Monday, December 19, 2016
In this particularly dreary year of second-rate everything, 'Fences' is something special.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:45PMThursday, December 15, 2016
It's Ben Platt who earns the affectionate audience responses, not the Evan Hansen created in the one-note, one-dimensional pop tunes.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:15PMWhen it comes to the overpraised, overrated and disappointingly mediocre 'La La Land', I’m out on a limb with a saw in my hand.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:02PMFriday, December 9, 2016
'A Bronx Tale' on Broadway, with take-home tunes, a first-rate cast and lively choreography, clicks like a new Rolex.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:48PMTuesday, November 22, 2016
This new Off-Broadway revival of 'Sweet Charity' stars the brassy but lackluster Sutton Foster. Mediocre is its middle name.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:03PMFriday, November 18, 2016
The latest in a long line of dust-offs is the current production of 'Dead Poets Society' off Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:29AMWednesday, November 9, 2016
Lynn Nottage's 'Sweat' is an evening of sobering, well-crafted food for thought.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:00AMWednesday, November 2, 2016
I’ve seen excellent productions of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, including five movies. This is not one of them.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:30AMWednesday, October 26, 2016
Broadway's 'The Front Page', with John Goodman and Nathan Lane, is directed with forced energy that makes it feel phony as a wooden nickel.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:45AM'A Life' makes not one lick of sense. It’s only 85 minutes long with no intermission but seems like a week at hard labor.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:33AMWednesday, October 12, 2016
'Holiday Inn' is a nice, entertaining, totally derivative but heartfelt musical eggnog without much originality but plenty of energy.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:00AMWednesday, October 5, 2016
It’s always thrilling to watch veteran actress Judith Light wear one of the many masks of comedy and tragedy in the trunk of theatrical disguises she uses to enchant, mesmerize and grip he…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:49AMWednesday, August 3, 2016
A pair of superb central performances by Dianne Wiest and David Oyelowo bookmark 'Five Nights in Maine', a slight but poignant drama.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 04:53PMWednesday, July 13, 2016
Drake Doremus’ new film Equals is a futuristic Romeo and Juliet knockoff set in a cold, dystopian society called The Collective.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:30PMTuesday, July 5, 2016
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Michael Grandage’s directorial debut focuses on the personal and professional relationship
between legendary editor Maxwell Perkins and Thomas Wolfe.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:14PMThursday, June 2, 2016
Thursday, May 26, 2016
A glorious new production of 'The Judas Kiss' runs through mid-June at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 04:21PMWednesday, May 11, 2016
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