Monday, December 8, 2014
Economic terrorism takes on a chilling new meaning in The Invisible Hand, the new play by Ayad Akhtar that just opened at New York Theatre Workshop.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:02PMSunday, December 7, 2014
If nothing unsettles you more than the idea of being watched constantly — and who could blame you? — then the new production of The Elephant Man that just opened at the Booth might send …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:32PMThursday, December 4, 2014
Given their unique talent, laser-honed showmanship, and tendency toward cutting-edge charisma, most magicians are already more than a little like rock stars.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:20PMTelling a story from your own childhood is an endeavor that’s frequently fraught with peril, or at least indifference.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:19PMShouldn’t a musical about dispelling clichés at least make a conscious effort to avoid them?
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:17PMSunday, November 23, 2014
When it comes to change, homo sapiens is frequently the species in which it’s seen last — if ever.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:06PMFriday, November 21, 2014
Pericles, Prince of Tyre is not commonly said to contain William Shakespeare's finest writing.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:18PMThursday, November 20, 2014
A glamorous melancholy ripples through the revival of Edward Albee’s play A Delicate Balance, which just opened at the Golden.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:04PMWednesday, November 19, 2014
The quintessential Peter Mills–Cara Reichel musical of the last decade, even for people who didn't see it, was unquestionably The Pursuit of Persephone.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:33PMProblem shows will rarely be fixed — to the extent that such a thing is possible — by breaking what in them already works. . . .
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:02PMTuesday, November 18, 2014
Hurricanes? Bah, they're nothing. If you want to see real destructive force — the kind that will rip homes, neighborhoods, even whole municipalities apart at the seams — you have to turn…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:32PMAlmost by definition, the person who has everything must also carry a heavy burden. What that burden is, however, and whether it's the same for everyone is an entirely different matter.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:39PMMonday, November 17, 2014
Come one, come all! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, step right up and see the blandest show on Earth! . . .
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:01PMTimeliness is not the same thing as sensitivity.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:02PMSunday, November 16, 2014
There's a saying that God has never had anyone but imperfect people to work with. This notion is central to Katori Hall's new play Our Lady of Kibeho, which just opened at the Pershing Squar…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:57PMSometimes the most intriguing mystery is revealed in a place where there’s no mystery at all.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:16PMThursday, November 13, 2014
Had you asked me what the Radio City Christmas Spectacular was missing when I last saw (and reviewed) it two years ago, I probably would have said nothing.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:33PMWednesday, November 12, 2014
Heidi Schreck's play Grand Concourse, which just opened at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater in a Playwrights Horizons production, acts a fascinating question: How do religious people make forgive…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:04PMTuesday, November 11, 2014
What happens to your favorite summer getaway when winter rolls in is the protracted and frequently obscured point of David Auburn's play Lost Lake, which just opened at Manhattan Theatre Clu…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:02PMSunday, November 9, 2014
The plot of The Band Wagon — both the acclaimed 1953 MGM movie musical and the new stage adaptation thereof that just opened at City Center — involves transforming a deadly-serious, arti…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:10PMFriday, November 7, 2014
Enchantment washes over you like a ripple from the mighty Mississippi within the first seconds of the Show Boat concert that’s playing at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall through tomor…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 12:00PMThursday, November 6, 2014
Satire loses its sting quickly once the object of its ridicule fades from the public consciousness — and isn't replaced by anything else. This proved, time and time again, in The New Group…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:47PMWednesday, November 5, 2014
Not all superheroes wear brightly colored tights and a cape — sometimes they're balding, wearing glasses, and sporting humble, rumpled suits.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:04PMMonday, November 3, 2014
What would you do if you discovered that your three-year-old is a reincarnated major religious figure from an Eastern-European faith that wants to take him away forever and revere him from w…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:02PMThursday, October 30, 2014
What music fills the soundtrack of your life?
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:04PMWednesday, October 29, 2014
In cosmic terms, 23 years may be nothing, but the new Second Stage Theatre production of Lips Together, Teeth Apart, makes it seem like an eternity.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:03PMTuesday, October 28, 2014
Suzan-Lori Parks's primary hook as a playwright has long been her willingness — daring? — to bring poetry to what often seems that least inherently poetic of American subjects: the pligh…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:02PMSunday, October 26, 2014
Pop stars’ unchecked egos rarely go down smoothly when wrapped in musical theatre; what makes one a compelling recording or concert artist does not automatically transfer to the stage with…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:32PMThursday, October 23, 2014
Dinner just ain’t what it used to be. This is true in two crucial ways with regard to Disgraced, the play by Ayad Akhtar that just opened at the Lyceum. . . .
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:32PMWednesday, October 22, 2014
Superman may be impenetrable — well, to everything except kryptonite — but neither the human heart nor musicals are.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:03PMTuesday, October 21, 2014
The "mismatched buddies" flick is a cherished film genre, especially when applied to comedy and police movies. But screenwriters? Does it matter if they rub each other the wrong way?
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:41PM 
