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Thursday, March 29, 2018

Theater Review: Three Tall Women, Three Great Actresses by Christopher Bonanos

Editor’s note: New York’s regular theater critic, Sara Holdren, is on a brief medical leave. She’ll be back shortly.Even before those ubiquitous ads in your Facebook feed ruined the ph…

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:00PM

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Theater Review: Going Back in Time, in Marvin’s Room by Christopher Bonanos

It’s a curious and counterintuitive choice the Roundabout has made, bringing the 1991 play Marvin’s Room to Broadway for the first time. Seeing it is a time-travel experience, down to th…

SOURCE: Vulture at 08:00PM

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Theater Review: How Orwellian Is 1984? by Christopher Bonanos

Well, this wasn’t Julius Caesar, and no protester interrupted the writer-directors Duncan Macmillan and Robert Icke’s adaptation of 1984 the night I saw it. That may be a sign of its wea…

SOURCE: Vulture at 07:42PM

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Read the Actual Reynolds Pamphlet From Hamilton, Page by Original Page by Christopher Bonanos

As Eliza Schuyler Hamilton begins to emerge into her own in the second act of Hamilton, she’s dealt a huge blow. Alexander Hamilton’s affair with Maria Reynolds, and his subsequent hush-…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:16PM

Broadway’s Survival Was a Legitimate Question 20 Years Ago by Christopher Bonanos

When New York took a long look at Broadway back in 1995, there was no talk of a golden age. Instead, the question on the table was “Can Broadway Be Saved?,” and you could be forgiven for…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:07PM

Thursday, January 21, 2016

For the Second Time, New York Loses the Ziegfeld by Christopher Bonanos

The history of the Ziegfeld — Manhattan’s largest movie theater, whose leaseholders announced Wednesday that it would be closing in a few weeks — is one of really lousy timing. Opened …

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:59PM

Monday, December 14, 2015

How Hamilton’s Free Preshow Performance Became the Best Thing on Broadway by Christopher Bonanos

Usually, the call goes out on Twitter before lunch. On the feed from @lin_manuel — that is, of course, Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator-songwriter-star-certified-MacArthur-genius behind t…

SOURCE: Vulture at 07:33AM

Monday, May 25, 2015

Bloodless on Broadway by Christopher Bonanos

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson packed a wallop at the Public Theater, but it rings hollow and glib in a big house.

SOURCE: New York Magazine at 05:58PM

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

The Complete Works: Ranking All 121 Billy Joel Songs by Christopher Bonanos

Billy Joel is the closest thing Madison Square Garden has to a sure thing — certainly more than the Knicks or the Rangers or the Liberty. It’s been 21 years since Joel released a new pop…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:30AM

Thursday, December 18, 2014

John Cleese Revisits His Pre-Monty Python Time in New York by Christopher Bonanos

“What I remember,” John Cleese says as he peers outward from center stage at the Schoenfeld Theatre, “is, during our first rehearsal, a lot of people in the very back, moving around.�…

SOURCE: Vulture at 08:00AM

Sunday, September 25, 2011