Friday, December 26, 2025

Matthew Broderick is delightfully sleazy as Tartuffe at NYTW

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  Matthew Broderick’s wisely low-keyed performance in the title role and playwright Lucas Hnath’s très moderne translation make New York The...
Thursday, December 11, 2025

Stephen Schwartz's 'The Baker's Wife' brings a little bit of French flavor to the East Village

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  The first time I heard of The Baker’s Wife was in 1993 when I bought “Patti LuPone Live.”  To set up a song she tells the audience, “There...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

The power of Mark Strong and Lesley Manville's performances in Broadway's 'Oedipus' will leave you drained

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  When I was in first grade our teacher used to trick us into being quiet by telling us to put our heads on our desks and listen for her to ...
Tuesday, October 21, 2025

'Ragtime' revival is likely to be the best show of the season

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  As I was wiping my tears and reaching for a tissue, I caught the eyes of a woman walking up the aisle who, wide eyed, mouthed an exaggerat...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

Elizabeth McGovern returns to the New York stage as Ava Gardner

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  I don’t recall ever hearing such noticeably tepid applause as I experienced last night at New York City Center following the performance o...
Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Joy comes to town

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   Joy: A New True Musical is a rags to riches story about a divorced, recently fired Long Island woman who makes a fortune inventing a diff...
Saturday, July 26, 2025

'Rolling Thunder' features some of the best music of my life

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  Rolling Thunder: A Rock Journey at New World Stages is Boomer heaven, a two-hour evening of 17 of the top songs of the late 60s and early ...