Reality may be Looking's strength, but its ordinariness is also its weakness. The first four episodes drag on without any real … [Read more...] about HBO’s ‘Looking’ Puts Gay Reality On TV: REVIEW
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Ethan Hawke Stars In ‘Macbeth’ on Broadway: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR A lot of sound but not much fury suffuse director Jack O’Brien’s cacophonous production of Macbeth starring Ethan Hawke in the title … [Read more...] about Ethan Hawke Stars In ‘Macbeth’ on Broadway: REVIEW
Sarah Jessica Parker and Blythe Danner Open Off Broadway In ‘The Commons of Pensacola’: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR Amanda Peet’s playwriting debut The Commons of Pensacola, about the wife and daughters of a Bernie Madoff type criminal, opened Off … [Read more...] about Sarah Jessica Parker and Blythe Danner Open Off Broadway In ‘The Commons of Pensacola’: REVIEW
All-Male Productions Of ‘Richard III’ and ‘Twelfth Night’ Open On Broadway: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR Performed in repertory by an exquisitely skilled company of actors, including two-time Tony Winner Mark Rylance, Richard III and … [Read more...] about All-Male Productions Of ‘Richard III’ and ‘Twelfth Night’ Open On Broadway: REVIEW
‘After Midnight’ Guest Starring Fantasia Barrino Brings Cotton Club to Broadway: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR A vibrant and seductive new musical revue featuring the music of Duke Ellington among others, After Midnight transforms the Brooks … [Read more...] about ‘After Midnight’ Guest Starring Fantasia Barrino Brings Cotton Club to Broadway: REVIEW
New Musical ‘Big Fish’ Brings Tall Tale to Broadway: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR Big Fish, an ambitious and touching new musical based on Daniel Wallace’s novel of the same name and John August’s screenplay for Tim … [Read more...] about New Musical ‘Big Fish’ Brings Tall Tale to Broadway: REVIEW
New Musical ‘Lady Day’ Opens Off Broadway: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR Lady Day, the new musical featuring a knockout vocal performance by Dee Dee Bridgewater singing the music of Billie Holiday opened … [Read more...] about New Musical ‘Lady Day’ Opens Off Broadway: REVIEW
‘The Glass Menagerie’ Starring Zachary Quinto and Cherry Jones Opens On Broadway: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR Director John Tiffany’s stylish and superbly acted revival of The Glass Menagerie opened on Broadway last week at the Booth … [Read more...] about ‘The Glass Menagerie’ Starring Zachary Quinto and Cherry Jones Opens On Broadway: REVIEW
David Levithan’s ‘Two Boys Kissing’: Book Review
BY GARTH GREENWELL A kiss is always a story. But the kiss at the heart of David Levithan’s ambitious, humane, extraordinarily moving new novel is … [Read more...] about David Levithan’s ‘Two Boys Kissing’: Book Review
‘Romeo and Juliet’ Starring Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad Opens On Broadway: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR Stylish pyrotechnics, cinematic scoring, and heavy make-out sessions don’t much compensate for the lack of passion (and often, sense) … [Read more...] about ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Starring Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad Opens On Broadway: REVIEW