Picture it…wicker furniture with floral cushions in soft, pastel hues, the sound of canned violins, and the shenanigans of four women you’d swear were … [Read more...] about Not a Drill: This ‘Golden Girls’ Puppet Parody Is Happening Off-Broadway: REVIEW
Irving Berlin’s ‘Holiday Inn’ Twinkles on Broadway: REVIEW
Rom-com fans of all walks will feel right at home with Holiday Inn, the new Irving Berlin musical that opened at Studio 54 last night. Based on the … [Read more...] about Irving Berlin’s ‘Holiday Inn’ Twinkles on Broadway: REVIEW
‘The Encounter’ Marries Ingenuity and Tedium on Broadway: REVIEW
There’s no doubt that audiences have rarely attended a Broadway show quite like The Encounter, which opened last night at the John Golden … [Read more...] about ‘The Encounter’ Marries Ingenuity and Tedium on Broadway: REVIEW
Judith Light Opens in Neil LaBute’s ‘All the Ways to Say I Love You’ Off-Broadway: REVIEW
There’s a telling moment early on in All the Ways to Say I Love You, Neil LaBute’s latest off-Broadway contrivance, which opened last night at the … [Read more...] about Judith Light Opens in Neil LaBute’s ‘All the Ways to Say I Love You’ Off-Broadway: REVIEW
‘Cats’ Is Back on Broadway and Trippy As Ever: REVIEW
Full disclosure: I am allergic to cats. Also, I think they’re weird. I generally regard them in the same way I do other sociopaths — from a distance. … [Read more...] about ‘Cats’ Is Back on Broadway and Trippy As Ever: REVIEW
Sober Tony Telecast Celebrates Art in the Wake of Tragedy
After a morning of unthinkable loss, it hardly felt like a time to celebrate. The massacre in Orlando that devastated the nation and the LGBT … [Read more...] about Sober Tony Telecast Celebrates Art in the Wake of Tragedy
Sean Hayes Performs ‘An Act of God’ on Broadway: REVIEW
When it first premiered on Broadway last June, David Javerbaum’s winking satire of the Judeo-Christian enterprise felt as pedantic as it did cliché. … [Read more...] about Sean Hayes Performs ‘An Act of God’ on Broadway: REVIEW
Who Will Win Besides ‘Hamilton’? Our 2016 Tony Predictions
Yes, Hamilton is going to win A LOT of Tonys. No, it probably won’t take home the record-breaking 16 for which it’s nominated. But it will undoubtedly … [Read more...] about Who Will Win Besides ‘Hamilton’? Our 2016 Tony Predictions
Cirque du Soleil Attempts a Broadway Musical With ‘Paramour’: REVIEW
There are a handful of death-defying acts in Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour, which opened on Broadway last night at the Lyric Theatre. They are of the … [Read more...] about Cirque du Soleil Attempts a Broadway Musical With ‘Paramour’: REVIEW
Rupert Everett Brings Oscar Wilde to Brooklyn in ‘The Judas Kiss’: REVIEW
It’s a strange and unfortunate disconnect that David Hare’s 1998 drama about the downfall of Oscar Wilde, The Judas Kiss, which opened at the Brooklyn … [Read more...] about Rupert Everett Brings Oscar Wilde to Brooklyn in ‘The Judas Kiss’: REVIEW