Thursday, May 22, 2014
The pieces of American Hero are somewhat too jagged to fit together, but as an offering in the modestly-priced Second Stage Uptown series it provides a pleasant comic diversion on the Upper …
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:47PMSunday, May 18, 2014
Linda Lavin in TOO MUCH SUN. Photo Credit: Carol Rosegg
Playwright Nicky Silver, director Mark Brokaw, and...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:08PMThis month we watch the British documentary "Theatreland," Billy Wilder's "Ace in the Hole," Harold Lloyd's "The Freshman" and David O. Russell's &q…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, May 16, 2014
Kate Baldwin, a Tony-nominated singing actress, brought her solo show Sing Pretty, Don't Fall Down to 54 Below May 15. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMTuesday, May 13, 2014
John Doyle and friends took the stage of the Hudson Theatre May 12 for the Classic Stage Company benefit Musical Masterworks: Kern, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim, Hart.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMSunday, May 11, 2014
This week's column looks at the 50th anniversary digital remastering of the Funny Girl cast recording.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, May 8, 2014
Irma La Douce, the rarely-revived musical about a French streetwalker and the law student who falls in love with her, opened at City Center Encores! May 8. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMMonday, May 5, 2014
Anthony Giardina's The City of Conversation is an intelligent, provocative, incisive drama about politics, people, ideals and principles, with razor-sharp dialogue and -- from Jan Maxwell --…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:10PMTony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth presented The Evolution of a Soprano at Carnegie Hall May 3. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PMSunday, May 4, 2014
This week's column explores the original Broadway cast recording of Jason Robert Brown's #The Bridges of Madison County.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, May 1, 2014
The show--with concept and lyrics by Byrne, music by Byrne and Fatboy Slim -- captivated theatergoers and critics last April during its limited engagement as part of the Public season. A he…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:16PMTuesday, April 29, 2014
Symphony Space, the performing arts organization on the Upper West Side, honored Sheldon Harnick at its annual gala April 28. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMSunday, April 27, 2014
And here we have a revival of Jon Robin Baitz' 1991 play The Substance of Fire, which introduced a decidedly...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:43PMThis month's column looks at "The Selected Letters of Elia Kazan," Philip Ziegler's biography of the great Laurence Olivier, an anthology of "Plays for Two" (incl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, April 23, 2014
Tony Award winner Tommy Tune made his Café Carlyle debut April 22. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMMonday, April 21, 2014
This is one of those "is the old lady losing her marbles?" plays, in which the doddering, aching, creaking, 79-year-old heroine drifts from witty perceptiveness to the borders of s…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:05PMSunday, April 20, 2014
This past season has been lackadaisical for new Broadway musicals, with the best of them--arguably After Midnight, Beautiful and A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, in alphabetical ord…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:45PMThis week's column discusses the cast recordings of A Gentleman's Guide, Les Misérables, Murder for Two, Privates on Parade and Billy Porter's solo CD "Billy's Ba…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, April 17, 2014
The comedic chameleon Arnie Burton first came to view in the 2008 parody version of Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps,...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:03PMThursday, April 10, 2014
Susan Stroman, the director/choreographer who worked with Mel Brooks on the aforementioned blockbuster, has now joined forces with Allen but lightning is not striking twice. The main culpri…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:53PMWednesday, April 9, 2014
It is Mr. Ives, and his director John Rando (of Urinetown and A Christmas Story) who make The Heir Apparent a ludicrously luscious affair. Unlike other new comedies recently arrived in town,…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:17PMSunday, April 6, 2014
This week's column discusses the first commercial release of the soundtrack recordings of Robert Goulet in television productions of Kiss Me, Kate (1968) and Brigadoon (1966).
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMFriday, April 4, 2014
The oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York floated into Carnegie Hall last night, with that staid historic venue hosting a one-night-only concert version of Frank Loesse…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMThursday, April 3, 2014
City Center Encores! presented the opening night of Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella April 2. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:25PMMonday, March 31, 2014
And here we have a raucous, bright and vulgar musical comedy about fun-loving, middle-American teens who bully each...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:08PMSunday, March 30, 2014
Lester is a creative associate of the Tricycle, and husband to playwright Chakrabarti. This is incidental information; Lester's performance in Red Velvet, under any circumstances, is a marv…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:13PMThis month's column looks at "Bigger, Brighter, Louder," an historical chronicle of theatre in Chicago by drama critic Chris Jones.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, March 23, 2014
This week's column discusses the studio recording of Yank! featuring Bobby Steggert and most of the cast of the 2010 York Theatre production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, March 20, 2014
Aladdin and Rocky have opened on Broadway back-to-back; the critics have seen them back-to-back; and, more crucially, early audiences who generate all-important word-of-mouth will see them b…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:01PMSunday, March 16, 2014
This month's column focuses on Joel and Ethan Coen's "Inside Llewyn Davis," Jean-Luc Gerard's "Breathless" and the Ruth Gordon/Lee Strasberg "Boardwalk.&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, March 13, 2014
It turns out that Rocky is better than the Spider-Man, by several notches in the proverbial heavyweight belt. The Cinderella story, such as it is, is durable; and the sure-to-be-much-talked-…
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