Monday, September 30, 2019
Cue: Ominous melancholy music. Cue: Soft light through kitchen window after last night’s storm – outside of Paris. Cue: Andre standing alone at the window; looking out. Im…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:48AMMonday, September 9, 2019
Pinter can be puzzling. Not so here, in this exceptional revival expertly directed by Mr. Jamie Lloyd. Imported from across the pond with its original stars intact. This is no snobbish…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:03AMSunday, August 4, 2019
Based on the 2001 controversial Baz Luhrmann music video styled movie MOULIN ROUGE! a new creative team has brought back its Bohemians of Montmartre circa 1899 with a vengeance – and mammo…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 12:36PMFriday, June 28, 2019
In 1995 a demo cassette recording was produced by Al Lowman for the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. STONEWALL a new musical was composed by Robin Webb with book and lyrics by Mich…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:24AMSaturday, June 1, 2019
Some believe in love (or is it lust?) at first sight and others do not. So, why not take a chance on love? One never knows. For skeptical Frankie (Audra McDonald) a middle-aged actress…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:03AMWednesday, May 8, 2019
A momentous moment in the life of Hillary (Laurie Metcalf) – January 8, 2008. New Hampshire Democratic Primary. Also for Clinton (John Lithgow) and Mark (Zak Orth), campaign manager fo…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 06:18AMMonday, May 6, 2019
Titus who? General Titus Andronicus was a fictional character in Shakespeare’s first and only fictional revenge tragedy that takes place during the fall of the Roman Empire. He returns…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 11:33AMFriday, May 3, 2019
Breaking News: Hot on the heels of receiving 11 Tony Award Nominations TOOTSIES’ Dorothy Michaels aka Michael Dorsey is basking in the glow of her newly found stardom, quickly becoming t…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:24AMTuesday, April 30, 2019
Director Jack O’Brien immediately grabs our attention with a fierce thunderstorm erupting at the American Airlines Theatre as a projection of a fighter aircraft going down, against what wi…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:12AMSunday, April 28, 2019
The dead have arrived at the Winter Garden Theatre in this almost dead on arrival so-called musical comedy called BEETLEJUICE based on the 1988 cult favorite movie of the same title by Tim B…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 06:43AMSaturday, April 27, 2019
Fleet Street, London. Center for print journalism. 1969. A 38 year old, brash newspaper mogul, already wealthy Australian, Rupert Murdoch (Bertie Carvel) takes over a struggling London…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:12AMWednesday, April 24, 2019
The genius behind this totally exciting, engrossing, entertaining and country western infused revival of OKLAHOMA! is director Daniel Fish. Of course he was working with the material of…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:17AMTuesday, April 23, 2019
Love may pierce your heart at the most unexpected times with a most unexpected partner. Some may have love taken away and some may never experience it at all. Such is the case in Lanford…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:26AMMonday, April 22, 2019
The Ides of March has come and gone. Now is the springtime of our discontent. And… ‘tis the season to be different: new plays, old revivals, star vehicles, three hour plus producti…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 06:50AMSunday, April 21, 2019
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something bluesy. This about sums up the sometimes exciting, sometimes repetitive, sometimes off the track lavish sweaty and sultry prod…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:12AMMonday, April 1, 2019
How about ditching our old Constitution for a new one? A Constitution that was created by the all too powerful, all too privileged and all too white men who owned property – some being s…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:25AMSaturday, March 30, 2019
For the dedicated fans of the “Classic 5” Temptations it’s all about the music. The Motown sound of the 60’s. On this point AIN’T TOO PROUD the life and times of The Temptation…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:25AMWednesday, March 27, 2019
A superb cast spearheaded by a befuddled and dead pan John Larroquette who only leaves the stage briefly during a brief intermission or to change his pants at the Mitzi E. Newhouse in this w…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:35AMMonday, March 25, 2019
Still trying to “chill out” after seeing the social media cult sensation sci-fi cautionary teenage tale of woe musical BE MORE CHILL at the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway. Not altogethe…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:02AMSaturday, March 23, 2019
Finally! A necessary and extremely well put together magical musical. With wit and charm and sex and style, a dose or two of the double entendre, some slapstick and a couple of gangst…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:29AMThursday, February 28, 2019
Worthwhile. Adjective. Worth the time, effort or money spent; of value or importance. And it is this word that describes beautifully this compassionate and memorable memory play TO KIL…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 06:05AMSunday, February 3, 2019
Sam Shepard’s 1980 period piece TRUE WEST comes across as an amalgamation of character study, Albee’s The American Dream (1961) and Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple (1965) with a chorus of …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:54AMSaturday, January 19, 2019
To snitch or not to snitch? That is the dilemma facing Pharus Jonathan Young (Jeremy Pope) the flamboyantly gay, smartass, witty, intelligent, Bible quoting, take-no-nonsense crap from any…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:36AMSaturday, January 12, 2019
On the eve of this limited run engagement’s closing at Studio 54 on January 13th, I offer this summation. Fact: It has been reported to have recouped its investment costs. Eyeing Londo…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 01:42PMWednesday, December 12, 2018
Déjà vu – a feeling of having already experienced the present situation, best describes this cursory, surreal, Reader’s Digest condensation, “This Is Your Life” Las Vegas type extr…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 01:06PMTuesday, December 11, 2018
I’m pleased as punch and I’d like to take in this production again and again – all the time wondering why it has taken so long for this theatrical jewel to arrive and wondering if Padd…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 12:42PMMonday, December 10, 2018
Make a date. Take a date. With a friend. A lover. A teenager or person of a certain age who remembers what “musical-comedy” was in its prime. Better yet take someone who…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 12:18PMSaturday, November 24, 2018
This is not a great one act play. It is a taut and timely play. A play torn from the horrific racial headlines that we read daily. And see nightly on the news. And so it is predictab…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 11:54AMSaturday, November 17, 2018
Remember the original Gong Show? Mid-70’s TV fare? Where amateur talent might be stopped mid-act by the “striking of a large gong” putting an abrupt end to the dubious talent on vi…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:32AMWednesday, November 14, 2018
Finally, a respite from mediocrity. A relief from rap and unrelenting horrible headlines. A Rolaids-like cure for indigestible musicals can be found at the Westside Theatre/Downstairs in…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:18AM 
