with laugh lines for Nathan Lane " and part family weepie. There's no intimacy amidst the broad strokes and …

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:30pm on February 9, 2023

The 92nd Street Y Throws John Guare A Star-Studded 85th Birthday Bash by Harry Haun

The author of such landmarks as "Six Degrees of Separation" and "The House of Blue Leaves" recalls his long career, which started with two plays written at age 11.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 3:43pm on January 31, 2023

How Playwright Sharr White Built A Broadway Domestic Dramedy From Family Photos by Harry Haun

White created 'Pictures from Home' from photographer Larry Sultan's 1992 memoir of the same name. "It's heartbreaking and also very funny."

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 1:03pm on January 31, 2023

Review: God And Man At Applebee's In 'Field of Mars' by David Cote

Riffing on the origin of humanity, Richard Maxwell crams a lot into a family restaurant.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:36pm on January 23, 2023

Off-Broadway's Bathrooms: A Ranked Love Letter by Billy McEntee, Billy McEntee

We freshen up in them, overhear theater gossip in them, and wash our hands before leaving them. Now we rank them.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 1:01pm on January 18, 2023

Eduardo Machado's 'Not About Me' Is A Memory Journey Through Parallel Plagues by Harry Haun

The death of a close colleague from COVID-19 helped inspire Eduardo Machado's new play at the Theater for the New City.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 2:07pm on January 17, 2023

Stephen McKinley Henderson Is Center Stage As Pulitzer Prize Winner 'Between Riverside and Crazy' Comes to Broadway by Harry Haun

This revival " with most of the original cast " brings the show new urgency, and one new actor: Common, making his Broadway debut.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 1:54pm on December 30, 2022

Paul Bettany On Transforming Into Andy Warhol In 'The Collaboration' by Harry Haun

Paul Bettany dons a white wig to make his Broadway debut in this play about Andy Warhol's partnership with Jean-Michel Basquiat.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 4:53pm on December 29, 2022

Review: Sondheim's Brilliant Flop 'Merrily We Roll Along' Is Smartly Revived by David Cote

Thanks to superlative casting (including Daniel Radcliffe) and canny direction, this elegant, emotionally searching production may be the finest 'Merrily' you'll ever see.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 7:00pm on December 12, 2022

Review: 'Some Like It Hot' Is The Joyous Broadway Musical People Have Been Praying For by Rex Reed

Dusted off, polished and revitalized to reflect contemporary values, 'Some Like It Hot' remains close to perfect.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 2:30pm on December 11, 2022

'Ohio State Murders': 75 Minutes of Waiting for Something To Happen by Rex Reed

In this Broadway revival of Adrienne Kennedy's 1992 play, Audra McDonald is more interesting than the show itself.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:31am on December 9, 2022

For Cameron Crowe and Neal Preston, the 'Almost Famous' musical is Full Circle by Rachel Millman, Rachel Millman

Like a band on tour, 'Almost Famous: The Musical' had a few stops and starts along the way but is finally at its destination on The Great White Way.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 8:45am on December 8, 2022

Audra McDonald Is Broadway's Busiest (And Most Awarded) Star by Harry Haun

The six-time Tony winner spent Saturday onstage at Carnegie Hall and opens in 'Ohio State Murders' on Broadway on Thursday, in what she calls "the most difficult role I've ever played."

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:32pm on December 5, 2022

Review: 'A Beautiful Noise' Is A Portrait of The Rock Star As Depressed Senior Citizen  by David Cote

This sloppy Broadway embrace of Neil Diamond is a jukebox musical in search of a plot.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:38am on December 5, 2022

Three-Time Tony Winner Jack O'Brien Explains "How to Goddamn Direct" In New Memoir by Harry Haun

Having spent 54 of his 83 years directing stunning theater, Jack O'Brien talks about working with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tom Stoppard and Neil Simon, as well as his next Broadway show, 'Shucke…

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 1:19pm on November 30, 2022

Bruce Norris On The Moral Complexities of 'Downstate' by Harry Haun

The playwright's latest examines society's need to identify collective villains that can be perpetually punished.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:48am on November 22, 2022

Review: The Excruciating "& Juliet" Fails on Every Level by Rex Reed

Set to the music of Max Martin, this moronic new Broadway show asks the question, "What if Romeo died but Juliet didn't kill herself and lived on to bore everybody else to death?"

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 3:54pm on November 18, 2022

The Directors of '1776' Explain How The Revival Represents America Today by Harry Haun

"Every single person on that stage is someone who would not have been allowed to be inside Independence Hall in 1776."

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:56pm on November 9, 2022

Father and Son Reed and Ephraim Birney Bring 'Chester Bailey' to Life at the Irish Rep by Harry Haun

Family ties provide added resonance to this two-character play about a welder who suffers a devastating injury, for both the audience and the actors. "But we're still really goofy with each …

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:39am on November 2, 2022

Review: 'Dodi & Diana' Asks if a Relationship Can Survive the Past by Farah Abdessamad, Farah Abdessamad

From playwright Kareem Fahmy, 'Dodi & Diana' is a play reckoning with love's survival on the anniversary of the death of Princess Diana.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 1:30pm on October 26, 2022

She Screams, They Scream, We All Scream For Lea Michelle In 'Funny Girl' by Rex Reed

The ovations (many of them standing) greeting Lea Michelle as Fanny Brice are contagious.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 1:20pm on October 18, 2022

'Leopoldstadt': Tom Stoppard's Epic Five-Act Tour of His Family Tree by Harry Haun

Stoppard's new show traces a Jewish family in Vienna as darkness overtakes them. Betsy Aidem and director Patrick Marber talk about the Broadway production.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 2:49pm on October 10, 2022

David Geffen Hall Furthers Lincoln Center's Uniquely Stunning Architectural History by Annie Levin, Annie Levin

Soon to be opened to the public on October 8, Lincoln Center's new David Geffen Hall further cements its architectural reputation.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:26pm on September 29, 2022
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